REGENT'S PARK OPEN AIR THEATRE COMPANY PROGRAMME 1991 ROY HUDD NICOLA MCAULIFFE

REGENT'S PARK OPEN AIR THEATRE COMPANY PROGRAMME 1991, ROY HUDD, NICOLA MCAULIFFE, RARE!
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Ideal for collectors. Rare example of a Roy Hudd, Nicola McAuliffe theatre programme.
Productions: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, The Boys from Syracuse.
Macbeth at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
May 1991 until September 1991.
This production of Macbeth Ran From 29/05/1991 to 03/09/1991 and is a Residency at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre featuring Peter Woodward, Nicola McAuliffe, Ian Mullins, Guy Scantlebury, and Bill Homewood [Generated By Dress Circle]
Runtime:150 minutes
Recommended Age: 7+
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Roy Hudd
OBE
Hudd in 2005
Born 16 May 1936
Croydon, Surrey, England
Died 15 March 2020 (aged 83)
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Resting place All Saints' Church, Crowfield, Suffolk, England
Occupations
Actorradio personalityplaywrightauthor
Years active 1957–2020
Spouses
Ann Lambert
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​(m. 1961; div. 1983)​
Debbie Flitcroft ​(m. 1988)​
Children 1
Roy Hudd, OBE (16 May 1936 – 15 March 2020)[1] was an English comedian, actor, presenter, radio host, author and authority on the history of music hall entertainment.
Early life[edit]
Hudd was born in Croydon on 16 May 1936 to Evalina "Evie" (née Barham) and Harry Hudd.[1][2] His father was a carpenter who left the family shortly after the Second World War, and his mother, who had a history of mental health problems, committed suicide by gas when Hudd was nine years old. Hudd was primarily brought up by his grandmother, and attended Tavistock Secondary Modern School in Croydon and Croydon Secondary Technical School. After completing his national service in the Royal Air Force, he studied commercial art at the Regent Street Polytechnic. He then worked as a messenger for an advertising agency, as a window dresser, and as a commercial artist, working under Harry Beck.[3]
He made his professional debut as a comedian at the Streatham Hill Theatre on 27 October 1957, in a show in aid of the Sir Philip Game Boys' Club, of which he had been a member.[4] Initially he worked with Eddie Kay, a friend from Croydon who had also been a member of the boys' club, the two billing themselves as "the peculiar pair".[5] In 1958, they joined Butlin's Clacton as Redcoats, working alongside Cliff Richard and Dave Allen.[6]
Radio[edit]
Although Hudd and Kay had made a brief appearance as "discoveries" on the BBC's In Town Tonight in 1958,[7] Hudd made his solo debut on radio in 1959 on Workers' Playtime. His BBC Radio 2 satirical series The News Huddlines ran from 1975 to 2001.[8] His other radio credits include playing Max Quordlepleen, the host at The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, in the original radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1978),[9] Crowned Hudds (1994–95),[10] The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (1999–2000)[11] and Like They've Never Been Gone (1999–2002).[12]
Television[edit]
Hudd broke into television in the mid-1960s in sketch series such as The Illustrated Weekly Hudd and The Roy Hudd Show. His acting roles included the Dennis Potter series Lipstick on Your Collar, for which he received critical praise, and Karaoke.[13] In the mid 1990s, he appeared in two series of Common As Muck, a drama about a group of refuse collectors, alongside Edward Woodward.[14] In 2000, Hudd appeared as neighbour Mr. Smedley in one episode of One Foot in the Grave.[15] From 2002 to 2003, he appeared as the undertaker Archie Shuttleworth in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street[8] and subsequently returned for guest appearances in 2006 and 2010; the character died offscreen in December 2018. He also starred in the ITV drama The Quest, alongside Sir David Jason and Hywel Bennett, from 2002 to 2004. In 2007, he appeared in episodes of New Tricks, Casualty (and again in July 2019) and The Last Detective. In 2010, he appeared in BBC dramas Missing and Ashes to Ashes,[16] as well as two episodes of Just William.
In 2012, he appeared in an episode of the BBC drama Call the Midwife. In 2014, he appeared in episodes of Midsomer Murders, Law & Order: UK and Holby City.[16] In December 2015, Hudd played Bud Flanagan in the BBC drama We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story, about the creation of the titular long-running sitcom.[17] In 2016 he appeared in an episode of Benidorm.[18] In 2017, he appeared in the ITV series Broadchurch.[16]
Stage appearances[edit]
