A Slight Ache (Stage Premiere: Arts Theatre) (1961)

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A Slight Ache (1958)

Multi-part Production	Three: Lunch Hour (John Mortimer) and The Form (N.F. Simpson)
Date from	18 January 1961
Date to	8 April 1961 According to the Times, the triple-bill was 'withdrawn' from the Criterion Theatre on 8 April: "Canadian Actor as Becket." Times, 24 March 1961, p. 18.
No of Performances	Unknown
Touring	Yes
Language	English

Venues

Arts Theatre (Est. 1927)

18-Jan-1961

Criterion Theatre, London (Est. 1874)

08-Apr-1961

Hippodrome, Golders Green (Est. 1913)

Linked Productions

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Linked People

Donald McWhinnie (1920 - 1987)

Creative | Director

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Michael Codron (1930)

Production | Producer

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Brian Currah (1929 - 2008)

Creative | Set Designer

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Brian Currah (1929 - 2008)

Creative | Lighting Designer

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Linked Organisations

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Characters

Edward (Age: Not specified, Male)

Williams also played 'he Man in Mortimer's Lunch Hour and Mr Chacterson in Simpson's The Form

Performer: Emlyn Williams (1905 - 1987)

Flora (Age: Not specified, Female)

Legatt also played in The manageress in Mortimer's Lunch Hour and Miss Ongew in Simpson's The Form

Performer: Alison Legatt (1904 - 1990)

Matchseller (Age: Not specified, Male)

Briars also played Mr Whinby in Simpson's The Form. Wendy Craig also payed roles in Lunch Hour and The Form, making up the complete ensemble.

Performer: Richard Briers (1934 - 2013)

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Resources

Theatre programme (front: Golders Green) (Image)

Type: Theatre programme

programme (front: Criterion) (Image)

Type: Theatre programme

Theatre programme (interior: Golders Green) (Image)

Type: Theatre programme

Programme (interior: Criterion) (Image)

Type: Theatre programme

Sources

Times Digital Archive

http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/BUzez2

URL

Source of end date of the triple bill, and of the other plays performed alongside the Pinter.