DUTCH UNCLE

The newly-acquired wardrobe filling most of the living room of the Godboys’ decaying house in Shepherd’s Bush really does seem unnecessarily large for most purposes. Eric and Doris upstairs could manage without one, surely. Whatever scheme Mr Godboy has in mind, however, he does seem to be going about it the hard way; and it certainly sorts oddly with his apparent worship of the police force and all it stands for. It’s not entirely clear, either, why he married May Godboy in the first place. There’s little satisfaction for her in the relationship…

PRODUCTION HISTORY    Dutch Uncle was first performed on 17th March 1969 at the Aldwych Theatre, London, produced by The Royal Shakespeare Company.      MR GODBOY – Warren Mitchell    MAY GODBOY – Megs Jenkins    ERIC HOYDEN – John Alderton DORIS HOYDEN – Frances de la Tour INSPECTOR HAWKINS – Parick Magee POLICE CONSTABLE HEDDERLY – Nigel Anthony       Director: Peter Hall Design and lighting: John Bury Costumes: Sheila Russell

Warren Mitchell and John Alderton	Warren Mitchell, John Aldteron and Frances de la Tour

Selected other productions of Dutch Uncle

PUBLISHING INFORMATION Dutch Uncle was published as a Faber Contemporary Classic in Simon Gray: Plays 1 on July 7th 2010. To order a copy at special offer 25% discount please contact Faber and use code GRAYPLAYS. Or check out the plays section of our bookshop. Dutch Uncle is also available in the following editions:    The Definitive Simon Gray Volume I (Faber and Faber, 1992 ISBN 0-571-16223-1) Dutch Uncle  (Faber and Faber 1969)

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