The Reluctant Peer
Touring version of the recently closed West End hit, retaining the same set and three of the same actors. Nine weeks at nine venues, followed by a seven-week summer break and then three weeks at Windsor.
Cast & Crew
Cast
Beecham | Jack Hulbert |
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John MacGibbons | James Falkland |
June (Countess of Lister) | Harriette Johns |
Lady Cleghorn | Viola Lyel |
Lord Cleghorn | William Stephens |
Molly (Dowager Countess of Lister) | Cicely Courtneidge |
Rosalind | Diana Chappell |
Tony (Earl of LIster) | Peter Graves |
Crew | |
Decor | Anthony Holland |
Director | Jack Hulbert |
Recorded lyric by | Millicent Martin |
Stage Manager (tour) | Paul Gresham |
Stage Manager (Windsor) | Carol Robertson |
Assistant Stage Manager (tour) | Mary Land |
Assistant Stage Manager (Windsor) | Carol Watson |
Carpenter (Windsor) | Norman Brown |
Company Manager (tour) | Ron Richards |
Deputy Stage Manager (tour) | Shirley Vaughan |
Deputy Stage Manager (Windsor) | Giles Barnabe |
Electrician (Windsor) | Cyril Douglas |
Miss Harriette Johns’ evening dress by | Phyllis Taylor |
Scenery built by | Vic Mara Ltd |
Scenery painted by | The Harkers |
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Play description
Comedy turning on a Prime Minister’s resignation through illness and the requirement for his successor to renounce his peerage – echoing the situation faced in October 1963 by the playwright’s elder brother, Sir Alec Douglas-Home.
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