Don’t Dress for Dinner
This 1995 touring version of the West End hit was reviewed twice in The Stage – on 25th May (from Peterborough) and 12th October (from Bournemouth).
A week at the Theatre Royal, Hanley (5th-10th June) was cancelled because of poor ticket sales. (‘The tills are alive!’, Staffordshire Sentinel 13th June 1995, page 13.)
Cast & Crew
Cast
| Bernard | Lionel Blair |
|---|---|
| George | Leslie Mills |
| Jacqueline | Vicki Michelle |
| Robert | Giles Watling |
| Suzanne | Ruby Snape |
| Suzette | Marti Caine |
| understudy: Bernard, Robert | Patric Kearns |
| understudy: Jacqueline, Suzette | Jane Shakespeare |
| Bernard (replacement) | Barry Howard
(started September 1995) |
| Jacqueline (replacement) | Jacki Piper
(started September 1995) |
| Robert (replacement) | Jeremy Bulloch
(started September 1995) |
Crew | |
| Designer | Peter Rice |
| Director | Peter Farago |
| Press Representative | Alison Griffin |
| Company Manager | Michael Rooney |
| Stage Manager | Patsy Morgan |
| Wardrobe Mistress | Malanie Clifton-Harvey |
- Source: University of Bristol Theatre Collection
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Play description
DON’T DRESS FOR DINNER is set in a country house some distance from Paris. Bernard and his wife, Jacqueline, have converted an old farm building to use at weekends. On this weekend, Bernard is planning to entertain his mistress while Jacqueline visits her mother. He’s quickly out-manoeuvred by his stylish wife when she discovers that his alibi, her lover Robert, is coming to keep Bernard company. Add a cordon bleu cook who’s mistaken for the mistress and you have all the ingredients for a naughty French weekend.
A previous adaptation of this play, HAPPY BIRTHDAY by Beverley Cross, was presented at the Apollo Theatre in 1979.
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