Humble Boy

17th August 2002

The Gielgud Theatre, West End

After opening at the National Theatre’s Cottesloe auditorium on 9th August 2001 this production transferred to the Gielgud Theatre in the West End, where it opened on 5th February 2002 and played, with two cast changes, until 17th August 2002.

Click here for the National Theatre cast.

It subsequently opened at Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) on Broadway with a largely American cast.

Humble Boy

Written by Charlotte Jones

Creative Team

Director John Caird
Designer Tim Hatley
Associate Costume Designer Lucy Roberts
Lighting Designer Paul Pyant
Music Joe Cutler
Sound Designer Christopher Shutt
Company Voice Work Patsy Rodenburg

Cast 1

Felix Humble Simon Russell Beale
Mercy Lott Marcia Warren
Flora Humble Felicity Kendal
Jim the gardenerWilliam Gaunt
George Pye Denis Quilley
Rosie Pye Cathryn Bradshaw

Cast 2

Felix Humble Adrian Scarborough
Mercy Lott Anna Calder-Marshall
Flora Humble Maria Aitken
Jim the gardenerPeter Blythe
George Pye William Gaunt
Rosie Pye Sophie Duval

Understudies

Felix Paul Cawley
Flora / Mercy Lynette Edwards
George / Jim Chris Johnston
Rosie Sarah Rutherford

Band

Music Director / Saxophone Charlotte Bradburn
Piano Adam Caird
Cello Zoë Martlew

Production Credits

Company ManagerAdrian Storey
William BuckenhamDeputy Stage Manager
Assistant Stage ManagerSian Farley
Costume SupervisorMargie Bailey
Wardrobe MistressPam Sharp
Sound OperatorTracey Mundy
Wig MistressTamara Walsh
Production ManagerDigby Robinson
Assistant to the DesignerLibby Watson
Advertising, Sales, Design and Marketing Consultantaka
Press and PRPublic Eye Communications
Production PhotographsCatherine Ashmore
InsuranceWalton & Parkinson
Production CarpenterPhil Large
Production ElectricianSimon Fraulo
Production Sound EngineerRichard Walsh
Music FixerMaurice Cambridge
Humbleboy was commissioned and developed by Matthew Byam Shaw & Anna Mackmin

Programme Acknowledgements

Programme Researched and Compiled byLyn Haill / Dinah Wood
Original Programme Design byStephen Cummiskey