Christmas V Mastermind: Significant Productions
This page contains the company details for significant productions of Alan Ayckbourn's Christmas V Mastermind.
World Premiere (1962)
First performance: 26 December 1962
World premiere: 26 December 1962
Final performance: 19 January 1963
Venue: Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
Staging: Round
Director: Peter Cheeseman *
World premiere: 26 December 1962
Final performance: 19 January 1963
Venue: Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
Staging: Round
Director: Peter Cheeseman *
Character
Father Christmas
A Fairy, his secretary
A Gnome, his foreman
The Crimson Gollywog
Angora, his secretary
Nud, his bodyguard
Scrunch, a criminal
PC Fumble
Policewoman Trout
Father Christmas
A Fairy, his secretary
A Gnome, his foreman
The Crimson Gollywog
Angora, his secretary
Nud, his bodyguard
Scrunch, a criminal
PC Fumble
Policewoman Trout
Actor
Stanley Page
Heather Stoney
David Halliwell
Alan Ayckbourn
Elizabeth Bell
David Wehner
Peter King
Arnold Beck
Caroline Smith
Stanley Page
Heather Stoney
David Halliwell
Alan Ayckbourn
Elizabeth Bell
David Wehner
Peter King
Arnold Beck
Caroline Smith
* In one of the two world premiere programmes held in archive, Alan Ayckbourn is credited as co-director of the play. However, he has no recollection of actually being involved in the direction of the play and does not consider it a play which he either directed or had any involvement in directing.
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.