Keeler (play)
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Keeler is a play written by Gill Adams, based on Christine Keeler's 2001 autobiography The Truth At Last: My Story, and is described as being produced with her 'sanction and involvement'.{{cite web
|url=http://www.keelertheplay.co.uk/information.html
|title=Keeler
|accessdate=3 December 2013
|publisher=Charing Cross Theatre
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207130735/http://www.keelertheplay.co.uk/information.html
|archivedate= 7 December 2013
}}
Productions
The play was produced at Upstairs at the Gatehouse in 2007,https://theatricalia.com/play/hf9/keeler/production/15t8 the Richmond Theatre in 2011{{cite web
|url=http://www.london24.com/entertainment/theatre/theatre_review_christine_keeler_story_at_richmond_theatre_1_1069182
|title=Theatre review: Christine Keeler story at Richmond Theatre
|author=Colbert, Liz
|accessdate=3 December 2013
|date=September 23, 2011
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206072906/http://www.london24.com/entertainment/theatre/theatre_review_christine_keeler_story_at_richmond_theatre_1_1069182
|archivedate= 6 December 2013
}} and the Charing Cross Theatre, London in 2013. The Charing Cross production ran from 31 October to 14 December.{{Cite web|url = http://www.london-theatreland.co.uk/theatres/charing-cross-theatre/keeler.php|accessdate = 3 January 2014|publisher = 'London Theatreland' Website|title=CHARING CROSS THEATRE: KEELER}}
Cast
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Character !2007 Actor !2011 Actor !2013 Actor ! Notes |
| Christine Keeler
|Alice Coulthard |Sarah Armstrong | |
| Stephen Ward
|Paul Nicholas |Also director |
| Lucky Gordon
|Chucky Venn{{cite web|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/stage/theatre/article3170774.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221142320/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/stage/theatre/article3170774.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 21, 2013|title=Keeler at the Richmond Theatre|author=Marlowe, Sam|website=The Times |accessdate=4 January 2014|date=21 September 2011}} |Marcus Adolphy | |
| Lady P
|Laurie Hagen | |Carina Birrell | |
| Eugene Ivanov
|Patrick Ross | |Alex Dower | |
| John Profumo
|Johnnie Lyne-Pirkis | |Michael Good | |
| Doris / dance captain
| |Hannah Jordan |Hannah Jordan |
| Lord Tubbs
| |Stephen Joseph |Stephen Joseph |
| Mandy Rice-Davies
| |Stacey Leeson | |
| Bill Astor
|Martin Bendel | |Andrew Harrison | |
2013 Crew
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Post ! Person ! Notes |
| Writer
|Gill Adams | |
| Set Designer
|Charlie Camms | |
| Lighting Designer
|Mike Robertson | |
| Choreographer
|Chris Hocking | |
| Fight Director
|Andrei Zayats | |
| Costume Designer
|Jonathan Lipman | |
| Sound Engineer
|David Gates | |
| Production Manager
|Andy George | |
Critical reception
The play has received mixed reviews. One,{{cite web
|url =https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/10432920/Keeler-Charing-Cross-Theatre-review.html
|publisher =The Daily Telegraph
|date =7 November 2013
|author =Spencer, Charles
|title =Keeler, Charing Cross Theatre, review
|accessdate =3 December 2013}} described the play as a 'dud', but another {{cite web
|url =https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/10433700/Keeler-Charing-Cross-Theatre-review.html
|publisher =The Daily Telegraph
|date =10 November 2013
|author =Walker, Tim
|title =Keeler, Charing Cross Theatre, review
|accessdate =3 December 2013}} while pointing out that the factual accuracy of the play is uncertain (because 'We can't be sure what really happened'), said that if 'judged purely as drama...it works admirably.'