Money

3rd June 1999

Olivier Theatre, NT

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Photographs generously provided by Catherine Ashmore and the National Theatre Archive.

This National Theatre revival of Money opened at the Olivier theatre on 3rd June 1999 and played in repertoire throughout the following season.
The cast was drawn from an ensemble company that played in a number of different plays in that season’s repertoire, including Troilus & Cressida, Summerfolk, and Candide.

Money

Written byEdward Bulwer-Lytton

Creative Team

Director John Caird
Designer Rob Howell
Lighting Designer Peter Mumford
Music Jonathan Dove
Movement Jane Gibson
Sound Designer Fergus O’Hare
Company Voice Work Patsy Rodenburg
Staff Director Stephen Wrentmore
Production ManagerAnnie Gosney
Stage ManagerSue Millin
Deputy Stage ManagerHilary Stephens
Assistant Stage ManagersGemma Bodley / Peter Gregory
Assistant to the DesignerPeter Lindley
Assistant to the Lighting DesignerLaurie Clayton
Assistant Voice CoachJeannette Nelson
Deputy Production Manager Tom Richardson
Costume SupervisorDulcie Scott
Assistant to the Costume SupervisorAnne Lavender-Jones
Production Photographed byCatherine Ashmore

Cast

Cast in order of speaking:
Sir John Vesey Denis Quilley
Georgina Vesey, his daughter Sophie Okonedo
Lady Franklin, his sister Patricia Hodge
Charley, her son Thomas Brown-Lowe / Thomas Moll
Clara Douglas, her companion Victoria Hamilton
Alfred Evelyn, a poor cousin to the Veseys, Sir John’s secretarySimon Russell Beale
Sir Frederick Blount Simon Day
Lord Glossmore, a parliamentary agentOliver Cotton
Benjamin Stout, a political economistClive Rowe
Henry Graves, executor to the late Mr MordauntRoger Allam
Mr Sharp, the lawyer David Weston
Mr Patent, a coachmakerJack James
Mr MacStucco, an architect Martin Chamberlain
Mr MacFinch, a silversmith David Arneil
Mrs Crimson, a portrait painter Myra Sands
Mr Grab, a publisher Robert Burt
Mr Kite, a horse-dealer Ruddy L Davis
Captain Dudley Smooth Jasper Britton
Old Member Michael Bryant
First Member Ruddy L Davis
Mr Tabouret, an upholsterer Jim Creighton
Toke, butler to Evelyn Charles Millham
Officers / club members / waiters / servants / footmenDavid Arneil / Robert Burt / Martin Chamberlain / Jim Creighton / Ruddy L Davis / Jack James / Liam McKenna / Charles Millham
Maids / Housekeepers Samantha Lavender / Elizabeth Renihan / Aislinn Sands

Music

Music Director / Harpsichord Clive Williamson
Harmonium Irita Kutchmy
Trumpet Colin Rae
Cello Philip Taylor

Production

Scenery Construction and Finishing bySouvenir Scenic Studios
Steelwork byMet Scene Ltd.
Advise / ResearchJessie Campbell (Senior archivist at Barclays Bank) / Tony King (Stationery Office) / Moira Gulf and Elizabeth Jones (British Library) / Lord Cobbled and Clair Fleck (Archivist of Knebworth House)
Additional Costumes byAlan Selzer / Roxanne Cressey / Arabella Dean / Christine Atkinson / Maggie Partington-Smith / Dee Shaheen / Jenny Lessmoir-Gordon

Programme Acknowledgement

Programme Cover Montage byAndrjez Klimowski
Cover Designed byMichael Mayhew
Programme Designed byStephen Cummiskey