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The Vienna production was the first time that the show took place on a usual stage (behind a proscenium arch) instead of being performed on a round stage with the audience around it as it was done in London and on Broadway. Therefore, Gillian Lynne had to restage the show. In the following years, due to conventional theatres, most productions were placed on a pros-arch. Another unusual element was that Griddlebone was played by Jennyanydots, not Jellylorum.

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  • Vienna 1983
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  • The Vienna production was the first time that the show took place on a usual stage (behind a proscenium arch) instead of being performed on a round stage with the audience around it as it was done in London and on Broadway. Therefore, Gillian Lynne had to restage the show. In the following years, due to conventional theatres, most productions were placed on a pros-arch. Another unusual element was that Griddlebone was played by Jennyanydots, not Jellylorum.
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  • Michael Kunze
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber
Choreographer
  • Gillian Lynne
Closing Date
  • 1990(xsd:integer)
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Opening Date
  • September 1983
Image
  • Os83 13 Tugger Etc Vic.jpg
Producers
  • Peter Weck
Director
  • Gillian Lynne
Location
  • * Theater an der Wien * Ronarcher Theater
set used
  • NAP 3
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  • The Vienna production was the first time that the show took place on a usual stage (behind a proscenium arch) instead of being performed on a round stage with the audience around it as it was done in London and on Broadway. Therefore, Gillian Lynne had to restage the show. In the following years, due to conventional theatres, most productions were placed on a pros-arch. Compared to the Original London and Broadway casts, the Vienna cast was rather large: it included both Carbucketty and Pouncival, Bill Bailey and Tumblebrutus, Quaxo and Mistoffelees as well as Etcetera (whose costume actually looked similar to the London Electra). In general the names used were not translated, apart from Jenny Fleckenreich and Alt Deuteronimus, and spellings for Viktoria and Jellilorum. Unlike in the London and Broadway productions, Mistoffelees was a mute character. He didn't sing or speak any line in the whole show; not even in the ensemble numbers. This allows the role to be cast as a dedicated dancing role, not Musical Theatre. This concept was later transferred to productions like Amsterdam, Paris, Zurich, Asia/Pacific Tour and others. Another unusual element was that Griddlebone was played by Jennyanydots, not Jellylorum.
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