Nude with Violin
When Robert Helpmann took over the leading role in November 1957, various revisions to the text were introduced, having been added by Coward for the recently opened Broadway production. (‘New Comedy in Nude with Violin’, The Stage 14th November 1957, page 1.)
Cast & Crew
Cast
| Anya Pavlikov | Patience Collier |
|---|---|
| Cherry-May Waterton | Kathleen Harrison |
| Clinton Preminger | Peter Sallis |
| Colin | Basil Henson |
| Fabrice | Douglas Robinson |
| George | John Sterland |
| Isobel Sorodin | Joyce Carey |
| Jacob Friedland | David Horne |
| Jane | Ann Castle |
| Lauderdale | Nick Edmett
(credited as Nicky Edmett) |
| Marie-Celeste | Gillian Webb |
| Obadiah Llewellyn | Thomas Baptiste |
| Pamela | Patricia Raine |
| Sebastien | John Gielgud |
| Sebastien (understudy 1956–58) | Lee Fox |
| Clinton Preminger (replacement) | John Sterland
(started 8th October 1956) |
| George (replacement) | Keith Green
(started 8th October 1956) |
| Sebastien (replacement) | Michael Wilding
(started 24th June 1957) |
| Isobel Sorodin (replacement) | Zena Dare
(started 30th September 1957) |
| Jacob Friedland (replacement) | Geoffrey Dunn
(started 30th September 1957) |
| Sebastien (replacement) | Robert Helpmann
(started 25th November 1957) |
Crew | |
| Co-director | Noël Coward |
| Co-director | John Gielgud |
| Setting by | Paul Anstee |
| Stage Management | Alison Colvil |
| Stage Management | Diana Fulker |
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Play description
This classic, if rarely performed, Noël Coward comedy is a light, witty satire of the art establishment. A ‘great’ painter having died, the family and an esteemed art critic gather for the funeral and will-reading in his Paris apartment. His loyal valet starts to reveal that all may not be as it seemed, with a series of characters (from a foul-mouthed Russian Princess to a Jamaican gospel singer) causing increasing dismay to the family and critic.
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