The Adventures of Awful Knawful

A Play for Children

The Warehouse Theatre, RSC

By Peter Flannery and Mick Ford

This was a hilarious and very successful Christmas show written for the RSC and first performed at the Donmar Warehouse Theatre, London on 20 December 1978.

The play was published by Eyre Methuen in the Methuen Young Drama series. It can be purchased from Amazon here.

Creative Team

DirectorsJohn Caird & Howard Davies
DesignerChris Dyer
Assitant to the DesignerGilly Hebden
LightingBrian Wigney & Eddie J. Freed
SoundJohn A. Leonard

Cast

AWFUL KNAWFUL, the bravest man on earthRichard Derrington
PROFESSOR MADCHAT, a nutcase Nigel Terry
GERONIMO, an animal invented by the Professor Charlotte Cornwall
JAKOPO & MARLA, two stupid killers ­ Rory Edwards & Michelle Copsey
DR. KNOTINISHANKI, the greatest memory man on earth Kenneth McClellan
LASSE FEVER, the fastest runner on earth Charles Wegner
CROTON, a zombie Nicholas le Prevost
P.C. McKNEE, *the greatest policeman on earth*Kenneth McClellan
DR. BLOOD, the greatest surgeon on earth Mike Hall
FLORENCE, his nurse Colin McCormack
THE KILLER ROBOT, another of the Professor’s inventionsMike Hall
JASPER & DENNIS, the perfect childrenColin McCormack & Charles Wegner
AN ARMY OF KILLER ANTSThemselves
A GIANT SPIDERColin McCormack
THE KID, a gunslinging desperadoKenneth McClellan
THE SHERIFF, his deadly enemyMike Hall
A MOUSE A Mouse
A CHOIR OF MAD KILLERS A Choir of Mad Killers
THE MASTER, a maniac Iain Mitchell/Peter Clough

Music

The greatest musicians on earthJeremy Barlow, Peter Cameron, Nigel Garvey, Brian Newman, Peter Whittaker