10 May - 23 June 1990

THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL

by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Sponsored by Manchester Airport

Snake, Trip ELENA FERRARI
Lady Sneerwell ANNE LAMBTON
Joseph Surface IAN BARTHOLOMEW
Maria EMMA CHAMBERS
Mrs Candour DEBORAH NORTON
Sir Benjamin Backbite, Sir Toby CLIVE ROWE
Crabtree, Moses KEVIN ELYOT
Sir Peter Teazle JOHN NETTLETON
Rowley COLIN PROCKTER
Lady Teazle KELLY HUNTER
Sir Oliver Surface TREVOR BAXTER
Charles Surface PETER DARLING
Careless, Servants BOB BARRETT

Director PHYLLIDA LLOYD
Designer MARK THOMPSON
Lighting TINA MacHUGH
Sound PHILIP CLIFFORD
Music GARY YERSHON

'...this eye-popping production radiantly transposes the world of Georgian backbiting to the fashion-hungry, tabloid values of our own 1990s. It happens, though, without compromising any of Sheridan's textual shine and, in fact, the shape and texture of the play are sharpened by it...'
Francesca Turner The Guardian

'Sheridan would have applauded this resolutely modern production as enthusiastically as the audience did.'
Michael Schmidt The Daily Telegraph

'Are Lloyd's mischievous inventions, then, really going to work after all? They do, they wonderfully do.'
Jeremy Kingston The Times