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.