Happy Few
Intended for a West End run at the St James’s Theatre from 6th July 1944, this play was postponed until October, coming back with a different director and only five original cast members.
Advertised in Leeds as “The play we’ve all been waiting for … A story of El Alamein by Paul Anthony, who was ‘there when it happened’.”
Described by Bernard Buckham in the Daily Mirror as “a sincere but poor imitation of JOURNEY’S END set at El Alamein with the Stranger from THE PASSING OF THE THIRD FLOOR BACK looking in to lend a hand.” (17th October 1944, page 7.)
Cast & Crew
Cast
| Unknown | Michael Duffield |
|---|---|
| Unknown | Leslie Dwyer |
| Unknown | James Fraser |
| Unknown | Richard George |
| Unknown | John Hailstone |
| Unknown | Peter Hammond |
| Unknown | Marcel Poncin |
| Unknown | Victor Westcott |
| Unknown | Victor Beaumont
(June – October 1944) |
| Unknown | Maxwell Foster
(June – October 1944) |
| Unknown | James Page
(June – October 1944) |
| Brigadier-General Stone | Ronald Fortt
(June 1944) |
| Lieutenant Bob Stone | Derek Blomfield
(June – October 1944) |
| Private Everett | Anthony Hawtrey
(June – October 1944) |
| Private Hogan | Arthur Sinclair
(June 1944) |
| Unknown | Michael Allen
(October 1944) |
| Unknown | Duncan McIntyre
(October 1944) |
| Unknown | Wally Patch
(October 1944) |
| Unknown | Bill Shine
(October 1944) |
| Brigadier-General Stone (replacement) | Donald Strachan
(October 1944) |
| Private Charles | Peter Cushing
(October 1944) |
| Private Cholly | John Slater
(October 1944) |
| Private Hogan (replacement) | Tony Quinn
(October 1944) |
Crew | |
| Director | Val Gielgud
(June 1944) |
| Director | William Mollison
(October 1944) |
| Setting by | Escott Herewake |
| Technical Advisor | Major Harry Barker |
| Stage Director | Clive Parkhurst
(October 1944) |
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