Hobson's Choice
by Harold BrighouseDirected by John Dexter
The National Theatre - The Old Vic
First performance 7th January
1964
"To watch Mr Finlay emerge from an ignorant, gauche working man to the proud, almost assured, successful representative of middle-class trade is one of the most fascinating examples of acting to be seen in London”
The Scotsman - Monday 15 March 1965
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Alice Hobson ... Mary Miller
Vickey Hobson ... Jeanne Hepple
Maggie Hobson ... Joan Plowright
Albert Prosser ... Terence Knapp
Henry Horatio Hobson ... Michael Redgrave
Mrs Hepworth ... Enid Lorimer
Tubby Wadlow ... Reginald Green
Willie Mossop ... Frank Finlay
Jim Heeler ... Harry Lomax
Ada Figgins ... Jean Rogers
Fred Beenstock ... Raymond Clarke
Dr Macfarlane ... Anthony Nicholls
Customers:
Elizabeth Burger
Alan Ridgway
Children:
Alan Ridgway
Christopher Chittell
Frank Finlay and Joan Plowright
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Contact sheets of the original production photographs by Sandra Lousada
