Play: Bart. Fair

Theatre / City:Swan/Young Vic

Dates:11 Dec. 1997-

Company:RSC

Director / Producer: Lawrence Boswell

Actors:Overdo - John Quayle; Bartholomew Cokes - Tom Goodman-Hill; Bristle - Jake Nightingale; Captain Whit - John Straiton; Dame Overdo - Caroline Harris; Dame Purecraft - Susan Tracey; Dan 'Jordan Knockem' - Steve Swinscoe; Ezekiel Edgworth - Owen Sharpe; Filcher - James Tucker; Grace Wellborn - Kate Odey; Haggis - Archie Lal; Humphrey Wasp - Gavin Muir; Joan Trash - Maureen Purkis; Littlewit - Stephen Boxer; Lantern Leatherhead - Mark Hadfield; Mooncalf - James Tucker; Nightingale - Jon Clairmonte; Northern - David Henry , Christopher Birch; Pocher - John Straiton; Punk Alice - Tina Gambe; Puppy - Jon Clairmonte; Quarlous - Rob Edwards; Sharkwell - Paul Popplewell; Trouble-all - Kevork Malikyan; Ursla - Carol Macready; Win Littlewit - Poppy Miller; Winwife - Zubin Varla; Busy - David Henry

Archives: Shakespeare Centre Lib.

Reviews / Production History: John Gross, Daily Telegraph , 28 Feb. 1999; Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph , 15 Dec. 1997; Financial Times , 2 Mar. 1999; Alastair Macaulay, Financial Times , 16 Dec. 1997; Robert Hanks, Independent , 14 Dec. 1997; Paul Taylor, Independent , 13 Dec. 1997; Benedict Nightingale, Times , 26 Feb. 1999; Susannah Clapp, Observer , 14 Dec. 1997; Michael Billington, Guardian , 13 Dec. 1997; Benedict Nightingale, Times , 13 Dec. 1997; G. Walker (1998); Beverley Rigby, Stratford-upon-Avon Standard , 12 Dec. 1997; Independent , 15 Mar. 1999.