Stanley
A Play in 2 Acts
1st February 1996
Cottesloe Theatre, NT
Photographs generously provided by Sasha Gusov and the National Theatre Archive.
The world première of Stanley was at the National Theatre’s Cottesloe auditorium on 1st February 1996 and played in repertoire throughout the 1996 season.
It subsequently opened at the Circle in the Square theatre on Broadway on 20th February 1997 where it ran for a limited season until 27th April.
Stanley
| Written by | Pam Gems |
Creative Team
| Director | John Caird |
| Designer | Tim Hatley |
| Lighting | Peter Mumford |
| Music | Ilona Sekacz |
| Company Voice Work | Patsy Rodenburg |
| Dialect Coach | Jeanette Nelson |
| Dance | Jane Gibson |
| Sound | Freya Edwards |
| Production Manager | Jason Barnes |
| Stage Manager | Angela Fairclough |
| Deputy Stage Manager | Sue Millin |
| Assistant Stage Managers | Peter Gregory / Hilary Stephens |
| Assistant to the Lighting Designer | Huw Llewellyn |
| Assistant Production Manager | Diane Willmott |
| Costume Supervisor | Heather Leat |
| Production Photographer | Sasha Gusov |
Cast
| Cast in order of speaking: | |
| Hilda | Deborah Findlay |
| Stanley | Antony Sher |
| Henry | Pip Torrens |
| Gwen | Nicola King |
| Patricia | Anna Chancellor |
| Augustus | David Collings |
| Dorothy | Selina Cadell |
| Dudley | Richard Howard |
| Elsie | Stephanie Jacob |
| Mrs Carline | Avril Elgar |
| Brian | Nicholas Deigman / Daniel Forster-Smith |
| Tim | Robbie Morton / Robert Smythson |
| Other parts played by members of the Company | |
| Pianist / Keyboards | Walter Fabeck |
Production Credits
| Set Constructed by | P. L. Parsons |
| Shoes by | Gamba |
| Additional Costumes by | Robbie Gordon and Marie McLoughlin |
| Art Materials supplied by | Daler-Rowney |
| Batteries by | EverReady |
Programme Acknowledgements
| Programme Researched and Compiled by | Lyn Haill / Janet Prowting |
| Articles by | Judith Collins / Richard Cork / Pam Gems |
| Thanks to | Christine Hepworth and the Trustees of the Stanley Spencer Gallery, Cookham |
| Poster and programme designed by | Michael Mayhew |