NICHOLAS NICKLEBY - A FARCE IN TWO ACTS

Taken from the popular work of that name by “BOZ”
by
EDWARD STIRLING

As performed at THE ROYAL ADELPHI THEATRE
First performed November 19 1838

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

NARRATOR      PIETER VAN DER MERWE
RALPH NICKLEBY a moneylender      STEVE FITZPATRICK
MRS. NICKLEBY his widowed sister-in-law      CHERYL JONES
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY his nephew      HUGH-GUY LORRIMAN
KATE NICKLEBY his niece      KAREN MOSS
NEWMAN NOGGS his clerk      JOHN DOBSON
MR. MANTALINI a man about town      LACHLAN WILSON
MADAME MANTALINI his wife, a dressmaker      SARAH ANDREWS
MISS KNAG, a milliner at Madame Mantalini’s     VALERIE KANEKO-LUCAS
MR. WACKFORD SQUEERS a schoolmaster      MARK FOX
MRS. SQUEERS his wife      SUNITA DUGAL
MISS FANNY SQUEERS his daughter      CHERYL JONES
MISS MATILDA PRICE his daughter’s friend      VALERIE KANEKO-LUCAS
SMIKE an orphan      REBECCA FARRELL
JOHN BROWDIE a Yorkshire miller, engaged to Miss Price     PIETER VAN DER MERWE
SCALEY a bailiff      PIETER VAN DER MERWE
SERVANTS      VALERIE KANEKO-LUCAS, EILEEN COTTIS

BOYS AT DOTHEBOYS HALL, GIRLS AT MADAME MANTALINI’S, COACHMAN, LORD VERISOFT, CHOUCER, SWOB, PIKE, PLUCK, SIR MULBERRY HAWKE, TIX (a bailiff)      MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY

Adapted by Sue Solomon for a Zoom performance for The Society for Theatre Research on
Sunday December 13 2020 at 6pm

DIRECTOR      SUE SOLOMON
STAGE MANAGER      ALEC ATCHISON
COSTUME DESIGN      SARAH ANDREWS

WEBSITE EDITOR      KATE QUARTANO BROWN
SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR      HARRIET REED
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE      VALERIE KANEKO-LUCAS, YONA LESGER

OUR THANKS to the Costume Department of the Questors Theatre Ealing, London W5, for the loan of items of costume and millinery.

ACT 1

SCENE 1 The coffee room at the yard of the Saracen’s Head Inn, Snowhill
SCENE 2 A chamber in Madame Mantalini’s house
SCENE 3 A kitchen at Dotheboys Hall, Yorkshire
SCENE 4 The workroom at Madame Mantalini’s
SCENE 5 A parlour in Dotheboys Hall, Yorkshire
SCENE 6 The school-room at Dotheboys Hall, Yorkshire

ACT 2

SCENE 1 A desolate wild heath with a barn, Yorkshire
SCENE 2 The show room at Madame Mantalini’s
SCENE 3 Lodgings of Newman Noggs – a meanly furnished garret
SCENE 4 The counting-house of Ralph Nickleby
SCENE 5 A handsome suite of rooms at Ralph Nickleby’s house.