Mr Thomas | |
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Written by | Kathy Burke |
Directed by | Kathy Burke |
Music by | Simon Brint |
Characters | James Clyde Anita Graham Ian Jentle James Snell Ray Winstone |
Date premiered | January 30, 1990 |
Place premiered | The Old Red Lion, Islington |
Subject | Black humour |
Setting | London, 1957 |
Mr Thomas is the first play by the English actress and playwright Kathy Burke. It was first performed at the Old Red Lion theatre pub in Islington in February 1990. Set in 1950s London had a cast of five, with the action all taking place in a single day in the small attic room bedsit belonging to George on a mid-week day in November 1957.
Cast
- George, played by James Clyde
- Weaver, played by Ray Winstone
- Brenda Tebbit, played by Anita Graham
- Gordon Davis, played by James Snell
- Cyril Thomas, played by Ian Jentle
Set design was by Matthew Duguid and John Pope, music by Simon Brint.
The production was subsequently restaged for broadcast by Channel 4 that Autumn.
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