The Man in the White Suit (play)

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The Man in the White Suit
Written by Sean Foley
Based on The Man in the White Suit (1951 film)
by John Dighton, Roger MacDougall, Alexander Mackendrick
Date premiered6 September 2019
Place premiered Theatre Royal, Bath
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

The Man in the White Suit is a play by Sean Foley, based on the 1951 Ealing film by Alexander Mackendrick, John Dighton and Roger MacDougall.

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Production

The play made its world premiere at the Theatre Royal, Bath from 6 to 21 September 2019 before transferring to the Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End beginning previews from 25 September, official opening night on 8 October 2019. It was directed by Foley, designed by Michael Taylor with music by Noah and the Whale's Charlie Fink and starred Stephen Mangan as Sidney Stratton, Kara Tointon as Daphne Birnley and Sue Johnston as Mrs Watson. [1] [2] [3]

The production was due to run until 11 January 2020, however due to poor ticket sales it closed early on 7 December 2019. [4]

Cast and characters

CharacterBath / London
2019
Sidney Stratton Stephen Mangan
Daphne Birnley Kara Tointon
Mrs Watson Sue Johnston
Alan Birnley Richard Cordery
Sir John Kierlaw Richard Durden
Jimmy RigtonMatthew Durkan
Michael CorlandBen Deery
Brenda HighthorpeRina Fatania
Knudson/HillEugene McCoy
Babs/Nurse GammidgeKatie Bernstein
Hoskyns Delroy Atkinson
Bill Wilkins/AndersonOliver Kaderbhai
EnsembleElliott Rennie
Katherine Toy

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