WHAT THE CRITICS SAID
‘He [Peter Nichols] is one of the funniest and most inventive playwrights we have and if I had the money, I would buy the option to make Jam Yesterday into a film soonest.'
Sue Arnold,
OBSERVER REVIEW
A new Peter Nichols play is an event. Nichols has grafted a nail-biting romance on to history. Warren Mitchell brilliantly narrates.'
Martin Hoyle,
FINANCIAL TIMES
'Peter Nichols has come up with a fascinating new play...Nicholas le Prevost is instantly compelling.'
Stephanie Billen,
OBSERVER MAGAZINE
'Warren Mitchell is the compelling narrator of a new work by Peter Nichols...based on the extraordinary story of a true 1940s band...there's a terrific plot twist.'
Grace Hadley,
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'A deadpan Warren Mitchell leads an excellent cast in Peter Nichols' play'
Gabriel Tate,
TIME OUT
'Peter Nichols's excellent play...superbly acted with Nicholas le Prevost as Goebbels.'
Valerie Grove,
THE OLDIE
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JAM YESTERDAY1x60’
A brand new play by one of Britain's most distinguished playwrights, Peter Nichols. Ernie is a musician who has all his long life been devoted to keeping the airwaves swinging. With the 60th anniversary of the end of WWII, he is much in demand for his memories of the band he led during the war, one whose music was targeted at a very unusual audience. The play itself is fiction, but is based on a band which really existed under these extraordinary circumstances. Starring Warren Mitchell, and with specially composed music by Philip Pope, it tells a unique, chilling story of music, memory and survival. Executive Producer: Bruce Hyman Producer: Jo Wheeler Music by Philip Pope & Roger Moon
OLD ERNIE..................Warren Mitchell CLAIRE........................Janet Dibley FREDDIE.....................Philip Pope YOUNG ERNIE.............John Telfer GOEBBELS...................Nicholas le Prevost MAGDA GOEBBELS.......Lynsey Baxter BAND..........................Simon Greenall BAND..........................Rupert Degas |
