On Monday Next
The play’s run at the Comedy Theatre totalled 444 performances.
“Philip King has simply taken the lid off a weekly repertory theatre during an early rehearsal of the play to be presented ‘on Monday next’ and let the various situations speak most amusingly for themselves … The author gains his effect by ridiculing the ridiculous.” – The Stage, 9th June 1949
Cast & Crew
Cast
| Avis Clare | Mary Kimber |
|---|---|
| Daphne Wray | Beryl Mason |
| George | Charles Lamb |
| George (replacement) | Ivan Staff |
| Harry Blacker | Henry Kendall |
| Jackson Harley | Cyril Chamberlain |
| Jerry Winterton | Leslie Phillips |
| Mary Manners | Patricia Page |
| Maud Barron | Olga Lindo |
| Norwood Beverley | Liam Gaffney |
| Norwood Beverley (replacement) | Christopher Hewett |
| Sandra Layton | Mary Mackenzie |
| The Author | Richard Goolden |
| The Author (Replacement) | Ivan Staff |
Crew | |
| Director | Anthony Hawtrey |
| Producer | Henry Kendall |
| Producer | Shaun Sutton |
| Setting designed and painted by | Mary Purvis |
| Presented by (Comedy Theatre) | Peter Dearing |
| Presented by (Comedy Theatre) | Milton Gay |
| Presented by (Comedy Theatre) | Bernard Goodman |
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Play description
“Philip King has simply taken the lid off a weekly repertory theatre during an early rehearsal of the play to be presented ‘on Monday next’ and let the various situations speak most amusingly for themselves … The author gains his effect by ridiculing the ridiculous.” – The Stage, 9th June 1949
Sometimes suggested as a loose forerunner of Michael Frayn’s NOISES OFF.
Photo credits
- On Monday Next by Fraser Pearson, Public domain due to age
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