The Complete Plays: The Rainmaker (1962)

Production Details
Title:
Author:
New Play:

Venue:
Location:
Staging:
The Rainmaker
Richard Nash
No

Library Theatre
Concert Room, Scarborough Library
Round
First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:
30 August 1962
30 August 1962
5 September 1962
Company Details
Director:

Stage Manager:
Stage Manager:
Arnold Beck

Arnold Beck
David Wehner
Character
Noah Curry
H.C. Curry
Jim Curry
Lizzie Curry
File
Sheriff Thomas
Bill Starbuck
Actor
David Wehner
Stanley Page
Richard Gill
Marie Adams
Peter King
Arnold Beck
Alan Ayckbourn
Notes
○ The Rainmaker was a late replacement for the advertised production of The Ginger Man, which could not be performed by the company due to royalty issues.
○ The production marked the professional directorial debut of Arnold Beck, who was a stage manager with the company that season.
○ This is believed to be the first professional in-the-round production of The Rainmaker in the UK.
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All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd. Image copyright: Scarborough Theatre Trust