The Dresser (1984)

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Ronald Harwood
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Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round
Main house (Round)
Round

23 May 1984
23 May 1984
1 August 1984
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Design:
Malcolm Hebden
Francis Lynch
Francis Lynch
John Hallé
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Character
Norman
Her Ladyship
Madge
Sir
Irene
Geoffrey Thornton
Mr Oxenby
Gloucester
Kent
Baz Edmonds
Eric Lumsden
Maggie Nottage
Jackie Hurd
Drew Scott
Kathryn-Anne Woodward

Actor
Lennox Greaves
Carol Gillies
Judy Bridgland
Russell Dixon
Jane Hollowood
Alan Thompson
Mark Jax
Robert Cotton
Daniel Flynn

Why is this play significant?

The first production of this famed play in-the-round since its original production (and - to this day - one of the few significant in-the-round productions of the play). Given it is a play set squarely in the realm of proscenium arch theatres, Alan Ayckbourn was not convinced it would work, but was happy to be proved wrong!

Notes

○ This production marked the first time The Dresser has been performed professionally in-the-round since its world premiere at the Manchester Royal Exchange in 1980.
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.