<P> Peter Cheeseman commissioned Bob Eaton (Book and Lyrics) and Sayan Kent (Book and Music) to write a new stage musical version for the New Vic Theatre, Newcastle Under Lyme . It was directed by Bob Eaton . It has since been performed at the Theatre by the Lake, Keswick in 2002, directed by Ian Forrest, the New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich in 2003 directed by Peter Rowe and in 1998 it was the 40th Anniversary production at the Belgrade Theatre Coventry, where Bob Eaton was Artistic Director (1996 to 2003). </P> <P> The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School produced an all new musical version, at the Bristol Old Vic Studio in November 2009 . Directed by the school's Artistic Director Sue Wilson, it featured a new script and score by Malcolm McKee, design by Sue Mayes and choreography by Gail Gordon . </P> <P> From 25 to 27 May 2010, BBC Radio 7 broadcast a three - part dramatisation of Priestley's novel by Eric Pringle, with Helen Longworth as Suzie Dean, Philip Jackson as Jess Oakroyd, Jemma Churchill as Elizabeth Trant and Nicholas Boulton as Inigo Jolliphant . The production was directed by Claire Grove and was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 4th, 11 and 18 August 2002 . </P>

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