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Founded in c.1951 The Coalville Drama Group (Formally “Coalville Adulst School Drama Group (CASDG)) brings together people who love the magic of theatre. Whether on stage, building sets, directing, or behind the scenes, every role is important—and everyone is welcome!

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    By Charles Dickens & Jonathan Holloway: A SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD. TITLE – Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 5m, 11 Others.

    Directed By: Melanie Mitchell

    Nicholas Nickleby is newly employed as a teacher at Dotheboys’ Hall in Yorkshire thanks to his manipulative and avaricious uncle Ralph, a businessman. There he witnesses the cruel treatment of boys at the hands of despotic headmaster Wackford Squeers and his wife. In coming to the defence of one boy, Smike, Nicholas assaults Squeers. Thinking he has killed him, he escapes with Smike to London and on to Portsmouth where the pair join the Crummles Theatre Company.
    Ralph uses Nicholas’s sister Kate as bait further to ensnare a young and wealthy lord who is already in his debt. Learning of the abuse Kate has been exposed to, Nicholas goes to London and her aid, but even greater dangers lurk around the corner. This stunning adaptation of Charles Dickens’s third novel toured the UK in 2001 and 2002 in a production by Red Shift Theatre Company.

    The Cast

    Rich Hitchcock
    as Nicholas Nickleby

    Dave Jones
    as Ralph Nickleby

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    Dave Hare
    as Newman Noggs

    Elliott Luxton
    as Smike

    Darcy Quigley
    as Kate Nickley

    Tracy Quigley
    as Mrs Nickley

    Ian Pratley
    as Squeers & Ned Cherryble

    Helen Cornes
    as Mrs Squeers & Fop

    Tasha Downes
    as Fanny Squeers

    Reece Morris
    as Sir Mulberry Hawk

    Laura Vesty
    as Mrs Crummles & Madeline Bray

    David Hopgood
    as Lord Verisopht & Snawly

    June Brechin
    as Miss La Creevy

    Jamie Clarkson
    as Pyke & Frank Cherryble

    Andy Lane
    as Pluck & Bray

    Tim Fantom
    as Chrles Cherryble

    John Brindley
    as Gride & Brooker

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