The Complete Plays: The Shy Gasman (1970)

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The Shy Gasman
Leonard Barras
Yes

The Library Theatre, Scarborough
Concert Room
Round
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16 July 1970
16 July 1970
2 September 1970
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Alan Ayckbourn

Philip Randell
Graham Phoenix
Gillian Davidson
Jane Douglas
Character
Lindsay
These Inquitous Corn Laws
Alice
Hector
Gracious Days
Walter
Winifred
Jim
Brenda
Kenneth
The Fluff Picker
Teddy
Rowena
Actor
Joe Dunlop

Eve Shickle
Robert Peck

Ronald Herdman
Elisabeth Sladen
Robert Peck
Stephanie Turner
Richard Derrington

Piers Rogers
Heather Stoney
Notes
○ The Shy Gasman was the second of two world premieres by the writer Leonard Barras at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre following A Little Stiff Built Chap in 1969.
○ The Shy Gasman consists of three short plays linked by the 'shy gasman' Lindsay as he tells of his experiences reading meters. Each play being one of his experiences: These Inquitous Corn Laws, Gracious Days and The Fluff Picker.
○ For an unknown reason - presumably popularity - The Shy Gasman was extended for a week. An advert in archive for the week 13 - 19 August shows The Shy Gasman replacing the initially advertised The American Dream.
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd. Image copyright: Scarborough Theatre Trust