Humble Boy
9th August 2001
Cottesloe Theatre, NT
Photographs generously provided by Catherine Ashmore and the National Theatre Archive.
This world première production opened at the National Theatre’s Cottesloe auditorium on 9th August 2001 and ran in repertoire for the rest of the season before transferring to the Gielgud Theatre in the West End, where it opened on 5th February 2002 and played, with a number of cast changes, until 17th August 2002.
Click here for the West End casts.
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
| Felix Humble | Simon Russell Beale |
| Mercy Lott | Marcia Warren |
| Flora Humble | Diana Rigg |
| Jim the gardener | William Gaunt |
| George Pye | Denis Quilley |
| Rosie Pye | Cathryn Bradshaw |
Band
| Music Director / Saxophone | Charlotte Bradburn |
| Piano | Adam Caird |
| Cello | Zoë Martlew |
Production Credits
| Production Manager | Diane Willmott |
| Stage Manager | Trish Montemuro |
| Deputy Stage Manager | Fiona Bardsley |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Valerie Fox / Andrew Speed |
| Assistant to the Designer | Libby Watson |
| Assistant to the Lighting Designer | Elaine Grimes |
| Production Intern | Richard Gorr |
| Production Photographer | Catherine Ashmore |
| Set built and painted by | Souvenir Scenic Studios Ltd |
| Beehive supplied by | The Hive Honey Shop Limited |
| For culinary advice | Moro Bar Restaurant Raciones, Exmouth Market, EC1 |
| Miss Rigg's sunglasses from | Arthur Morrice |
| Fight Consultant | Terry King |
| Astrophysical and Apiarian Consultants | Mike MacCartney / Robert Carpenter Turner |
| Thanks to | Chris Hone (Design Student Placement) / Anne Honeybone / The Royal Entomological Society of London / Alistair Plant / Paul Bazely / Anna Mackmin / Holly Kendrick (Caird Company Director) |
Programme Acknowledgements
| Programme researched and compiled by | Lyn Haill / Dinah Wood |