The Cheats of Scapino
This production, the first ever at the Young Vic Theatre, was announced as plain SCAPINO but reviewed as THE CHEATS OF SCAPINO. Subsequent revivals would revert to just SCAPINO. It had previously been presented as both THE TRICKS OF SCAPIN and THE CHEATS OF SCAPIN (both qv).
Cast & Crew
Cast
Argante | Harry Lomax |
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Carlo | Desmond McNamara |
Geronte | John Moffatt |
Giacinta | Anna Carteret |
Leandro | Richard Kay |
Ottavio | Nicky Henson |
Scapino | Jim Dale |
Sylvestro | Gavin Reed |
T/O Nurse | Andrew Robertson
(credited as Fanny Robertson) |
T/O Waiter | Sam Kelly |
T/O Waiter | Seymour Matthews |
T/O Waitress | Barbara Courtney |
Waiter | Sean Roantree |
Waiter | Paul Vousden |
Waitress / Nurse | Kate Coleridge |
Zerbinetta | Jane Lapotaire |
Crew | |
Adaptation | Jim Dale |
Adaptation | Frank Dunlop |
Costumes | Maria Bjornson |
Director | Frank Dunlop |
Lighting | Derek Brown |
Music | Jim Dale |
Sets | Carl Toms |
- Observations (2)
- Added by Jared William.
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Observations
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First production by the National Theatre at the Young Vic. This production, first seen at the Jeanetta Cochrane, was now called The Cheats of Scapino and was later shortened simply to Scapino!
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https://ianlouisharris.com/1974/01/23/scapino-young-vic-23-january-1974/
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