The cast has been announced for the players in the 1968 version of Coronation Street to be staged in Manchester.
Three classic scripts by Jack Rosenthal are performed in the Lass O’Gowrie pub in Manchester in January 2012. We've got our tickets already!
It's all part of the LassFest and you can find out full details here.
Some interesting choices of characters and actors have been announced today as follows:
Dave Dutton - who has been on Corrie in at least eight different roles already - stars as Jack Walker.
Emma Edmondson, who played Mel Morton in Coronation Street, is Lucille Hewitt
Joan Kempson, who played Rovers Return cleaner Edna Miller in Coronation Street is Hilda Ogden
Christine Barton-Brown plays Annie Walker
Russell Dixon is Ena Sharples
David Crowley is Dennis Tanner
Colin Connor is Len Fairclough
Geoff Dignan is Ray Langton
Kathryn Worthington is Emily Nugent
Tom Burroughs, who played the tram driver in the Coronation Street tram crash is Jerry Booth
Jeni Howarth Willianms is Elsie Tanner. Jeni played Sheila Hayes on Coronation Street (mother of Wayne Hayes who stayed with the Croppers).
Jo Mousley is Linda Cheveski
Val Tagger is Minnie Caldwell. Val has been on Corrie before as a hotel guest.
Terry Naylor is Ernie Sutton
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