Fiddler on the Roof
Press night at Wimbledon was 25th February 1980.
This was the start of a proposed 20-week UK tour. Heavy losses at Wimbledon entailed the disbanding of the company in Bournemouth and the collapse of the Musical Theatre Company.
See ‘Fiddler tour in survival battle’ (The Stage 27th March 1980, page 1) and ‘Fiddler rescue bids fail to save tour’ (The Stage 3rd April 1980, page 1).
Cast & Crew
Cast
Anya | Gillian Hayes |
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Avram the Bookseller | Douglas Anderson |
Berille | Jane Argyle |
Bielke | Maxine Gordon |
Bluma | Beverley Klein |
Chaim the Fishmonger | James Tillitt |
Chava | Susan Beagley |
Constable | Philip Newman |
Duvidel the Selzer Man | Ian McArthur |
Fredel | Kathy Van Den Elst |
Fruma-Sarah/Mirala | Ann Hood |
Fyedka | Terence Hillyer |
Golde | Stephanie Voss |
Grandma Tzeitel/Sima | Melody Kaye |
Hershel the Potseller | Richard Morris |
Hodel | Alison Truefitt |
Label the Woodman | Paul Napier-Burroughs |
Lazar Wolf | Leon Lissek |
Mendel | James Saxon |
Mischa | Brian McGuire |
Moishe the Cobbler | Eric Gething |
Mordcha the Innkeeper / US Tevye | Frank Ellis |
Motel | Richard Tate |
Nahum the Beggar | Peter Eden |
Perchik | Maynard Williams |
Rabbi | Benny Lee |
Rivka | Toni Adelman |
Sasha | Anton Alexander |
Schloime the Baker | Sean Kay |
Schmeril the Bagel Man | Mark Fowler |
Shandel | Virginia Graham |
Shprintze | Julie Jupp |
Tevye | Alfred Marks |
The Fiddler | Danny Grover |
Tzeitel | Leonie Cosman |
Vladimir | Clive Griffin |
Yakov the Knifeseller | Billy Strachan |
Yente | Stella Tanner |
Yitsuk the Streetsweeper | Rodney Madden |
Yussel the Hatmaker | Nicky Shorn |
Crew | |
Choreography reproduced by | Irene Claire |
Costume Designer | Sarah Jane Mclelland |
Designer | Tim Goodchild |
Director | Ken Hill |
Lighting Designer | Joe Davis |
Musical Director / lead violin | Andrew Read |
Musical Supervisor | Jack Forsyth |
Original choreography | Jerome Robbins |
Producer | Martin Gates |
Touring Production Assistant | Frank Ellis |
Wardrobe Mistress | Erika Pahlke |
Assistant Director | Peter Rankin |
Assistant Lighting Designer | Alan Jacobi |
Assistant Production Carpenter | Roger Stares |
Assistant Stage Manager | Chris Gidney |
Assistant Stage Manager | Bill Simons |
Board Operator | Graham Robinson |
Company Electrician | Michael Odam |
Company Manager | Gordon Monsen |
Deputy Stage Manager | Bruce Percival |
Press Representative | Andra Fitzgerald |
Production Carpenter | Philip Reavey |
Wing Man | Tim Spencer |
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Play description
Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in or around 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters (or Tevye the Dairyman) and other tales by Sholem Aleichem. The story centers on Tevye, a milkman in the village of Anatevka, who attempts to maintain his Jewish religious and cultural traditions as outside influences encroach upon his family’s lives. He must cope with the strong-willed actions of his three older daughters who wish to marry for love; their choices of husbands are successively less palatable for Tevye. An edict of the tsar eventually evicts the Jews from their village.
The original Broadway production of the show, which opened in 1964, had the first musical theatre run in history to surpass 3,000 performances. Fiddler held the record for the longest-running Broadway musical for almost 10 years until Grease surpassed its run. The production was extraordinarily profitable and highly acclaimed. It won nine Tony Awards, including best musical, score, book, direction and choreography. It spawned five Broadway revivals and a highly successful 1971 film adaptation and has enjoyed enduring international popularity. It has also been a popular choice for school and community productions.[1]
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