The Complete Plays: Five Finger Exercise (1960)

Production Details
Title:
Author:
New Play:

Venue:
Location:
Staging:
Five Finger Exercise
Peter Shaffer
No

The Library Theatre, Scarborough
Concert Room
Round
First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:
12 December 1960
12 December 1960
17 December 1960
Company Details
Director:
Design:

Stage Manager:
Assistant Stage Manager:
Stephen Joseph
Stephen Joseph

Terry Lane
Philip Clifford
Character
Stanley Harrington
Louise Harrington
Clive
Pamela
Walter Langer
Actor
Stanley Page
Hazel Burt
David Jarrett
Rosamund Dickson
Alan Ayckbourn
Notes
○ Five Finger Exercise was presented as just of one of two plays during the 1960 winter season at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough. It was revived the following year for the company's summer season with details here.
○ This is believed to be the first professional in-the-round production of Five Finger Exercise in the UK.
○ Five Finger Exercise was presented without an interval.
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All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd. Image copyright: Scarborough Theatre Trust