Cowardy Custard
Following Sir Noel Coward’s death in March 1973, the Mermaid Theatre produced an entertainment, Cowardy Custard, which brought together much of the best, and some of the less familiar, of Sir Noel’s lyrics and poems, with snatches of dialogue from the plays and passages of autobiography.
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Cast & Creative
Cast List
| Character | Actor |
| Company | Marion Alais |
| Company | Jackie Barrell |
| Company | Pauline Beament |
| Company | Sue Brittle |
| Company | Joan Clayton |
| Company | Alison Cooper |
| Company | Trish Edwards |
| Company | Wendy Edwards |
| Company | Renee Furftenfeld |
| Company | Kiki Garnham |
| Company | Debbie Harkness |
| Company | Ellen HarveySmart |
| Company | Sally Hester |
| Company | Alex Jervis |
| Company | Helen Jenkins |
| Company | Pauline Kendrick |
| Company | Anne Kitcherside |
| Company | Sally Knighton |
| Company | Marion McLaren |
| Company | Joan Skingley |
| Company | Mandy Stenhouse |
| Company | Barbara Thomas |
| Company | Janet Turner |
| Company | Steve Alais |
| Company | Peter Barnett |
| Company | John Boult |
| Company | Len Jackson |
| Company | Paul Knighton |
| Company | Richard Matthiae |
| Company | Jeremy Newton |
| Company | David Price |
| Company | Roger Roseboom |
| Company | Robert Salter |
| Company | Alan Scott |
| Company | Peter Sporle |
| Company | Alan Titchmarsh |
Creative Team
| Role | Name |
| Producer | Sheila Searing |
| Musical Director | Barry Knight |
| Designer | David Casey |
| Stage Manager | John Mitchell |
| Deputy Stage Manager | Barbara McDowell |
| Stage Assistant | Fiona Hughes |
| Stage Assistant | Francis Smith |
| Stage Assistant | Joyce Stewart |
| Stage Assistant | Aranka Zsidi |
| Costumes concocted by | Pauline Kendrick |
| Rehearsal Accompanist | David Armour |
| Rehearsal Accompanist | Denis Gomm |
| Rehearsal Accompanist | Stephanie Underhill |
| Prompt | Janie Piddock |
| Prompt | Wendy Taylor |
| Box Office | Barbara Weedon |
| Box Office Assistant | Rosalind Mitchell |
| House Manager | Peter Brown |
| London Sequence costumes and accessories | Alan Scott |
| Make-up | Margaret Davies |
| Make-up | Judith Vandepeer |
| Sound Reinforcement | Philip Stannard |
| Lighting design | Steve Montgomery |
| Sets Construction | David Casey |
| Sets Construction | John Mitchell |
| Sets Construction | Peter Sporle |
| Sets Construction | Barbara Mitchell |
| Sets Construction | John Boult |
| Sets Construction | Jeremy Newton |
| Special Photographs | David Casey |
| Special Photographs | John Boult |
| Piano | J Samuel |
Show Date: November 1980
Venue: Richmond Theatre
Rehearsal & Show Highlights
