Salad Days

leading from 
Work 1950s

1954

by Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds

Opened Tuesday, June 1st until Saturday June 19th

Bristol, Theatre Royal

Then reopened August 5th and ran for five years

Vaudeville Theatre in London,

Read article with photographs : Salad Days at Vaudeville from Theatre World

cover of The Pick of Salad Days, by the original cast

CAST

PART 1

The Tramp  

ALAN DOBIE 
(Newton Blick in London version)

Jane ELEANOR DREW

Timothy 

JOHN WARNER

Mr. Dawes (his father) 

BASIL HENSON
(Michael Aldridge in London version)

Mrs Dawes (his mother) 

DOROTHY REYNOLDS

Aunt Prue 

PAT HEYWOOD

Lady Raeburn 

YVONNE COULETTE

(changed to Lady Rayburne in London version)

P.C. Boot 

 NORMAN ROSSINGTON
(Joe Greig in London version)

Rowena 

PAT HEYWOOD
 

A Curate 

ALAN DOBIE 
(Newton Blick in London version and changed to a Bishio)

Troppo

BOB HARRIS

Sir Clamsby Williams (Uncle Clam)  

ERIC PORTER
(James Cairncross in London version)

Fosdyke (his attaché) 

MICHAEL MEACHAM

A Police Inspector 

BASIL HENSON
(Michael Aldridge in London version)

Nigel Danvers  

MICHAEL MEACHAM


PART 2

Manager at the Cleopatra Night Club 

ERIC PORTER

(James Cairncross in London version)

A Waitress
PAT HEYWOOD
(character added for London version)  

A Slave
BOB HARRIS
 (character added for London version)

A Dancer  

YVONNE COULETTE

Asphinxia, a singer  

DOROTHY REYNOLDS

The Lord Chamberlain

 BASIL HENSON
(character removed from London version) 

Augustine Williams
MICHAEL ALDRIDGE
(character added for London version)  

Fiona

CHRISTINE FINN

Photographer
 PETER WYLDE

(character removed from London version) 

Police Commissioner
ALAN DOBIE

(character removed from London version) 

First Aunt
YVONNE COULETTE

(character removed from London version) 

Second Aunt
DOROTHY REYNOLDS

(character removed from London version) 

Third Aunt
PAT HEYWOOD

(character removed from London version) 

Ambrose, a dress designer 

ERIC PORTER
(Michael Aldridge in London version)

Electrode  

NORMAN ROSSINGTON
(Joe Greig in London version)

Professor Zebediah Dawess (Uncle Zed)

 ERIC PORTER

(James Cairncross in London version)

A Cabinet Minister

BASIL HENSON

(character removed from London version)   

Dons, Passers-By, Beauticians, Models, etc

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Produced by DENIS CAREY

Settings by PATRICK ROBERTSON

Dances arranged by ELIZABETH WEST