Billy Liar

Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall   20th-22nd May 1982

The semi-comical story of William Fisher, a working-class 19-year-old living with his parents in the fictional town of Stradhoughton in Yorkshire. Bored by his job as a lowly clerk for an undertaker, Billy spends his time indulging in fantasies and dreams of life in the big city as a comedy writer.

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Cast

Florence Boothroyd : Winnie Stubbs

Alice Fisher : Margaret Gibbs

Geoffrey Fisher : John Moules

Billy Fisher : Nigel Richards

Arthur Crabtree : William Heaton

Barbara : Joanna Fyfe

Liz : Ann Brooke-Smith

Crew

Director : Ruth Ferguson

Stage Manager : Rita Downing

Assistant Stage Managers : Ella Edwards, Glynn Davies

Lighting : Kevin Dunnicliffe

Sound : Mark Gifford

Properties : Ann Brook-Smith

Set design : Noel Ripley

Set construction : Stephen Gaynor, John Elson, William Heaton