Play: The Alchemist

Theatre / City:Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith

Dates:9 Sept.-26 Oct. 1985

Company:

Director / Producer: Griff Rhys Jones

Actors:Subtle - Stephen Moore; Face - Gavin Richards; Ananias - John Sessions; Dol Common - Sylvestra le Touzel; Drugger - Paul Bown; Sir Epicure Mammon - Griff Rhys Jones ; Dapper - Daniel Peacock; Lovewit - Terence Langdon; Surly - James Faulkner; Tribulation - Raymond Mason; Kastril - Perry Benson ; Dame Pliant - Hetta Charnley; Bobby Bernard; David Clemes; Paul Haley; Katie Spencer; Michael Ward-Allen

Archives: Hammersmith and Fulham, Archives and Local History Centre (flyer)

Reviews / Production History: London Theatre Record 5 (1985), 866-70; T. Howard (1985); Irving Wardle, Times , 10 Sept. 1985; John Barber, Daily Telegraph , 11 Sept. 1985; Michael Billington, Guardian , 11 Sept. 1985; J. C. Trewin, Birmingham Post , 12 Sept. 1985; John Peter, Sunday Times , 15 Sept. 1985; Francis King, Sunday Telegraph , 15 Sept. 1985; Michael Ratcliffe, Observer , 15 Sept. 1985