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Poster for the 'Dad's Army' Stage Play
(Shaftsbury Theatre).
Click on this image to see a larger version.

Dad's Army was transferred to the stage for a successful run that lasted from 1975 to 1976. The 'play' consisted of a mixture of sketches, based on scenes from the TV series, and musical numbers. The main run of the play took place at the 'Shaftesbury Theatre' in London's West End.

The show ran at the Shaftesbury for six months and then went on tour around the country for a further six months.

On this page you will find details of the cast and production team that brought the show to life. You will also find links to scans of the original Shaftesbury Theatre programme and poster. All the pages in the programme have been included but not all contain details of the Stage Show! The full programme has been included for those who might be interested to see the whole item, which includes contemporary adverts and details of other theatre shows.

Click on the links below to view the topic of your choice:

	Running Order of the Stage Show
	Stage Show Cast and Production Credits
	View a large version of the Stage Show Poster

The Programme for the Stage Show (all scans are of double pages):

Front and back cover

Pages 2 and 3 - Advert for Vaudeville Theatre and theatre gossip.

Pages 4 and 5 - Advert and history of the Shaftesbury Theatre.

Pages 6 and 7 - Advert for 'Mousetrap' and billing for Dad's Army.

Pages 8 and 9 - Cast Details.

Pages 10 and 11 - Cast Details.

Pages 12 and 13 - Full Cast List.

Pages 14 and 15 - Cast Details and Details of Acts 1 and 2.

Pages 16 and 17 - Cast and Production Details.

Pages 18 and 19

Production Details, Advert for Dad's Army book and half
page article on Margaret Lockwood.

Pages 20 and 21 - Puzzles and advert.

Pages 22 and 23 - Adverts and map of London's theatres.

The running order of the stage show was as follows:

ACT 1		ACT 2
Scene 1	Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr. Hitler.	Scene 1	The Song We Would Rather Forget.
Scene 2	Put That Light Out.	Scene 2	Unarmed Conflict.
Scene 3	Carry On On The Home Front. British Restaurant. Jones's Butchers Shop.	Scene 3	Tin Pan Alley Goes To War.
Scene 4	Command Post.	Scene 4	Morris Dance.
Scene 5	Private Pike's Dream.	Scene 5	A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square.
Scene 6	L/Cpl. Jones Stands Guard.	Scene 6	Radio Personalities of 1940.
Scene 7	Lords of the Air.	Scene 7	The Beach.
Scene 8	Choir Practice.	Scene 8	Finale.

There was an interval of fifteen minutes between Act One and Act Two.

Cast and Production Credits of the stage show

The Cast:

Dad's Army by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.

Captain Mainwaring - Arthur Lowe

Sergeant Wilson - John Le Mesurier

L/Cpl. Jones - Clive Dunn

Private Godfrey - Arnold Ridley

Private Pike - Ian Lavender

Private Fraser - Hamish Roughead

Private Walker - John Bardon

Private Meadow - Graham Hamilton

Private Woods - Eric Longworth

Private Maple - Norman Macleod

Chief ARP Warden Hodges - Bill Pertwee

Rev. Timothy Farthing - Frank Williams

Mr. Yeatman (Verger) - Edward Sinclair

Mrs. Pike - Jan Davies

Mrs. Holdane Hart WVS - Joan Cooper

Mrs. Fox - Pamela Cundell

BBC Announcer - Michael Bevis

The Town Clerk - Eric Longworth

British Restaurant Lady - Pamela Cundell

Carmen Caramba - Bernice Adams

General Von Seltz - Bill Pertwee

German Inventor - Jeffery Holland

Hermann Goering - David Wheldon Williams

Dolly (Godfrey's sister) - Joan Cooper

Newspaper Boy - Ronnie Grainge

Dave (songwriter) - John Bardon

Jim (songwriter) - Jeffrey Holland

Happidrome Announcer - Eric Longworth

Mr. Lovejoy - Arthur Lowe

Ramsbottom - Michael Bevis

Enoch - Ian Lavender

Max Miller - Bill Pertwee

Gert and Daisy

Joan Cooper
Pamela Cundell

Robb Wilton - Arthur Lowe

The Andrews Sisters

Bernice Adams
Debbie Blackett
June Shand

Flanagan and Allen

Arthur Lowe
John Le Mesurier

Girls on the Beach

Bernice Adams
Debbie Blackett
June Shand

Man on the Beach - Graham Hamilton

The Home Front Company
Bernice Adams, Michael Bevis, Debbie Blackett, Ronnie Grainge, Graham Hamilton, Jeffrey Holland, Kevin Hubbard, Peggy Anne Jones, Eric Longworth, Norman Macleod, Vivien Pearman, June Shand, Michele Summers, Barrie Stevens, Jan Todd, David Wheldon Williams, Alan Woodhouse.

Standbys:
for Arthur Lowe - Eric Longworth
for John Le Mesurier - Michael Bevis
for Clive Dunn - Norman Macleod

Production credits:

Written and directed by Jimmy Perry and David Croft

Staged by Roger Redfern

Designed by Terry Parsons

Musical Director - Ed Coleman

Musical Staging - Sheila O'Neil

Lighting by Robert Ornbo

Costumes by Mary Husband

Sound by David Collison