Talk:The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (play)

I tried to add significant information to the Nicholas Nickleby Great Lakes Theatre Festival 1983 revival and the Kansas City Repertory Theater’s 1983 production some years back having been a member of the acting companies at both theaters. Unfortunately, my firsthand information was deleted soon after I edited this page by someone. I’m wondering who it might have been (or how it might have happened) as I think I’m the only union actor to have acted in both productions. A reply would be appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:304:B096:CD20:3019:DB24:F64A:A93F (talk) 03:58, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart is not in the original performance programme from the The Aldwych, or in the November 1980 partial recasting. He's not in the end credits on the screen recording of the production, or the cast list in the DVD sleeve insert. The RSC publishes its own databases of performances, and this records that he wasn't in it. I have, once again, removed his name. --Old Moonraker (talk) 06:07, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

"Non performance awards only"
An invisible comment "Non performance awards only" has been added, and several "non-performance" awards were indeed deleted. The deletions were made with only the standard "copyediting; cleanup" edit summary. Is there a more detailed explanation to be added to assist this puzzled user? --Old Moonraker (talk) 21:02, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I hope I'm not transgressing some Wikipedia theatre-article policy here, but as there has been no explanation for the deletion of relevant, cited material and as there has been no attempt to explain the "Non performance awards only" direction to other editors, I will be reinstating shortly. Other views still welcome, of course. --Old Moonraker (talk) 10:21, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Done. --Old Moonraker (talk) 08:42, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Student production 1991
Is there anything special about the 1991 University of Rochester production that merits inclusion? I've given it a ref, but as far as I can see (and subject, as always, to WP:IDONTKNOWIT) it isn't encyclopaedic. I'm inclined to delete it. --Old Moonraker (talk) 18:14, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Removed. --Old Moonraker (talk) 07:21, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * It's back, but still with no indication of how it's notable enough for inclusion. Note on the contributor's talk page asking him/her to help with this. --Old Moonraker (talk) 21:25, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * In the absence of any indication to the contrary, removed once again as non-notable. Further note on contributor's talk page. --Old Moonraker (talk) 12:31, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

"Characters"
Why this arbitrary list, with many important characters omitted? Selecting fifteen from over ninety seems a little random, as demonstrated by the number of important characters that have been left off. Once again, why the unexplained deletion of the awards? Once again, why the uninformative edit summaries? --Old Moonraker (talk) 21:44, 6 February 2009 (UTC))
 * OK. There are over two hundred characters portrayed, with over fifty of them "of substance" (Frank Rich, New York Times). The vast list of characters presented on stage is one of the notable features of the production and it is invidious, and misleading on a major reason for the work's notability, to list just fifteen. Removed. Some deletions restored. --Old Moonraker (talk) 07:28, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Workshop production, 2007
I can only find primary sources for this (the company's own web page and their youtube postings) but no external commentary (e.g., a newspaper review) to demonstrate notability. Although uncut, it seems to have been no more than a teaching production—"a workshop in character acting". This all suggests that retention isn't warranted.--Old Moonraker (talk) 09:18, 8 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your time in doing the research on this. I checked and it was added by which looks to be a SPA promoting that theater group. I would also be in favor of removal. Shall we leave this for a couple days and see if anyone else chimes in? MarnetteD | Talk 13:39, 8 February 2012 (UTC)