Bird of Paradise

A production of the National Theatre, Bird of Paradise was one of four plays of a season with the general title An Evasion of Women (also including Nurse Macateer by Shena Mackay, Rites by Maureen Duffy, and Pursuit by Gillian Freeman), running from February 11 to March 1, 1969, at the Jeanetta Cochrane Theatre.

CAST

GILLIAN BARGE, lady interviewer

RICHARD KAY, Ted Lacey, Sophy’s assistant

LOUISE PURNELL, Sophia West (Sophy), fashion designer

MAGGIE RILEY, Mrs. Huntley Jones, middle-aged fashion buyer

DAVID RYALL, Derek, Sophy’s husband

MICHAEL TUDOR BARNES, interviewer Brian Smatch

CREW

JANET SEAGER, assistant stage manager

DONALD MACKECHNIE AND JOAN PLOWRIGHT, codirectors

BARBARA KIDD, costume designer

DAVID MYLES, deputy stage manager

JOHN HALLE, set designer

RICHARD HAMER, stage manager