Performance

Venue	Theatre Royal Haymarket
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	18th May 2000
Opened	6th June 2000
To	26th August 2000
When	Mon-Sat 19:45, Wed/Sat Mats 15:00
Theatre Royal Haymarket (V396)
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Hard Times

Work:: Hard Times (S49230705)

Hard Times the Musical tells of a travelling circus and its impact on a society where love and imagination are considered of no value. Featuring Dickens' most ebullient comic characters, this satire is as fresh, sharp and funny as it ever was. Hard Times, a major musical, uses melodrama, music hall, pantomime, operetta and circus acts to emulate the Dickensian manner of story telling.

Book by	Charles Dickens
Music	Christopher Tookey
Lyrics	Christopher Tookey
Author	Hugh Thomas

Production:: (T0745261322)

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Producer	Christopher Tookey
Producer	Peter Penny (in Association with Bill Kenwright)
Director	Christopher Tookey
Director	Graham Gill (associate director)
Design	Gemma Fripp
Lighting	Zerlina Hughes
Sound	Scott Myers
Director	James Burton (music)
Music	Mark Warman (orchestration)
Choreographer	Craig Revel Horwood
Choreographer	John Stacey (assistant choreographer)
Performer	Roy Hudd (Mr Sleary)
Performer	Brian Blessed (Charles Dickens / Thomas Gradgrind)
Performer	Patsy Rowlands
Performer	Susan Jane Turner
Performer	Russel Wilcox
Performer	Phillip Cox
Performer	Rebecca Ryan
Performer	Peter Blake (James Harthouse / Mr McChoakumchild)
Performer	Ann Emery (Mrs Gradgrind / Mrs Sleary)
Performer	Malcolm Rennie
Performer	Jan Graveson
Performer	Helen Anker
Performer	Matt Rawle
Performer	Alicia Davies
Performer	Matthew Storey
Performer	Steve Fortune
Performer	Ray C Davies
Performer	Leon Webster
Performer	Lucy Harris
Performer	Lesley-Anne Johnson
Performer	Jamie Read
Performer	John Stacey
Performer	Rachel Spry
Performer	Delia Du Sol

Listing:: L1865980137

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