The Complete Plays: Black Comedy (1974)

Production Details
Title:
Author:
New Play:

Venue:
Location:
Staging:
Black Comedy
Peter Shaffer
No

The Library Theatre, Scarborough
Concert Room
Round
First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:
24 June 1974
24 June 1974
10 August 1974
Company Details
Director:
Design:
Costumes:

Stage Manager:
Deputy Stage Manager:
Assistant Stage Manager:
Assistant Stage Manager:
Alan Ayckbourn
Helga Wood
Christine Welch

David Millard
Trevor John-Smith
Helga Wood
Kevin Wood
Character
Brindsley Miller
Carol Melkett
Miss Furnival
Colonel Melkett
Harold Gorringe
Clea
Schuppanzigh
Georg Bamberger
Actor
Stephen Mallatratt
Heather Stoney
Eileen O'Brien
Christopher Godwin
Ronald Herdman
Janet Dale
Stanley Page
Kevin Wood
Notes
○ Black Comedy was presented in a double-bill alongside Albert.
○ This is believed to be the first professional in-the-round production of Black Comedy in the UK.
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd. Image copyright: Scarborough Theatre Trust