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Mr Thomas
Written byKathy Burke
Directed byKathy Burke
Music bySimon Brint
CharactersJames Clyde
Anita Graham
Ian Jentle
James Snell
Ray Winstone
Date premieredJanuary 30, 1990 (1990-01-30)
Place premieredThe Old Red Lion, Islington
SubjectBlack humour
SettingLondon, 1957

Mr Thomas is the first play by the English actress and playwright Kathy Burke. It was first performed at the Old Red Lion theatre pub in Islington in February 1990. Set in 1950s London had a cast of five, with the action all taking place in a single day in the small attic room bedsit belonging to George on a mid-week day in November 1957.

Cast

Set design was by Matthew Duguid and John Pope, music by Simon Brint.

The production was subsequently restaged for broadcast by Channel 4 that Autumn.