The Roar of the Greasepaint —— The Smell of the Crowd

... Director	Anthony Newley
... Musical Numbers Staging	Gillian Lynne

Cast

... Cocky	Norman Wisdom
... Sir	Willoughby Goddard
... The Kid	Sally Smith
... The Girl	Dilys Watling
... The Negro	Cy Grant
... The Stranger	Ross Hutchinson
... The Bully	Bruce Wells
... The Urchins	Sheila White Jacqueline Goodman Gillian Hoyle Elizabeth White Diane Dragisic Roberta Rex Sonya Petrie Denise Garvin Susan Whitnell Wendy Padbury Zena Keller Ann Holloway Elaine Paige

This show was expected to open in London in September 1964. The Shaftesbury Theatre was booked, with an opening tentatively set for September 18, but this was not announced before the tryout started.

Reviews for the tryout were mixed to negative. An additional tryout engagement in Manchester was scheduled, and the London opening was delayed. In the end, the production closed without reaching London. The show did not play in London until a production in 1988, 24 years later.

Tryout

• Theatre Royal (Nottingham, England)
  8/10/1964 - ? [Delayed from August 3]
• Palace Theatre (Manchester, England)
  9/17/1964 - 10/3/1964