The Complete Plays: The Jubilee Show (1977)

Production Details
Title:
Authors:
New Play:

Venue:
Location:
Staging:
The Jubilee Show
Alan Ayckbourn & Mervyn Watson
Yes

Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round
Main house (Round)
Round
First performance:
World premiere:
Final performance:
7 June 1977
7 June 1977
7 June 1977
Company Details
Director:
Pianist:

Stage Manager:
Deputy Stage Manager:
Assistant Stage Manager:
Assistant Stage Manager:
Alan Ayckbourn
Michael Garrick

Janet Fox
Christopher Gray
Anne Hawkins
Simon Richardson
Actor
Alison Skilbeck
Malcolm Hebden
Robert Austin
Petronella Ford
Actor
Robin Herford
Bob Eaton
Diane Bull
Notes
○ The Jubilee Show is something of a mystery as no record was kept of the play in archive. It only came to light when a manuscript for the revue was discovered by archivist and theatre historian Simon Murgatroyd in 2007. Details about the play are limited to the single surviving manuscript and an advert for the play (although the production was unnamed in the advert).
○ The revue was co-written by Alan Ayckbourn and Mervyn Watson, although it seems likely most of it was written by Watson.
○ The Jubilee Show was performed on the day of the Silver Jubilee celebrating the anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. It was performed only once, was not a success and was not seen by many people.
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All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd. Image copyright: Scarborough Theatre Trust