Three Men In A Boat (1990)

Author:
New Play:

Venue:
Location:
Staging:

First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:
Blake Heathcote
Yes

Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round
Studio
End-stage

4 July 1990
4 July 1990
5 September 1990
Director:
Lighting:
Design:
Music:
Alan Ayckbourn
Fiona Lewry
Juliet Nichols
John Pattison
Character
Jerome
George
Harris
Mrs Poppet / Woman with Baby / Barmaid / Cat / Woman
Cabby / American Gentleman /
Herr Schlossen Bossen / Old Man
Actor
Peter Forbes
Nigel Anthony
Geoffrey Whitehead
Tam Hoskyns

Robert McCulley

Why is this play significant?

This adaptation of Jerome K Jerome's novel is frequently revived but rarely is credit given to theatre in the round in Scarborough for commissioning the play. It began life as a new work premiered in the Studio Theatre - as was common of much new work at the time - before being revived around the globe.

Notes

○ Three Men In A Boat was adapted from Jerome K Jerome's novel by Blake Heathcote.
○ Three Men In A Boat was a lunch-time revue performed in the Studio at the Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round.
○ The play is one of the lunch-time shows significant successes having gone on from its world premiere in Scarborough to performances around the world.
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.