The Complete Plays: The Beaux Stratagem (1988)

Production Details
Title:
Author:
New Play:

Venue:
Location:
Staging:
The Beaux Stratagem
George Farquhar
No

Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round
Main house (Round)
Round
First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:
2 November 1988
2 November 1988
26 November 1988
Company Details
Director:
Lighting:
Design:
Fight Director:
Music:

Stage Manager:
Deputy Stage Manager:
Deputy Stage Manager:
Assistant Stage Manager:
Robin Herford
Mick Thomas
Lez Brotherston
Nick Hall
John Pattison

Vaughn Curtis
Pat Fawcett
Kate Haswell
Sarah Percival
Character
Boniface
Aimwell
Archer
Sullen
Scrub
Count Bellair
Foigard
Gibbet
Hounslow
Bagshot
Sir Charles Freeman
Cherry
Lady Bountiful
Dorinda
Mrs Sullen
Gypsy
Tapster
Actor
Graeme Eton
Adam Godley
Sam Dale
John Branwell
Peter Forbes
Patrick Toomey
Philip Fox
Roger Forbes
Richard Brain
Patrick Toomey
Richard Brain
Jenny Funnell
Doreen Andrew
Victoria Carling
Lesley Meade
Kerry Peers
Braco Dawson
Notes
○ The Beaux Stratagem marked the first time the company had employed a fight director for a production. Nick Hall was hired to choreograph the sword fights as the director Robin Herford had once lost a tooth in a badly choreographed fight scene at another venue.
○ The production also included a brief appearance by actor Sam Dale’s Border Collie, Willy, who was walked across stage by the actress Jenny Funnell each night to mark the passing of time at one point in the play.
○ Although this marked the company' first production of the play, it had been initially considered for the 1983/4 season alongside a production of Cyrano de Bergerac. However, a proposed Equity strike meant the proposed season had to be dropped.
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd. Image copyright: Scarborough Theatre Trust