The Killing of Sister George
The West End run achieved 618 performances.
After the Bristol run, Selma Vaz Dias “left the cast at her own request.” (The Stage 20th May 1965, page 14.) Eileen Atkins’ autobiography – WILL SHE DO?, pages 292–93 – tells a different story.
In the last two weeks of June 1966, Margaret Courtenay briefly switched from playing Mme Xenia to June Buckridge, with Lally Bowers remaining as Mercy Croft and Kate Coleridge and Julia McCarthy filling the play’s other two roles. The official cast change – bringing in Hermione Baddeley, Andrée Melly and Ambrosine Phillpotts, with Margaret Courtenay returning to Mme Xenia – then took effect on 4th July. (See ‘A break for Kate Coleridge’, Kensington Post 10th June 1966, page 5.)
Cast & Crew
Cast
Alice ‘Childie’ McNaught | Eileen Atkins |
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June Buckridge | Beryl Reid |
Mercy Croft | Lally Bowers |
Mme Xenia | Selma Vaz Dias |
Mme Xenia (replacement) | Margaret Courtenay
(started May 1965) |
Alice ‘Childie’ McNaught (temporary replacement) | Kate Coleridge
(20th June – 2nd July 1966) |
June Buckridge (temporary replacement) | Margaret Courtenay
(20th June – 2nd July 1966) |
Mme Xenia (temporary replacement) | Julia McCarthy
(20th June – 2nd July 1966) |
Alice ‘Childie’ McNaught (replacement) | Andrée Melly
(started 4th July 1966) |
June Buckridge (replacement) | Hermione Baddeley
(started 4th July 1966) |
Mercy Croft (replacement) | Ambrosine Phillpotts
(started 4th July 1966) |
Crew | |
‘Applehurst’ theme composed by | Frank Marcus |
Designer | Catherine Browne |
Director | Val May |
Presented in association with | Bernard Delfont |
Production Manager | J Scott Parkinson |
Production Photographs | Mark Gudgeon |
Costumes made under the supervision of | Audrey Price |
Scenery constructed under the supervision of | Alfred Gleason |
Scenery painted by | Richard Davies |
Scenery painted by | Michael Swindlehurst |
Stage Manager (Bristol) | Derek Rye |
Stage Manager (Duke of York’s) | Michael Ginesi |
Stage Manager (St Martin’s) | Michael Hughes |
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