Play 12-14 October 1978
The Dumb Waiter and Black Comedy
By Harold Pinter; Peter Shaffer. Directed by Mary Adams and Hugh Griffiths
A double bill at the Parish Hall on 12, 13 and 14 October 1978, in the club's 71st season: Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter, set in a basement room somewhere in Birmingham, and Peter Shaffer's farce Black Comedy, set in Brindsley Miller's South Kensington flat at 9.30 on a Sunday evening during a power cut.
Cast & crew
Cast
- Ben
- Tim Crump
- Gus
- Peter Andrews
- Brindsley Miller
- Jonathan Bates
- Carol Melkett
- Hazel Cook
- Miss Furnival
- Ann Fellowes
- Colonel Melkett
- Richard Alderton
- Harold Gorringe
- John Desbottes
- Clea
- Anita Spalding
- Schuppanzigh
- Godfrey Chapman
- Georg Bamberger
- Peter Andrews
Crew
- Director (The Dumb Waiter)
- Mary Adams
- Director (Black Comedy)
- Hugh Griffiths
- Stage Manager
- Tony Barclay
- Assistant Stage Manager
- Kathie Chapman, Diana Relf, Robert Soper
- Set Design & Painting (Scenic design)
- David Quaife
- Set Design & Painting (Décor)
- Theo Spring
- Lighting Design (Lighting design and manager)
- Ian Barlow
- Costumes & Wardrobe
- Jennifer Jeffries
- Props
- Barbara Beckett
- Front of House Manager
- Peter Watters
The Programme
The original programme from the show. Flick through it here, or download a copy to keep.
pages · Souvenir programme
The Dumb Waiter and Black Comedy 1978 Programme
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