Cast List

Mrs Nickleby, a widow : Mary Benning
Nicholas Nickleby, her son : Martin South
Kate Nickleby, her daughter : Fiona Shafran
Ralph Nickleby, their uncle : Alan Nicholls
Smike : Jon Burke
Newman Noggs, clerk to Ralph : Tom Tillery
Mr Crowl, friend of Noggs : Jonathan Norris
Miss La Creevy, landlady to the Nicklebys : Val Whitehouse
Hannah, her servant : Pascale Atkins
Brooker : Richard Pedersen

Charles Cheeryble : Michael Kaye
Ned Cheeryble : John Pople
Prosperous gentlemen

Frank Cheeryble, their nephew : Peter Westbury
Tim Linkinwater, their clerk : Terry Mathews
Walter Bray, a distressed gentleman : Jonathan Norris
Madeline Bray, his daughter : Karen Walker
Arthur Gride, a miser : Peta Barker
Minister : Richard Pedersen
Sir Mulberry Hawk, a rake : Alan Root
Lord Frederick Verisopht, his companion : David Reynolds
Mr Pluck : Peter Westbury
Mr Pyke : Terry Mathews
Their friends

Walter : Richard Willis
Wilbur : Richard Pedersen
Coffeehouse staff

Wanda : Romany Savident
Wackford Squeers, a Yorkshire schoolmaster : Peta Barker
Mrs Squeers, his wife : Patricia McDonagh
Fanny Squeers, their daughter : Anna McNeil
Young Wackford Squeers, their son : Richard Willis
John Browdie, a Yorkshire farmer : Tim Sykes
Tilda Browdie (née Price), his wife : Ginny Cartwright
Mrs Williams, of the Saracen's Head : Janet Peacock
Waitresses, Customers : Val Whitehouse, Patricia McDonagh, David Reynolds, Kate Fearnley
Irate Gentleman : Alan Root
Mr Snawley, landlord and accomplice of Squeers : David Reynolds
Mrs Snawley, his wife : Barbara Mathews
Labourer : Jonathan Norris
Messenger : Robert Irvine
Young Woman : Romany Savident
Proprietress of the gaming house : Kate Fearnley
Croupier : Michael Kaye
Handsaw, Hawk's rival : Richard Pedersen
Captain Adams : John Pople
Westwood : Jon Burke
Umpire : Tim Sykes
Surgeon : Richard Willis

Boys at Dotheboys Hall
Jackson : David Reynolds
Coates : Jon Burke
Snawley Jun : Barbara Mathews
Cobbey : Peta Barker
Greymarsh : Robert Irvine
Tomkins : Alan Root
Belling : Pascale Atkins
Bolder : Elizabeth Irvine

Musicians
Claire Stobart (violin)
Emma Allen (clarinet)
Doreen Shafran (cello)
Jonathan Norris (piano/keyboards)
Dan Shafran (trumpet)
Richard Willis (trumpet)
Additional music from Nicholas Nickleby (Part 1) by Roy Margolis and Dan Shafran arranged by Ana Sanderson and played by Ana Sanderson, Roy Margolis, Dan Shafran, Helena Newman, Doreen Shafran, Moira Purkiss and Richard Willis

Production Team

Directors : Penny Tuerk and David Taylor
Set Design : David Taylor
Lighting Design : Stephen Ley
Costume Design : Christine Foster
Original Music : Jonathan Norris and Roy Margolis
arranged by Jonathan Norris

Stage Manager : Jane Ely
DSMs : Dinah Irvine, Roanne Carey
ASMs : Sally Hepplewhite, Vyvian Shaw, Ann Watchorn, Bonnie Croton, Ruth Sanderson, Dorothy Wright
Lighting operator : Laurence Tuerk
Sound recording : Simon Humphries
Sound operators : Chris Holmes, Bob Kirkland
Wardrobe : Suzanne Duffy, Margaret Kitchingman, Lorna Saunders, Noreen Spall
Set construction : Paul Barrett, Keith Syrett, Lofty Holloway, Stephen Green, Denis Turner, Alan Wilkinson, David Houston-Luck