About the play
In his preface to the play Alan Bennett say that, when writing it, he did not know how to avoid things like a rowing boat floating down a river, or a train thundering down a track or a barge drifting along a canal, to which he was told to write it in and leave the problems to the experts and facilities of the RNT and the Olivier stage. But could we do it justice?
Cast
Toad
Ratty
Badger
Mole
Albert
Chief Weasel
Bargewoman/Ferret
Gypsy/Weasel
Rupert/Squirrel
Washerwoman/Rabbit
Sgt. Fred Ferret
Parkinson/Weasel
Policeman/Stuart Stoat
Magistrate
Norman Weasel
Gaoler’s Daughter/Squirrel
Fox/Ticket Clerk/Ferret
Monica/Squirrel
Otter/Train Driver/Rupert
Clerk/Gerald Ferret
Portly Otter/Mark Mouse
Robert Rabbit
Rose Rabbit
Ronald Rabbit
Herbert Hedgehog
Harry Hedgehog
Tommy Hedgehog
Billy Hedgehog
Cyril Stoat
Gerald Stoat
Shirley Squirrel
Raymond Squirrel
Samuel Squirrel
Martin/Malcolm Mouse
Martha/ Mary Mouse
Maureen Mouse
Another Mouse
Dave Bryan
John Wicks
Dave Finn
Billy Ryan*
Bill Hancock `
Alan Hodgkinson
Jackie Clarke
Stephanie Smith*
Tim Durham
Dawn Birks
Alan Clarke
Steve Damjanovic*
David Wheat*
Di Halstead
Craig Ostrouchow*
Emma Wootton*
Richard Boden*
Paula Williamson
Steven Meaney
Jamie Wood*
Lliam Green*
Richard Forrester*
Nina Pemberton*
Joshua Bennett*
Sarah Holmes*
Sarah Manley*
Elizabeth Harrison*
Samantha Rushton*
Nicki O’Brien*
Barnaby Vickers*
Gemma Taylor*
Thomas Ryan*
Megan Hepher*
Matthew Armstrong*
Holly Entwistle*
Joanna Salt*
Jenna Bos*
* denotes Young Rep members