The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Part 3

Summary: 1982 Channel 4 presentation of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, David Edgar’s stage adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel. Presented in four parts on subsequent Sundays. Produced in association with RM Productions.
Theatre play: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by David Edgar [more information]
Play synopsis: 'Edgar’s writing for the stage is avowedly political and his treatment of Dickens’s novel, with its descriptions of poverty and as its central subject matter the wickedness of money-broker Ralph Nickleby, sought to draw parallels between the social conditions of 1830s Britain with what he saw as the growing political climate of selfishness in the 1980s.' Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_and_Adventures_of_Nicholas_Nickleby_%28play%29.
Production history: 'The opening night was on 5 June 1980. The show ran for an 8-week season at the Aldwych Theatre, playing Part 1 on some nights and Part 2 on others with both parts playing together on matinée and evening performances. It was revived for two further 8-week runs at the Aldwych in the autumn season of 1980 and the spring season of 1981 before being filmed for Primetime TV at the Old Vic Theatre and transferring to Broadway for the autumn season of 1981. A further revival with a substantially different cast played at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford and toured to Los Angeles and Broadway in 1985.' Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_and_Adventures_of_Nicholas_Nickleby_%28play%29.
Date of transmission: Sunday 21 November 1982
Time: 7.00-9.00pm
Channel: Channel 4
Production company: Primetime Television
Theatre company: Royal Shakespeare Company

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Director

Jim Goddard

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Cast

Alun Armstrong	Mr Squeers / Mr Wagstaff
Christopher Benjamin	Vincent Crummies
Suzanne Bertish	Milliner / Miss Snevellicci
Sharon Bower	Milliner / Waitress / Miss Bravessa / Opera Singer
Janet Dale	Miss Knag / Miss Belvawney / Mrs Wititterley
Jane Downs	Mrs Nickleby
Ian East	Milliner
Nicholas Gecks	Lord Frederick Verisopht
Patrick Godfrey	Mr Kenwigs
Lucy Gutteridge	Milliner / Madeline Bray / Miss Ledrock
Cathryn Harrison	Milliner / Miss Petowker
Andrew Hawkins	Mr Hetherington / Opera Singer
Rose Hill	Miss La Creevy / Mrs Grudden
Roderick Horn	Mr Wititterley
Griffith Jones	Mr Fluggers / Tim Linkinwaters
Lila Kaye	Mrs Crummies
Teddy Kempner	Percy Crummies / Tix / Mr Pluck
Timothy Kightley	My Lillyvick
Shirley King	Mrs Kenwigs / Mrs Lenville
William Maxwell	Milliner / Mr Snawley / Mr Pailey
John McEnery	William / Mr Snevellicci / Mr Mantalini
Ian McNeice	Young Wackford Squeers / Scaley
David Lloyd Meredith	Charles Cheeryble
Sally Nesbitt	Milliner / Miss Gazingi / Waitress
Bob Peck	Sir Mulberry Hawk
Edward Petherbridge	Newman Noggs
Clyde Pollitt	Mr Folair / Brooker
Stephen Rashbrook	Milliner / Mr Bane
Christopher Ravenscroft	Mr Lenville
Hubert Rees	Ned Cheeryble
Roger Rees	Nicholas Nickleby
Emily Richard	Kate Nickleby / Mrs Curdle
Mark Tandy	Mr Pyke / Master Crummies
David Threlfall	Smike
Hilary Townley	Hannah / Milliner / Morleena Kenwigs / The Infant Phenomenon
Thelma Whiteley	Mme Mantalini / Mrs Snevellicci / Nurse
John Woodvine	Ralph Nickleby / Opera Singer

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Play tags: 19th-century setting; adaptation of novel

Print sources

Title: TV Times, 18 November 1982 (Magazine)
Linking notes: listing, p. 47

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