Play: The Alchemist

Theatre / City: Nottingham Playhouse/Old Vic

Dates:1 Oct. 1969-

Company:

Director / Producer: Stuart Burge

Actors:Subtle - David Dodimead; Drugger - Donald Gee; Surly - Bruce Purchase; Sir Epicure Mammon - Frank Middlemass; Face - Peter Whitbread

Archives: Nottinghamshire Archives (script; photos); National Sound Archive (staged recording: T396B, P733B-P734B T1-3)

Reviews / Production History: John Barber, Daily Telegraph , 2 Oct. 1969; Gareth Lloyd Evans, Weekly Guardian , 11 Oct. 1969; Emrys Bryson, Nottingham Evening Post , 2 Oct. 1969; Philip Hope- Wallace, The Guardian , 10 Feb. 1970; J. C. Trewin, Birmingham Post , 10 Feb. 1970; Irving Wardle, The Times , 11 Feb. 1970; Martin Esslin, Plays and Players , Apr. 1970, 44; Eric Shorter, ' Nottingham team does Jonson justice', Daily Telegraph , 11 Feb. 1970