Play: Bart. Fair

Theatre / City: Olivier Theatre

Dates:20 Oct. 1988-

Company:National Theatre Company

Director / Producer: Richard Eyre

Actors:Littlewit - David Bamber; Win Littlewit - Kate Spiro; Winwife - Patrick Drury; Quarlous - Stephen Moore; Wasp - Anthony O'Donnell; Bartholomew - Guy Henry ; Mistress Overdo - Geraldine Fitzgerald; Grace Wellborn - Katharine Schlesinger; Dame Purecraft - Barbara Leigh-Hunt; Busy - David Burke; Overdo - John Wells; Leatherhead - Peter-Hugo Daly; Joan Trash - Maggie McCarthy; Costermonger - Harry Waters; Nightingale - Jim Barclay; Ursula - Mark Addy; Mooncalf - Paul J. Medford; Knockem - Mark Long; Edgeworth - Jonathan Cullen; Corn-cutter - Dean Hollingsworth; Mousetrap Man - Glyn Pritchard; Whit - Fintan McKeown; Haggis - Tam Dean Burn; Bristle - Ged McKenna; Troubleall - Michael Bryant; Northern - Nicholas Blane; Puppy - Dan Hildebrand; Alice - Marian McLoughlin; Filcher - Mark Lockyer; Sharkwell - Douglas McFerran; Puppeteer - Ged McKenna; Watch - Glyn Pritchard; Watch - Harry Waters; Whore - Judith Coke

Archives:Royal National Theatre Archives; National Sound Archive (staged recording: 2CDR0005943- 5 ARCHIVE)

Reviews / Production History: London Theatre Record 8 (1988), 1472-6; Irving Wardle, Times , 22 Oct. 1988; Paul Taylor, Independent , 22 Oct. 1988; Michael Billington and Hugh Herbert , Guardian , 22 Oct. 1988; John Peter, Sunday Times , 23 Oct. 1988; Francis King, Sunday Times , 23 Oct. 1988; J. C. Trewin, Birmingham Post , 19 Nov. 1988