McCarthy

Loophole Productions’ second venture, “McCarthy”, was initially presented as a late night show at the University Theatre and subsequently revived (with some cast changes) as a co-production with Manchester Library Theatre at the Forum, Wythenshawe with a short play, “Waxworks”, as a curtain raiser.,

Cast & Crew

Cast

Observations

1. On 14^th June 2017 at 4:35 a.m., SteveB21 noted:

   Peter Adamson was better known as Len Fairclough of “Coronation Street”. Bernard Hill and Antony Sher were at the time students at Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama.

2. On 21^st October 2017 at 8:27 a.m., SteveB21 noted:

   Beryl Jones, in her Manchester Evening News review, wrote: “The play is fast, clever, funny, and a splendid vehicle for Peter Adamson in the title role. He bluffs his way manfully through McCarthy’s early career, then seems to disintegrate physically until the dreaded investigator is only a drunken ham.”

3. On 21^st October 2017 at 8:34 a.m., SteveB21 noted:

   In the Manchester Free Press, Roy Johnson wrote: “The lead role was a tour de force by Coronation Street’s Peter Adamson. Working with a small cast and minimal props he gave a compelling performance which ranged from the cynical dynamism of McCarthy’s early successes to an almost pathos-tinged characterisation of his later alcoholism and paranoia…….as a theatrical event it provided the satisfaction and the provocation which are all too rare in many contemporary artistic experiences.”

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