The Entertainer

Summary

The play uses the metaphor of the dying music hall tradition, specifically fictional music hall star Archie Rice, to comment on the moribund state of the British Empire in the 1950s.

Guest stars

• Michael Gambon as Archie Rice
• Bill Owen as Billy Rice
• Billie Whitelaw as Phoebe Rice
• Helen McCrory as Jean Rice
• George Beach as Frank Rice
• Nicholas Hewetson as Graham Dodd
• David Ryall as Bill