This revival of Jean Anouilh’s play opened for a limited run at the Haymarket Theatre in London’s West End on 27th October 2004.
It was produced by Kim Poster of Stanhope Productions in association with Fast Track Pictures. Associate producers were Ashley Herman & Sean Sweeney, Holly Kendrick and Janet Robinson.
Written by | Jean Anouilh |
Adapted and translated by | Frederic & Stephen Raphael |
Director | John Caird |
Designer | Stephen Brimson-Lewis |
Lighting | Peter Mumford |
Historical Consultant | Alison Weir |
Composer | John Cameron |
Sound Designer | John Leonard |
Casting | Gillian Diamond |
Production Consultant | Paul O'leary |
Production Manager | Richard Eustace |
Company Stage Manager | Sylvia Carter |
Deputy Stage Manager | Jo Bradman |
Acting Stage Manager | Alison Collinge |
Costume Supervisor | Stephanie Arditti |
Wardrobe Mistress | Roxanne Armstrong |
Dressers | Kate Hinkley / David Tate |
Apprentice to Stage Management | Bruce Guthrie |
Thomas Becket | Dougray Scott |
King Henry II | Jasper Britton |
Archbishop of Canterbury | John Quentin |
Gilbert Folliot, Bishop of London | Sean Baker |
Bishop of York | Michael Fitzgerald |
Bishop of Oxford | Arthur Kohn |
Saxon Girl | Catrina Lear |
Gwendolen | Bethan Bevan |
First Baron | Arthur Kohn |
Second Baron | Richard Stacey |
Third Baron | Sean Baker |
Forth Baron | Michael Fitzgerald |
Little Monk | Gareth Llewelyn |
Brother William | Daniel Pirrie |
Queen Mother | Ann Firbank |
Eleanor of Aquitaine | Polly Kemp |
Prince Henry | Michael Cox |
Provost Marshall | Paul Stewart |
Arundel | Daniel Pirrie |
King Louis | Michael Fitzgerald |
Pope | Paul Stewart |
Cardinal | Arthur Kohn |
Father Superior | John Quentin |
All other parts played by members of the company |
For Stanhope Productions |
Chief Executive | Kim Poster |
Financial Controller | Robert C Thomas |
Assistant Accountant | Daksha Vithlani |
Creative Consultant | Gillian Diamond |
Production Administrator | Laura Fitzsimon |
Marketing | AKA Ltd |
Press and Publicity | Lynne Kirwin Associates |
Legal | Clintons |
For Theatre Royal Haymarket |
Director | Nigel Everett |
PA to Mr Everett | Margaret Spencer |
Theatre Manager | Mark Stradling |
Marketing Manager | Paul Hicks |
Box Office Manager | Matthew Palin |
Duty Manager | Naim Malek |
Chief Electrician | Steve MacGuire |
Master Carpenter | Tony Brunt |
Masterclass Co-ordinator | Suzy Humphries |
Masterclass Publicity | Anne Mayer |
For Becket |
Costumes made by | Judith Darracott / Sarah Handley / Emma Jealous / Dawn Korner / Hilary Parkinson / Lizzie Wyllie |
Hats by | Elaine Moore |
Dyeing by | Gabrielle Firth |
Additional costumes supplied by | RSC Costume Hire / The National Theatre Costume Hire |
Scenery Builders | Capital Scenery Ltd |
Prop Makers | Emma Parsons / Simeon Tachev |
Prop Buyer | Sarah Jackson |
LX Hires | PRG Europe Group Ltd |
Sound Hires | Orbital Sound Ltd |
Production LX / Programmer | John Tapster |
Flying | Flying Squad |
Press and Publicity | Public Eye Ltd |