Title: Travesties
Date: Production Opened Tuesday 27th May 1975
Type: Play
Company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Location: Aldwych Theatre, London, England
Playwright: Tom Stoppard
Director: Peter Wood
Collection Folder: Folder 12

Cast

Henry Carr: John Wood
Tristan Tzara, the Dadaist: Robert Powell
James Joyce: John Quentin
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin): Harry Towb
Bennett, Carr’s manservant: John Bott
Gwendolen Carr, Henry’s younger sister: Meg Wynn Owen
Cecily Carruthers: Beth Morris
Nedezhda Krupskaya (Nadya), Lenin’s wife: Frances Cuka

Piano: Gordon Kembler
Double Bass: Tom Pinguey
Clarinet/Saxophone/Piccolo: James Durrant
Percussion: Tony McVey
Banjo: Laurie Wise

Crew

For Travesties

Designer: Carl Toms
Lighting: Robert Ornbo
Staging, Musical Numbers: William Chappell
Music Arranger and Composer: Grant Hossack
Stage Manager: Giles Barnabe
Deputy Stage Managers: Stanley McKenzie, Marjorie Williams
Sound: Anna Cooke

For the Royal Shakespeare Company

Artistic Director and Chief Executive: Trevor Nunn
Directors: Peggy Ashcroft, Peter Brook, Trevor Nunn
Consultant Directors: Peter Daubeny, Peter Hall
Artistic Director, Aldwych Theatre: David Jones

General Manager: David Brierley
Production Controller: Desmond Hall
Planning Controller: Maurice Daniels
Financial Controller: William Wilkinson
Head of Public Affairs: Des Wilson

Scenic Art Consultant: John Collins
Scenic Artist: Nigel Loomes
Scenic Workshop Manager: Brian Davenhill
Property Shop Manager: William Lockwood
Construction Manager: Peter Pullinger

Wardrobe Administrator: Joan Hatton
Wardrobe Supervisor: Frances Roe
Head of Wigs: Brenda Leedham
Tours Manager: Hal Rogers
Casting: Genista McIntosh
Music Director: Guy Woolfenden
Deputy Music Director: Michael Tubbs

Publicity: Sandy Carlier
Press Representative: Ruth Kaplan
Membership Secretary: Kaye Flanagan

For the Aldwych Theatre

London Manager: Patricia Leary
London Music Director: Gordon Kember
London Repertoire Manager: Frank Stevens
House Manager: Sama Swaminathan
Production Manager: James Langley
Production Assistant: Maggie Roy
Chief Stage Technician: Alf Davis
Chief Lighting Engineer: Stewart Leviton
Chief Lighting Operator: Michael Lansdale
Property Master: Terry Diamond
Wig Master: Lucy Coghlan
Deputy Head of Wigs and Makeup: Ray Marston
Wardrobe Supervisor: Frances Roe
Wardrobe Master: David Kitchenham
Box Office Manager: Peter Skinner

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