Hudd appeared in many pantomime and variety performances. In 1977 he starred as Fagin in the West End revival of Lionel Bart's musical Oliver! at the Albery Theatre and, in 1982, he played Bud Flanagan in Underneath the Arches at the Prince of Wales Theatre, for which he won a Society of West End Theatre Award. In 2000, he starred in a musical version of Hard Times at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.[19] In 2008, he played the part of the Wizard in a production of The Wizard of Oz at London's Royal Festival Hall.[20] Hudd played Tom Oakley in Goodnight Mister Tom at the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds in 2018.[21] This was Hudd's local theatre and was described as "a theatre he absolutely loved."[22] by his wife Debbie. In 2019, he toured the UK in a production of Oscar Wilde's play A Woman of No Importance alongside Liza Goddard and Isla Blair.[23]
Music hall[edit]
Hudd wrote several books on music hall, re-recorded music hall records, and appeared in the music hall revival show The Good Old Days. He was seen by broadcasters as an authority on the subject and was the longstanding President of the British Music Hall Society.[24] His CD, Mirth, Magic and Melodrama consists of a collection of classic monologues from the music hall days, including The Pig and The Lion and Albert, first recorded by Stanley Holloway. For Celebrity Mastermind, broadcast in January 2014, Hudd answered questions on the specialist subject of music hall comedian Dan Leno.[6]
He was an authority on the comedian Max Miller and was known for his impersonation of Miller. He appeared as his hero in the Big Finish Productions Doctor Who audio play Pier Pressure in 2006. He was President of the Max Miller Appreciation Society.[25]
Charity work[edit]
Hudd had a long association with the Bristol Hospital Broadcasting Service, where he was considered an honorary member. In 1994, he officially opened their current studios in the Bristol Royal Infirmary. He was also a past King Rat of the show business charity the Grand Order of Water Rats[26] in 1989 and 2000.
In addition to this, he was the first Honorary President of Sandwell Hospital Radio in West Bromwich for a period of ten years, visiting the studios, members and patients whenever he was appearing in the West Midlands.[27]
Personal life and death[edit]
Hudd was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2004 New Year Honours List for services to entertainment.[28] In 1983 (1982 season), he was awarded the Society of West End Theatre Award as Best Actor in a Musical for his role in Underneath the Arches, as Bud Flanagan.[29]
On 29 November 2010, Hudd was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of Westminster; he studied commercial art there when it was the Regent Street Polytechnic.[30]
Hudd died in Ipswich Hospital on 15 March 2020, aged 83, following a short illness.[31] He is buried in Crowfield Parish Church, Suffolk.
Filmography[edit]
Year[16] Title Role Notes
1968 The Blood Beast Terror Smiler
1971 Up Pompeii Nero's M.C.
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins Fisherman (segment "Avarice")
1972 Up the Chastity Belt Nick the Pick
The Alf Garnett Saga Milkman
1973 An Acre of Seats in a Garden of Dreams Narrator
1999 A Kind of Hush Chef
2000 Purely Belter Mr Sewell
2005 Jack, the Last Victim Sir Geoffrey
2014 Robot Overlords Morse Code Martin [32]
2018 Patrick Eric the Caretaker
Bibliography[edit]
Hudd books began to be published in 1971:[33]
Joke Book (Mini-ha-ha Books) by Roy Hudd (Paperback – 28 May 1971)
Music Hall (Picturefile) by Roy Hudd (Paperback – 4 November 1976)
The News Huddlines by Roy Hudd and Illustrated (Paperback – 1 January 1980)
Beautiful Dreamer: A musical melodrama based on the life and songs of Stephen Collins Foster by Roy Hudd (Unknown Binding – 1981)
Underneath the Arches by Patrick, Glanville, Brian, Hudd, Roy Garland (Paperback – 1982)
Underneath the Arches: Musical in Two Acts by Patrick Garland, Brian Glanville, and Roy Hudd (Paperback – 1984)
That's Entertainment: Vol.1 by Roy Hudd, etc. (Paperback – 1 December 1992)
Roy Hudd's Book of Music-hall, Variety and Showbiz Anecdotes by Roy Hudd (Hardcover – October 1993)
Roy Hudd's Huddline Annual by Roy Hudd and Tony Hare (Hardcover – October 1994)
I Say, I Say, I Say: Johnners' Choice of Jokes to Keep You Laughing by Brian Johnston and Roy Hudd (Paperback – 4 September 1995)
The Pantomime Book by Paul Harris and Roy Hudd (Paperback – August 1996)
Look Back with Laughter. Volume Three by Mike Craig, Dame Thora Hird, and Roy Hudd (Paperback – 1998)
Roy Hudd's Cavalcade of Variety Acts: A Who Was Who of Light Entertainment, 1945–60 by Roy Hudd and Philip Hindin (Paperback – 18 November 1998)
Roy Hudd's Book of Music-hall, Variety and Showbiz Anecdotes by Roy Hudd (Paperback – 30 October 1998)
The Pantomime Book: The Only Known Collection of Pantomime Jokes and Sketches in Captivity by Paul Harris and Roy Hudd (Paperback – 31 October 2001)
Twice Nightly by Roy Hudd (Hardcover – October 2007)
The Pantomime Book by Roy Hudd and Paul Harris (Paperback – 15 September 2008)
A Fart in a Colander: The Autobiography by Roy Hudd (Hardcover – 1 October 2009)
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Nichola McAuliffe
Born Nichola Teresa Mary McAuliffe
27 August 1955 (age 69)
Cobham, Surrey, England
Alma mater LAMDA
Occupation(s) Actress and writer
Years active 1979–present
Spouse Don MacKay
