The Reluctant Debutante
For the first week of the West End run, Peter Myers’ role as David Bulloch was played by his understudy, Jeremy Longhurst, owing to Myers’ illness. (‘Chit Chat’, The Stage 2nd June 1955, page 6.)
The West End run achieved 748 performances.
On 12th August 1957, the post-West End tour transferred to a different management (Alfred Farrell for Kingwood Productions), with Jack Hulbert still in the lead but an otherwise different cast.
Cast & Crew
Cast
| Clarissa | Anna Steele |
|---|---|
| David Bulloch | Peter Myers |
| David Hoylake-Johnson | John Merivale |
| Jane | Anna Massey |
| Jimmy Broadbent | Wilfrid Hyde White |
| Mabel Crosswaite | Ambrosine Phillpotts |
| Mrs Edgar | Gwynne Whitby |
| Sheila Broadbent | Celia Johnson |
| David Bulloch (temporary replacement) | Jeremy Longhurst
(24th – 28th May 1955) |
| Mabel Crosswaite (replacement) | Eileen Peel
(started 22nd August 1955) |
| Clarissa (replacement) | Phyllis Partridge
(started 1956) |
| Mrs Edgar (replacement) | Joan Peart
(started 1956) |
| Sheila Broadbent (replacement) | Judy Campbell
(started 2nd April 1956) |
| David Hoylake-Johnson (replacement) | John Barron
(started 16th July 1956) |
| Jimmy Broadbent (replacement) | Jack Hulbert
(started 16th July 1956) |
| Jane (replacement) | Diane Clare
(started 1st October 1956) |
| Clarissa (replacement) | Valerie Kirkbright
(started 1957) |
| Mabel Crosswaite (replacement) | Joan Peart
(started 1957) |
| Mrs Edgar (replacement) | Judith Craig
(started 1957) |
| Sheila Broadbent (replacement) | Gwynne Whitby
(started 25th March 1957) |
Crew | |
| Director | Jack Minster |
| Set Designer | Hutchinson Scott |
| Presented by | E P Clift |
| Presented by | Minster Productions Ltd |
| Presented in conjunction with | Anna Deere Wiman |
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