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 | William Gaunt |
| George Pye | Denis Quilley |
| Rosie Pye | Cathryn Bradshaw |
Band
| Music Director/Saxophone | Charlotte Bradburn |
| Piano | Adam Caird |
| Cello | Zoë Martlew |