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​(m. 1996; died 2017)​
Nichola McAuliffe (born 27 August 1955) is an English television and stage actress and writer, best known for her role as Sheila Sabatini in the ITV hospital sitcom Surgical Spirit (1989–1995). She has also starred in several stage musicals and won the 1988 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in Kiss Me, Kate.
Acting career[edit]
McAuliffe was born in 1955 in Cobham, Surrey, England,[1] and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[2]
In 1984, she won the Clarence Derwent Award for her role as Queen Victoria in the West End production of Poppy at the Adelphi Theatre.
Between 1989 and 1995, McAuliffe starred as obstreperous surgeon Sheila Sabatini in the ITV sitcom Surgical Spirit, her most high-profile acting role to date. She also appeared in the long-running soap opera Coronation Street between 2001 and 2002.[3] Other TV roles were in "The Sound of Drums", a Doctor Who episode screened on 23 June 2007, and in My Family as the judge in episode "Life Begins at Fifty".[3]
In 1999, she played Jocasta, alongside Michael Sheen in the title role, in a Naxos Records audio recording of Sophocles' Oedipus the King.[4]
McAuliffe has also had a number of stage roles, and was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1988 (1987 season) for Best Actress in a Musical for Kiss Me, Kate.[5]
She appeared as the evil Baroness Bomburst in the West End production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium, and was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role or Musical of 2002 for her performance in the production.[6]
In 2009, McAuliffe appeared as the Wicked Fairy at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, in Sleeping Beauty, alongside Sarah-Jane Honeywell and Shane Lynch. In 2011, McAuliffe played Miss Shepherd in The Lady in the Van at Hull Truck Theatre.[7]
In 2012, McAuliffe, a winner in 2001 for her performance in A Bed Among the Lentils, was again named Best Actress (the only person to win the nomination twice) in the Stage Awards for Acting Excellence at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[8]
She subsequently wrote and appeared in a comic play, Maurice's Jubilee, staged at The Pleasance, which tells the story of an elderly man at the end of his life who is preparing to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.[9]
In film, McAuliffe provided the voice of James Bond's BMW in the 1997 film Tomorrow Never Dies. In 2009, she appeared in Chéri with Michelle Pfeiffer. She also appeared in the Radio 2 comedy series The News Huddlines.
In 2014, McAuliffe appeared as Maria Borrow in the Sky1 television film television film adaptation of the M. C. Beaton novel Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death.
In 2022, McAuliffe appeared as Black Eyed Mog in the BBC production of The English.
She played Brenda Collins, the mother of the recently deceased Debbie Colwell who had been in a coma, prior to being murdered by her widow Reiss Colwell (Jonny Freeman), in the BBC soap opera EastEnders in 2024.[10]
Writing[edit]
As well as writing several plays,[11] McAuliffe has published two novels, The Crime Tsar, based loosely on Macbeth; and A Fanny Full of Soap, a comic novel about the pre-West End run of a stage musical, plus a children's story, Attila, Loolagax and the Eagle, both in 2003.[3][12] She is also an occasional contributor to newspapers such as the Daily Mail. In 2015, her play Maurice's Jubilee was produced in the Moscow Art Theatre under the title The Jeweller's Jubilee and received good reviews.[13]
Personal life[edit]
McAuliffe married Don MacKay, a crime reporter for the Daily Mirror, in 1996.[14] He died in 2017.
She is a patron of Saving Faces, the facial surgery research foundation; and of Action for Children's Arts, an organisation dedicated to the promotion of creative arts among children under 12.[15]
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Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
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Address Inner Circle
London, NW1
United Kingdom
Coordinates 51.529°N 0.155°W
Public transit  Baker Street
Owner Regent's Park Theatre Ltd.
Type Open-air theatre, with resident company
Capacity 1,304 seats
Production Summer repertory
Construction
Opened 1932; 92 years ago
Rebuilt 1999
Website
openairtheatre.com
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre is an open-air theatre in Regent's Park in central London.
The theatre[edit]
Open Air Theatre Bar, at night
Established in 1932, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre is one of the largest theatres in London (1,304 seats) and is situated in Queen Mary’s Gardens in Regent’s Park, one of London’s Royal Parks.[1] The theatre’s annual 18-week season is attended by over 140,000 people each year. In 2017, the theatre was named London Theatre of the Year in The Stage Awards,[2] and received the Highly Commended Award for London Theatre of the Year in 2021.[3]
Awards[edit]
Date Production Award
1983

