Backbone
First play by the future children’s author and poet Michael Rosen, then aged 21 and still at Oxford University. A ‘production without decor’, performed on consecutive Sundays in February 1968, was followed by a full production in May, with three cast changes. R B Marriott’s review in The Stage was headed ‘New young playwright may well be more interesting later on’.
Cast & Crew
Cast
| Caroline | Deborah Norton |
|---|---|
| Harry Levin | Harry Towb |
| Jim | Tom Chadbon |
| Malcolm Levin | John Shrapnel |
| Martin Levin | Roy Holder |
| Mr Forbes | Edward Jewesbury |
| Mrs Forbes | Faith Brook |
| Peg Levin | Gillian Martell |
| Policeman | Harry Meacher |
| Robert Forbes | Timothy Carlton |
| Tania Forbes | Marty Cruickshank |
| Malcolm Levin | Ray Brooks
(started 8th May 1968) |
| Mrs Forbes | Clare Kelly
(started 8th May 1968) |
| Peg Levin | Thelma Whiteley
(started 8th May 1968) |
Crew | |
| Designer | Kenneth Bridgeman |
| Director | Bill Bryden |
| Lighting | Andy Phillips |
| Photographs by | Peter Isaac |
| Deputy Stage Manager | Trevor Bentham |
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