Pickwick 1965
Pickwick
US Tour & 46th Street Theatre, Broadway 1965
BBC TV Film 1969
UK Tour 1993-4 - new victoria theatre, woking / lyceum theatre, sheffiled / theatre royal, norwich / Chichester festival theatre / Sadler’s wells theatre, london / alexandra theatre, birmingham
Pickwick is a musical based on Charles Dickens novel ‘The Pickwick Papers’ and tells the story of Samuel Pickwick and his valet, Sam Weller, who are in debtors prison recalling the events that led to their imprisonment.
The show starred Harry Secombe in the lead role along with Roy Castle and features many well-known songs including ‘If I Ruled The World’, which became a great hit for Harry, as well as others including Stevie Wonder and Tony Bennett. A young Davy Jones, soon to be famous as one of ‘The Monkees’ played the part of Sam Weller in Los Angeles
Cast included: Harry Secombe, Roy Castle, Charlotte Rae, Oskar Quittak, Anton Rogers, Julian Orchard,
Director: Peter Coe
Music & Lyrics: Cyril Ornadel and Leslie Bricusse
Choreographer: Gillian Lynne
UK Tour 1993-4 - new victoria theatre, woking / lyceum theatre, sheffiled / theatre royal, norwich / Chichester festival theatre / Sadler’s wells theatre, london / alexandra theatre, birmingham
Cast included: Harry Secombe, Roy Castle, Ruth Madoc, Glyn Houston, Alexandra Bastedo, David Cardy, Michael Howe, Peter Land, Robert Meadmore, Kevin A. J. Ranson
Director: Patrick Garland
Choreographer: Gillian Lynne
See photos from the Souvenir Programme of the 1965 US Tour below - click to view larger images:
Harry Secombe would reprise his role alongside Roy Castle in the UK Tour of 1993-94 and can be seen in the excerpt below performed for the Royal Command Performance at the Dominion Theatre in November 1993
Pickwick revival 1993-94 Programme details
