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HALF A SIXPENCE - 1997
The play opens in Shalford's Drapery Emporium where Kipps works and lives as an apprentice draper. Ann, Kipps's childhood sweetheart, is in service so they don't get much chance to see each other.
Kipps falls for her without much hope. Ann is cross with Kipps for not meeting her and walks out on him just before he learns that he has inherited a fortune. Spurred on by his new social standing Kipps proposes to Helen, but her family pressure makes him realise that Ann is his first and real love.
Kipps and Ann marry but his yearning to maintain his social standing creates problems between them which are only resolved when a fortune is lost. A small fortune is offered to him ... he rejects it. "What a rum do everything is," he comments.
Broadway opening April 25 1965.
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| Kipps |
Tony Bryant |
| Sid Pornick |
Alan Jenkins |
| Buggins |
Brian Sweatman |
| Pearce |
Steve Reading |
| Bert |
Daniel Jones |
| Flo Bates |
Peta Mewett |
| Victoria |
Jayne Bushnell |
| Kate |
Kate Davey |
| Emma |
Pat Pring |
| Mr Shalford |
John Haig |
| Mr Carshot |
John McLaughlin |
| Mrs Botting |
Carole Gennings |
| Mrs Walsingham |
Val Simpson |
| Ann Pornick |
Hayley Smither |
| Chitterlow |
Guy Smither |
| Laura |
Caroline Archer |
| Helen Walsingham |
Jane Pegler |
| Young Walsingham |
Jamie Young |
| Photographer |
Tony Doye |
| Gwendolin |
Natalie Frank |
| Reporter |
Lee Stoddart |
| Ladies Chorus |
Sonia Atkinson, Natalie Frank, Emma Kirton, Sarah Lockhart, Margaret McIntyre, Linda Smither, Annie Teahan, Sandra Tucker, Laura Underwood, Stacey Vincent, Sue Wright |
| Gentlemen's Chorus |
Adam Brown, Peter Croucher, Tony Doye, Ian Gardner, Jim Gould, Mike Naylor, Barry Tester, Ian Vincent, Colin Watts |
| Dancers |
Caroline Archer, Tanya Bourner, Julia Brown, Rachel Bundey, Alison Dea, Catharine Ferguson, Heather Stoddart, Katryna Townley, Charlotte Warren |
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| Producer & Choreographer |
Audrey Pring |
| Musical Director |
Alan Pring |
| Official Accompanist |
Jean Porter |
| Stage Manager |
Colin D Justice |
| Deputy Stage Manager |
Michael Williams |
| Assistant Stage Manager |
George Hyde |
| Stage Crew |
Marc Fairclough, Peter Gardner, Ron Lewis, Roy Luke, Ian Matthews, Simon Mewett, Chris Murray, Tom Potts, Marc Scott, Lee Stoddart, Jeff Thomas |
| Head Flyman |
André D'St Croix |
| Fly Crew |
John Dunston, Kate Evans, Norman Price |
| Sound |
Mitchell Sound (Steve & Kathy Oldfield) |
| Lighting Design |
Theresa Pratt |
| Property Mistresses |
Maureen Francis, Sheila Justice |
| Property Assistants |
Gemma Beck, Victoria Jowett, Andrew Oakley, Emily Street |
| Wardrobe Co-ordinator |
Carole Gennings |
| Wardrobe Team |
Laurel Cufley, June Jones, Betty Smith, Queenie Walker |
| Hair and Make-up |
Christine Wenzel |
| Hair and Make-up Assistants |
Rosemary Luke, Marion Williams, Penny Warren |
| Publicity |
Sara Allen, Val Leopold |
| Front of House Photographs |
Ivan Saunders |
| Programme Design & Production |
Sara Allen, Mark Daniels |
| Cover Design |
Mark Daniels |
| Ticket Controller |
Anita Waterhouse |
| Ticket Assistants |
Joan Budd, Pat Wallace, Linda Smither, Lee Stoddart |
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| Trumpet |
Roger Hammond |
| Horn |
Allan Mead |
| Trombone |
Dave Thomas |
| Bassoon |
Bob Metcalf |
| Percussion |
George Race |
| Bass |
Stewart Gay |
| Violins |
Nuala Land, Gill Tolliday |
| Viola |
Caroline Gould |
| Cello |
Nigel McNestrie |
| Flute |
Helen Walton |
| Clarinet |
Ian Peters |
| Piano |
Jean Porter |
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