Point of Departure
Stage premiere of Kitty Black’s translation of Jean Anouilh’s EURYDICE, previously performed on the BBC Third Programme on 14th May 1950.
The run at the Duke of York’s achieved 149 performances.
The character of the coach driver was dropped after the Brighton run, and the character Dulac was renamed Molac for the West End transfer.
Cast & Crew
Cast
A Clerk | John Kidd |
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A Girl | Lucille Steven |
Another Girl | Olive Kirby |
Cashier | Dorothy Blythe |
Dulac | Eric Pohlmann |
Eurydice | Mai Zetterling |
Father | Hugh Griffith |
Hotel Waiter | John Moffatt |
Mathias | Leonard White |
Molac | Eric Pohlmann |
Monsieur Henri | Stephen Murray |
Mother | Brenda de Banzie |
Orpheus | Dirk Bogarde |
Station Waiter | David Storm |
The Driver | Donald Finlay |
The Manager | Andreas Malandrinos
(credited as Andrea Malandrinos) |
Vincent | George Hayes |
Orpheus | Leonard White
(January 1951) |
A Clerk | David Garth
(started 12th February 1951) |
Father | Philip Stainton
(started 12th February 1951) |
Orpheus | Peter Finch
(19th March – 21st April 1951) |
Crew | |
Adaptation | Kitty Black |
Costumes by | William Chappell |
Decor | Hubert Gurschner
(credited as Gurschner) |
Decor | Stanley Moore |
Director | Peter Ashmore |
Music by | John Hotchkis |
Presented by arrangement with | Duchess Productions Ltd |
Stage Manager | Dorothy Blythe |
Stage Manager | John Murphy |
Assistant Stage Manager | Judy Dedman |
Chief Engineer | Joe Davis |
General Manager | Bernard Gordon |
Head Wardrobe Mistress | Lily Taylor |
Ladies’ dresses executed by | Charles Russell |
Manager & Stage Director | Rupert Marsh |
Press Representative | Vivienne Byerley |
Production Manager | Ian Dow |
Scenery built by | Stage-Decor Ltd |
Scenery painted by | Hubert |
Special recordings by | Stagesound |
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Play description
Kitty Black’s translation of Jean Anouilh’s EURYDICE.
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