Performance

Venue	New Theatre
Town	Oxford
County	Oxfordshire
From	19th December 2000
To	20th January 2001
When	19:30, Wed/Sat Mats 14:30, Dec 22, 28, Jan 4 at 14:30
New Theatre (V802)
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Doctor Dolittle

Work:: Doctor Dolittle (S1482)

The story of the man who talks with the animals (played by Rex Harrison in the 1967 film). Not succeeding well as a real Doctor - largely because he prefers animals to even the best of people, Doctor Doolittle becomes an animal doctor. His pet parrot convinces him to learn the animal languages and he becomes a great success. In order to fund an expedition to find the Giant Pink Sea Snail Doctor Doolittle joins a circus but this leads him to help a love-sick seal return to her freedom - an act that loses him his. The circus animals help him to escape and he sets off on an adventure aboard "The Flounder". The travellers end up on a floating island eventually meeting the snail who gives his friends a lift home - he himself not returning to avoid re-imprisonment. But when his friends clear his name he is able to convince the giant lunar moth to give him the ride he needs to rejoin them.

Author	Alan Jay Lerner
Author	Leslie Bricusse

Production:: (T1393198069)

Performer	Philip Schofield
Performer	Paul Nicholas (Saturdays)
Performer	Julie Andrews (the voice of Polynesia)
Lighting	Hugh Vanstone
Sound	Richard Ryan
Music	Kim Scharnberg (orchestration)
Music	Mike Dixon (musical supervision)
Choreographer	Aletta Collins
Design	Mark Thompson
Director	Steven Pimlott

Listing:: L01756121814

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