ANDY CAPP Book by Trevor Peacock; Music by Alan Price; Lyrics by Alan Price and Trevor Peacock First performed at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester and subsequently at the Aldwych Theatre in 1982 with Tom Courtenay, Alan Price and Val McLane heading the cast. SYNOPSIS This exuberant musical, with a delightful score, conjures up the timeless dream world of work shy, beer-swilling Andy Capp, known the world over from Reg Smythe's cartoon strip in the Daily Mirror The story is essentially a narrative setting an upcoming wedding (of Raquel and Elvis) against the ongoing fracas in Andy and Flo's household. But it is also a faithful evocation of the cartoon, full of mother-in-law jokes, drunken escapades, big-bosomed, mini-skirted women wielding rolling pins and paunchy, clothcapped men stomping around in boots. "Lively, free-spirited show" Daily Mail "Alan Price's score is always enjoyable and in one number is superlative". City Limits "Andy Capp: anecdotal, larky, fun." New Statesman "An innocent, warm-hearted, gutsy frolic" - Daily Telegraph The Cast: M11 F9. Extras may be used ORIGINAL LONDON CAST - Characters in order of appearance: • Geordie ALAN PRICE • Vicar COLIN PROCKTER • Linda NICKY CROYDON • Jack TREVOR COOPER • Andy Capp TOM COURTENAY • Percy COLIN PROCKTER • Olga ANGELA MORAN • Chalkie JOHN BARDON • Pauline FIONA MATHIESON • Elvis Horsepole MICHAEL MUELLER • Penny SALLY BENTLEY • Dawn JOY GRAHAM • Fred STANLEY FLEET • Ruby JUDITH BARKER • Florence Capp VAL McLANE • Ron DAVID BLUESTONE • Passerby TREVOR COOPER • Raquel Scrimmett NICKY CROYDON • Mrs Scrimmett VIVIENNE ROSS • Mr Scrimmett ROBERT VAHEY THE SCENES Various simple interior and exterior settings MUSICAL NUMBERS 1. On My Street - Geordie 2. We're Waiting - The Company 3. Good Evening - The Company 4. I Ought to be Ashamed of Myself - Andy and The Company 5. Good Old Legs - Andy and Chalkie 6. I Have a Dream - Raquel and Elvis 7. Oh Gawd, Men...Beasts! - Mrs Scrimmett
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