The Complete Plays: Penny Blue (1994)

Production Details
Title:
Author:
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Location:
Staging:
Penny Blue
Vanessa Brooks
Yes

Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round
Main house (Round)
Round
First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:
22 June 1994
28 June 1994
31 August 1994
Company Details
Director:
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Assistant Stage Manager:
Malcolm Hebden
Jackie Staines
Jan Bee Brown
John Pattison

Jane Eliot-Webb
Alyson Powell
Lisa Buckley
Character
Bob
Marion
Pen
Dougie
Petula
Trevor
Actor
Adrian McLoughlin
Maggie Wells
Cathy Sara
Stephen Hattersley
Jill Benedict
Damien Goodwin
Why is this play significant?
The first full-length play by the playwright Vanessa Brooks, who had several plays produced by the company during this period, largely under the auspices of the Arts Council Dramatist in Residence. Vanessa would go on to notable success including the Artistic Director of Dark Horse theatre company and the founder of Separate Doors. It was commissioned by Alan Ayckbourn following her playwriting debut with the one act play Take It To The Green Light, Barry at the theatre the previous year.
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd. Image copyright: Scarborough Theatre Trust