Standing Room Only: Significant Productions
This page contains the company details for significant productions of Alan Ayckbourn's Standing Room Only.
World Premiere (1961)
First performance: 13 July 1961
World premiere: 13 July 1961
Final performance: 8 September 1961
Venue: Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Staging: Round
Director: Stephen Joseph
Costumes: Christine Roland
Design: Stephen Joseph
Music for the Busman’s Anthem: Philip Clifford
World premiere: 13 July 1961
Final performance: 8 September 1961
Venue: Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Staging: Round
Director: Stephen Joseph
Costumes: Christine Roland
Design: Stephen Joseph
Music for the Busman’s Anthem: Philip Clifford
Character
Neeta
Nemo
Cora
Pa
John
Neeta
Nemo
Cora
Pa
John
Actor
Rosamund Dickson
David Jarrett
Hazel Burt
Stanley Page
Alan Ayckbourn
Rosamund Dickson
David Jarrett
Hazel Burt
Stanley Page
Alan Ayckbourn
Revival (1963)
First performance: 15 April 1963
Final performance: 29 June 1963
Venue: Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
Staging: Round
Director: Alan Ayckbourn
Final performance: 29 June 1963
Venue: Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
Staging: Round
Director: Alan Ayckbourn
Character
Neeta
Nemo
Cora
Pa
John
Ellie
Neeta
Nemo
Cora
Pa
John
Ellie
Actor
Elizabeth Bell
David Halliwell
Caroline Smith
Stanley Page
Peter King
Heather Stoney
Elizabeth Bell
David Halliwell
Caroline Smith
Stanley Page
Peter King
Heather Stoney
London Premiere (1966)
Premiere: 12 June 1966
Venue: British Council: London Overseas Student Centre
Company: Cygnet Productions
Director: Peter Bevis
Design: Ariane Gastambide
Venue: British Council: London Overseas Student Centre
Company: Cygnet Productions
Director: Peter Bevis
Design: Ariane Gastambide
Character
Pa
Cora
Nita
Ellie
Paul
John
Pa
Cora
Nita
Ellie
Paul
John
Actor
Alan Gerrard
Heather Stoney
Carol Mauray
Elsie Winsor
Ken Duncan
Jonathan Fryer
Alan Gerrard
Heather Stoney
Carol Mauray
Elsie Winsor
Ken Duncan
Jonathan Fryer
Note: In 2008, it was discovered Standing Room Only had been performed professionally for one night in 1966 in London; details of this production had previously been unrecorded. The company, Cygnet Productions - commissioned by the British Council - staged professional productions for foreign students highlighting the best of British drama.
Rehearsed Reading (2019)
Premiere: 4 July 2019
Venue: The Square Chapel, Halifax
Company: Dick & Lottie
Director: John Cotgrave
Design: Richard McArtney
Music: Paul Chamberlain
Advisor: Simon Murgatroyd
Venue: The Square Chapel, Halifax
Company: Dick & Lottie
Director: John Cotgrave
Design: Richard McArtney
Music: Paul Chamberlain
Advisor: Simon Murgatroyd
Character
Pa
Cora
Nita
Ellie
Paul
John
Pa
Cora
Nita
Ellie
Paul
John
Actor
Leslie Davidoff
Leah Grey-Scaife
Hannah Sims
Maria Sykes
Darren Jeffries
Joe Geddes
Leslie Davidoff
Leah Grey-Scaife
Hannah Sims
Maria Sykes
Darren Jeffries
Joe Geddes
Note: In 2019, Alan Ayckbourn gave permission for Dick & Lottie theatre company to give a one-off professional rehearsed reading of Standing Room Only to mark his 80th birthday, his 60th playwriting anniversary and the 15th anniversary of the company. It was preceded by a talk by Alan Ayckbourn's Archivist, Simon Murgatroyd.
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.