PRODUCTION HISTORY

Some Americans Abroad was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company. It was first performed at The Pit in London on July 19, 1989. It was directed by Roger Michell; the design was by Alexandra Byrne, the lighting design was by Rick Fisher, the music was composed by Jeremy Sams; stage management was by Eric Lumsden, Sheonagh Darby and Sarah West Stevens and the musicians were Pip Hinton, Christopher Nightingale and Sandy Burnett. The cast was as follows:

JOE TAYLOR	Anton Lesser
KATIE TAYLOR	Kate Byers
PHILIP BROWN	Oliver Cotton
FRANKIE LEWIS	Diane Fletcher
ORSON BALDWIN	John Bott
HARRIET BALDWIN	Patricia Lawrence
HENRY MCNEIL	Simon Russell Beale
BETTY MCNEIL	Amanda Root
DONNA SILLIMAN	Caroline Harding
JOANNE SMITH	Candida Gubbins
AN AMERICAN	Joe Melia

Some Americans Abroad was subsequently produced by Lincoln Center Theater (Gregory Mosher, Director; Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) at The Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater in New York on February 11, 1990. It was directed by Roger Michell; the design was by Alexandra Byrne, the lighting design was by Rick Fisher, the music was composed by Jeremy Sams; the stage managers were Michael F. Ritchie and Sarah Manley and the musicians were Michelle Johnson, Joshua Rosenblum and Michael Goetz.

The cast was as follows:

JOE TAYLOR	Colin Stinton
KATIE TAYLOR	Cara Buono
PHILIP BROWN	John Bedford Lloyd
FRANKIE LEWIS	Frances Conroy
ORSON BALDWIN	Henderson Forsythe
HARRIET BALDWIN	Jane Hoffman
HENRY MCNEIL	Bob Balaban
BETTY MCNEIL	Kate Burton
DONNA SILLIMAN	Elisabeth Shue
JOANNE SMITH	Ann Talman
AN AMERICAN	John Rothman