Play: Bart. Fair

Theatre / City:Aldwych, London

Dates:29 Oct. 1969

Company:RSC

Director / Producer: Terry Hands

Actors: Bartholomew Cokes - Alan Howard ; Dame Purecraft - Patience Collier; Ezekiel Edgworth - John Kane; Joan Trash - Ruby Head; Littlewit - Terrence Hardiman; Overdo - Sebastian Shaw; Lantern Leatherhead - Patrick Stewart; Mooncalf - Ralph Cotterill; Ned Winwife - Ben Kingsley; Nightingale - Bernard Lloyd; Punk Alice - Mary Rutherford; Tom Quar'lous - Norman Rodway; Trouble-All - Philip Manikum; Ursula - Lila Kaye; Win Littlewit - Helen Mirren

Archives: Shakespeare Centre Lib.; National Sound Archive (staged recording: T3768WR C1)

Reviews / Production History: John Barber, Daily Telegraph , 31 Oct. 1969; Philip Hope- Wallace, Guardian , 31 Oct. 1969; Irvin Wardle, Times , 31 Oct. 1969; J. C. Trewin, Birmingham Post, 31 Oct. 1969; Herbert Kretzmer, Daily Express , 31 Oct. 1969; Frank Marcus, Sunday Telegraph , 2 Nov. 1969; Felix Barker, Evening News , 31 Oct. 1969; Harold Hobson, Sunday Times , 2 Nov. 1969; Michael Anderson, Plays and Players ,17 (1970), 48; B. A. Young, Financial Times , 31 Oct. 1969; Robert MacDonald, Scotsman , 1 Nov. 1969; Ronald Bryden, Observer , 2 Nov. 1969; D. A. N. Jones , Listener , 6 Nov. 1969, p. 648; Wardle(1972) ; Daily Sketch , 31 Oct. 1969; Milton Shulman, Evening Stand. , 31 Oct. 1969; Peter Lewis, Daily Mail , 31 Oct. 1969; David Nathan, Sun , 31 Oct. 1969; Arthur Thirkell, Daily Mirror , 31 Oct. 1969; Coventry Evening Telegraph , 31 Oct. 1969; Jack Sutherland, Morning Star , 1 Nov. 1969; Graham Samuel, Western Mail , 1 Nov. 1969; Stage and Television Today , 6 Nov. 1969; Jewish Chronicle , 7 Nov. 1969; Kenneth Huren, What's On In London , 7 Nov. 1969; Hilary Spurling, Spectator , 8 Nov. 1969; Roy Strong, Queen , 26 Nov. 1969