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Title	The Front Page
Author	Hecht, Ben
Author Two	MacArthur, Charles
Venue	The Old Vic
Performance Type	First Production
Company	National Theatre; 1963-
Opening Night	7/4/1972
Press Night	7/6/1972
Closing Night	1/31/1974
Performance Length	2 hours, 20 minutes (including two 15 minute intervals)
Number of Performances	110

Performer Roles

Record	Name	Role
ROLE127829	Mitchell; Allan	Wilson
ROLE127830	Shrapnel; John	Endicott
ROLE127831	Hayes; James	Murphy
ROLE127832	Grainger; Gawn	McCue
ROLE127833	Bradley; David	Schwartz
ROLE127834	Ryall; David	Kruger
ROLE127835	Whitrow; Benjamin	Bensinger
ROLE127836	Riley; Maggie	Mrs Schlosser
ROLE127837	Henry; David	Woodenshoes Eichhorn
ROLE127838	Greif; Stephen	Diamond Louie
ROLE127840	Watts; Jeanne	Jennie
ROLE127841	Lipman; Maureen	Molly Malloy
ROLE127842	Bauer; David	Sheriff Hartman
ROLE127843	Carteret; Anna	Peggy Grant
ROLE127844	Griffiths; Mary	Mrs Grant
ROLE127845	Curran; Paul	The Mayor
ROLE127846	Lomax; Harry	Mr Pincus
ROLE127847	Merrison; Clive	Earl Williams
ROLE127848	MacNaughtan; Alan	Walter Burns
ROLE127849	James; Barry	Tony
ROLE127850	Mackintosh; Kenneth	Carl
ROLE127851	Reid; Malcolm	Frank
ROLE127852	Essex; Michael	Policeman
ROLE127853	Hetherington; Paul	Policeman
ROLE127854	Kincaid; David	Policeman
ROLE127855	Monk; Roger	Policeman
ROLE127856	Waters; Harry	Policeman
ROLE127857	Whitman; David	Policeman
ROLE127858	Gregory; Paul	Policeman
ROLE127859	Howard; Richard	Tony
ROLE127860	Kincaid; David	Woodenshoes Eichhorn
ROLE127861	Atkinson; Sarah	Molly Malloy
ROLE127862	Healy; David	Sheriff Hartman
ROLE127863	Williams; Stephen	Policeman
ROLE127864	Purnell; Louise (1942-)	Understudy: Peggy Grant
ROLE127865	Reid; Malcolm	Bensinger
ROLE127866	Gregg; John	Understudy: Frank
ROLE127867	Howard; Richard	Earl Williams
ROLE127869	Firth; David	Understudy: Tony
ROLE128676	Quilley; Denis (1928-2003)	Hildy Johnson
ROLE141389	Lindow; Philip	Policeman
ROLE141390	Weisselberg; Kiffer	Policeman
ROLE141391	Graham; David	Diamond Louie
ROLE141392	Gregory; Paul	Frank
ROLE141393	Smith; James	Policeman
ROLE141394	Forman; Jamie	Policeman
ROLE141395	Williams; Stephen	Woodenshoes Eichhorn
ROLE141396	Kincaid; David	Sheriff Harman
ROLE141397	Kaphengst; Robert van	Policeman
ROLE141398	Murphy; Patrick	Policeman
ROLE141399	Howard; Richard	Kruger

Creative Roles

Record	Name	Role
ROLE104299	Hecht; Ben (1894-1964)	Playwright
ROLE104022	MacArthur; Charles (1895-1956)	Writer
ROLE103206	Blakemore; Michael (1928-)	Director
ROLE122598	Annals; Michael	Designer
ROLE105024	Tucker; Leonard	Lighting
ROLE126396	Mackintosh; Kenneth	Assistant to the Director
ROLE115479	Webb; Rosemary	Deputy Stage Manager
ROLE127686	Redgrave; Alison	Assistant Stage Manager
ROLE127623	Verner; Christopher	Assistant Stage Manager
ROLE121079	Baker; Sophie	Production Photographer
ROLE122821	Markham; Elizabeth	Assistant Stage Manager
ROLE127300	Whyte; Simon A	Assistant Stage Manager
ROLE109379	Boddington; Diana (1921-2002)	Stage Manager
ROLE141400	Robins; Phil	Assistant Stage Manager later Deputy Stage Manager
ROLE127369	Oliver; Terry	Assistant Stage Manager
ROLE141401	Walters; Tony	Stage Manager later Deputy Stage Manager

Catalogue

Reference Number	Title	Date	Series
RNT/PP/1/1/262	The Front Page	July 1972	Pre-South Bank Programmes
RNT/PP/1/1/261	The Front Page	July 1972	Pre-South Bank Programmes
RNT/PR/2/1/114	National Theatre production of The Front Page for Australia	28 January 1974	Press Releases 1960-1979
RNT/PR/2/1/118	National Theatre's production of The Front Page leaves for Australia next week	5 April 1974	Press Releases 1960-1979
RNT/SM/1/67	The Front Page	1972	Prompt Scripts
RNT/PR/4/1/922	The Front Page	1972	Press Production Review Files
RNT/PP/1/1/263	The Front Page	May 1974	Pre-South Bank Programmes
RNT/PP/1/1/256	The Front Page	July 1972	Pre-South Bank Programmes
RNT/PP/1/1/257	The Front Page	July 1972	Pre-South Bank Programmes
RNT/PP/1/1/258	The Front Page	July 1972	Pre-South Bank Programmes
RNT/LI/3/9	The Front Page	1972	Scripts - Later Drafts
RNT/PP/1/1/259	The Front Page	July 1972	Pre-South Bank Programmes
RNT/PR/4/1/58	The Front Page	April 1974 - May 1974	Press Production Review Files
RNT/PR/2/1/116	National Theatre's production of The Front Page leaves for Australia in 2 and a half weeks	25 March 1974	Press Releases 1960-1979
RNT/PP/3/9/1/27c	The Front Page	1972	Old Vic Cast Lists
RNT/PP/3/9/1/27a	The Front Page	1972	Old Vic Cast Lists
RNT/PP/3/9/1/27b	The Front Page	1972	Old Vic Cast Lists
RNT/SM/2/1/60	The Front Page	3 July 1972 - 31 January 1974	Pre-South Bank Show Reports
RNT/CO/1/54	The Front Page	1972	Costume Department Production Files
RNT/PR/3/63	The Front Page	1972	Rehearsal and Production Photographs
RNT/PP/1/1/260	The Front Page	July 1972	Pre-South Bank Programmes
RNT/PR/4/8/257	1964 - 1972 Press reviews	1964 - 1972	Press General Review Files
RNT/PP/1/1/255	The Front Page	July 1972	Pre-South Bank Programmes
RNT/PR/4/1/57	The Front Page	June 1972 - January 1973	Press Production Review Files
RNT/PP/2/1/83	The Front Page	July 1972	Pre-South Bank Posters
RNT/PO/5/44	The Front Page	1972	Set Photographs

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