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Man of the Moment (play)

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Written by
  
Alan Ayckbourn

Subject
  
Celebrity criminals

Playwright
  
Alan Ayckbourn

Original language
  
English language

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Date premiered
  
10 August 1988

First performance
  
10 August 1988

Genre
  
Comedy

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Characters
  
Vic Douglas Trudy Jill Kenny Sharon Ruy Marta

Setting
  
Vic's Mediterranean villa

Place premiered
  
Stephen Joseph Theatre (Westwood site)

Similar
  
Alan Ayckbourn plays, Comedies

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Man of the Moment is a play by the British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. It was premiered at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough on 10 August 1988 and transferred to the Globe Theatre in the West End on 14 February 1990.

Contents

Original West End cast

  • Jill Rillington, TV presenter - Samantha Bond
  • Douglas Beechey, former hero who prevented a bank robbery by Parks and whose future wife was shot in the face by Parks during the robbery - Michael Gambon
  • Vic Parks, professional bank-robber and TV personality - Peter Bowles
  • Trudy Parks, Vic's second wife - Diane Bull
  • Kenny Collins, Parks's manager -David Cunningham
  • David - Paul Stewart
  • Sharon, Parks's children's nanny - Shirley-Anne Selby
  • Ruy, Parks's gardener - Daniel Collings
  • Ashley Barnes - Terence Booth
  • Marta - Doreen Andrew

    • Radio adaptation

    As part of celebrations for Ayckbourn's 70th birthday, a radio adaptation directed by Martin Jarvis was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 2.30pm on 11 April 2009, with the following cast:

  • Jill Rillington - Lisa Dillon
  • Trudy Parks - Janie Dee
  • Douglas Beechey - Alex Jennings
  • Vic Parks - Tim Pigott-Smith
  • Kenny Collins - Damian O'Hare
  • Sharon - Ella Smith
  • Ruy - Alan Shearman
  • Floor Manager - Michael Simkins
  • David - John Baddeley
  • Film crew - Kenneth Danziger, Matthew Wolf
  • Children - Matilda Wickham and Alfie Wickham

    • References

    Man of the Moment (play) Wikipedia
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