As You Like It

Actress of the Year in a Supporting Role, Olivier Awards (Abigail McKern) [4]
1991

The Boys From Syracuse

Best Musical Revival, Olivier Awards
Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, Olivier Awards (Jenny Galloway)
2009

Hello, Dolly!

Best Musical Revival, Olivier Awards
Best Actress in a Musical, Olivier Awards (Samantha Spiro)
Best Theatre Choreography, Olivier Awards (Stephen Mear)
Best Musical, Evening Standard Awards
2010

Into The Woods

Best Musical Revival, Olivier Awards
Director of the Year†, WhatsOnStage Awards (Timothy Sheader) [5]
2011

Crazy For You

Best Musical Revival, Olivier Awards
Best Costume Design, Olivier Awards (Peter McKintosh)
2013

The Sound of Music

Best Musical Revival, WhatsOnStage Awards
2013

To Kill a Mockingbird

Best Play Revival WhatsOnStage Awards
2016

Jesus Christ Superstar

Best Musical Revival, Olivier Awards
Best Musical, Evening Standard Awards[6]
Emerging Talent, Evening Standard Awards (Tyrone Huntley)
2017

On The Town

Best Actress in a Musical, The Stage Debut Awards (Miriam-Teak Lee) [7]
2018

Little Shop of Horrors

Best Musical Revival, WhatsOnStage Awards
Best Set Design, WhatsOnStage Awards (Tom Scutt)
Best Stage Poster, WhatsOnStage Awards (FEAST Creative)
Best Off West End Show, West End Wilma Awards [8]
2019

Jesus Christ Superstar (Barbican)

Best Supporting Male Actor in a Musical, Black British Theatre Awards (Cavin Cornwall) [9]
2019

Evita

Best Musical, Evening Standard Awards
Best Director, Critics Circle Awards (Jamie Lloyd) [10]
Best Direction, WhatsOnStage Awards (Jamie Lloyd)
†also for The Crucible
The Venue's History[edit]
In 1932 The New Theatre (now the Noel Coward) was left without a show after the early closure of a play by Mussolini. Robert Atkins and Sydney Carroll presented a ‘black and white’ production of Twelfth Night[11] which subsequently transferred to a makeshift theatre in Regents Park, thus establishing Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.[12]
Many stars of the future have performed at the theatre.[13] One of the first was in 1936 when Vivien Leigh played Anne Boleyn in Henry VIII, three years before she found fame in Gone with the Wind. Subsequent household names to appear at Regent’s Park include: Bernard Bresslaw, Judi Dench – who would go on to have a long relationship with the theatre and is currently Patron – Kate O’Mara, Lesley Garrett, Richard E. Grant, Ralph Fiennes,[14] Hugh Bonneville, Damian Lewis,[15] Eileen Atkins, Benedict Cumberbatch,[16] Sheridan Smith[17] and many more.
In 1939, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and the Windmill Theatre were the only two theatres to remain open throughout the War.[18]
In 1963 David Conville and David William established the New Shakespeare Company as a non-profit distributing company.[19] Laurence Olivier was one of the key investors. Conville remained associated with the theatre for 50 years, and following his death in 2018 Artist Lee Simmons was commissioned to design a sculpture that was erected in the grounds of the theatre.[20]
The New Shakespeare Company became Regents Park Theatre Ltd in 2010, acknowledging the move away from producing Shakespeare-only plays.[21]
The theatre’s current fixed amphitheatre-style auditorium was constructed in 1974 with subsequent refurbishments leading to the venue as it stands today.
There have been some notable productions in the theatre’s history including a gala performance in celebration of the Golden Jubilee (attended by The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh), the theatre’s first original musical, Bashville.[22]
In 2015, the theatre launched its own digital archive to enable audiences to explore all of the productions across its history.[23] The archive continues to be updated.

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