Details

A proud past, a shabby present, an uncertain future: the state of the nation in 1956 perhaps, but also the state of the Rice family in a run-down seaside resort, where Archie is fronting a strip-show in a seedy theatre. Ever the entertainer, he carries on joking, dancing, singing - increasingly dead behind the eyes. This is a modern classic: it is a play about the state of the nation, but it is also a play which is vaudeville: funny, sleazy, sentimental in turn, after turn, after turn.

Cast/Performers

David Threlfall (Archie Rice), Dominic Charles-Rouse, Anna Keaveney, Robert David Macdonald, Anna Tolputt

Creatives/Company

Author: John Osborne
Producer: Derby Playhouse
Director(s): David Freeman, Kelvin Towse (music)
Design: Tom Phillips
Music: John Addison
Lighting: Alistair Grant

The Entertainer

The Entertainer (Play) production archive for QTIX code T01381312221. Details of all The Entertainer archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S3167

Archive Listings

26 Apr 03
to
24 May 03

Derby Theatre
Derby, Derbyshire
Performance Details => Venue archive

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