| The Man in the White Suit | |
| Premiere: | 6 September 2019 |
| Place: | Theatre Royal, Bath |
| Orig Lang: | English |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Based On: | The Man in the White Suit (1951 film) by John Dighton, Roger MacDougall, Alexander Mackendrick |
The Man in the White Suit is a play by Sean Foley, based on the 1951 Ealing film by Alexander Mackendrick, John Dighton and Roger MacDougall.
The play made its world premiere at the Theatre Royal, Bath from 6 to 21 September 2019 before transferring to the Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End beginning previews from 25 September, official opening night on 8 October 2019. It was directed by Foley, designed by Michael Taylor with music by Noah and the Whale's Charlie Fink and starred Stephen Mangan as Sidney Stratton, Kara Tointon as Daphne Birnley and Sue Johnston as Mrs Watson.[1] [2] [3]
The production was due to run until 11 January 2020, however due to poor ticket sales it closed early on 7 December 2019.[4]
| 2019 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney Stratton | align=center | Stephen Mangan | |
| Daphne Birnley | align=center | Kara Tointon | |
| Mrs Watson | align=center | Sue Johnston | |
| Alan Birnley | align=center | Richard Cordery | |
| Sir John Kierlaw | align=center | Richard Durden | |
| Jimmy Rigton | align=center | Matthew Durkan | |
| Michael Corland | align=center | Ben Deery | |
| Brenda Highthorpe | align=center | Rina Fatania | |
| Knudson/Hill | align=center | Eugene McCoy | |
| Babs/Nurse Gammidge | align=center | Katie Bernstein | |
| Hoskyns | align=center | Delroy Atkinson | |
| Bill Wilkins/Anderson | align=center | Oliver Kaderbhai | |
| Ensemble | align=center | Elliott Rennie Katherine Toy |