The Sparrow: Significant Productions

This page contains the company details for significant productions of Alan Ayckbourn's The Sparrow.

World Premiere (1967)

First performance: 13 July 1967
World premiere: 13 July 1967
Final performance: 6 September 1967
Venue: Theatre in the Round at Library Theatre, Scarborough
Staging: Round

Director: Alan Ayckbourn
Design: Catriona Trevelyan
Music: Trevor Holroyd

Stage Manager: Ian Watson
Deputy Stage Manager: Catriona Trevelyan
Assistant Stage Manager: Stephen Armstrong
Character
Evie
Ed
Tony
Julia
Actor
Pamela Craig
John Nettles
Robert Powell
Heather Stoney

Rehearsed Reading (2014)

Reading: 20 September 2014
Venue: Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield

Director: John Cotgrave
Design: Catriona Trevelyan
Music: Phil Butterfield
Character
Evie
Ed
Tony
Julia
Actor
Laura Roberts
John Cotgrave
Craig Sequence
Hannah Head
Note: Aside from its world premiere production in Scarborough in 1967, this rehearsed reading marks the only other time The Sparrow has been publicly performed in its entirety. Although withdrawn from production, special permission was given to the theatre company Dick & Lottie to perform a rehearsed reading of the play as part of an Ayckbourn readathon celebrating the Ayckbourn-dedicated company’s 10th anniversary.
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.