Sweeney Todd

Sweeney Todd  8th-10th May 1958 at The Little Theatre, Letchworth


58 sweeny outter 58 sweeny inner

Cast

Sweeney Todd : D. Richard

Mrs Ragg, a widow : Jacqueline Smedley

Tobias Ragg, Sweeney Todd’s apprentice boy : Patricia Smedley

Mark Ingestrie, a mariner : Tony Clayton

Abie Finglepapa, a lapidary : William Pearce

Johanna Oakley, Mark Ingestrie’s betrothed : Jennifer Beatty

Susie-May Oakley, her sister : Ann Hales

Mrs Oakley, her mother : Muriel Woollons

Mr Oakley, her father : James Innes

Colonel Jeffery of the Indian army : John Elson

Dr Aminadab Lupin, a wolf in sheep’s clothing : John Waller

Mrs Lovett, Sweeney Todd’s accomplice in guilt : Joyce Jones

Jarvis Williams, a lad with no small appetite : Douglas Tate

Mrs Poorlean, an unfortunate woman : Muriel Woollons

Policeman : James Innes

Wives and Extras : Ken Spinks, Linnet Henshaw, Peggy Branch, Mary Newstone

Crew

Producer : Noel Ripley

Stage Manager : Percy Simmonds

Prompt : Kathleen Fitzpatrick

Electrician : David Fyfe

Effects : Jacqueline Smedley

Music and Musical Direction : Len Burbridge