Conversations With My Father (1994)

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Herb Gardner
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Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round
Main house (Round)
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19 October 1994
25 October 1994
26 November 1994
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Alan Ayckbourn
Jackie Staines
Jan Bee Brown
Judith Windsor

Jane Eliot-Webb
Philip Rees
Alyson Powell
Victoria Murray
Character
Charlie
Josh
Eddie
Gusta
Zaretsky
Young Joey
Hannah Di Blindeh
Nick
Finney the Book
Jimmy Scalso
Blue
Young Charlie
Joey, aged 17
Actor
Michael Mears
Adam Levy
Judd Hirsch
Jane Bertish
Trevor Martin
James D White
Madeline Blakeney
Bill Bailey
Colin Higgins
John Guerrasio
Milton Cadman
John Hasler
Adam Levy

Why is this play significant?

The acclaimed and award-winning American actor Judd Hirsch reprised his Tony Award winning role as Eddie in Alan Ayckbourn's acclaimed Scarborough production of the play which later transferred to the Old Vic, London. The set, which recreated the bar the play is set in, saw the front row of the round taken out and replaced with booths so anyone sat in the 'front row' was actually part of the play!

Notes

○ Conversations With My Father transferred to the Old Vic, London, in 1995 with the same company. Further details about the transfer can be found at Alan Ayckbourn's Official Website here.
○ The production starred American actor Judd Hirsch as Eddie making his British stage debut. Hirsch had previously won a Tony for this role in the 1992 Broadway revival.
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.