of the play at the Aldwych Theatre. It opened on 4 December 1975 and was produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company. The director was David Jones, the light designer was Stewart Leviton, the designer was Alan Tagg, and the music was by Guy Woolfenden. The production was also presented at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre from 13 to 17 January 1976. The play was presented in Canada at the Theatre New Brunswick in 1979 with John Neville as Raffles and David Renton as Bunny. Jeremy Child portrayed Raffles in a production at the Oxford Playhouse that opened in October 1979. Brian Protheroe appeared as Raffles with Adrian Ross-Magenty as Bunny in a 1994 production at the Watford Palace Theatre. Reception Martin Esslin wrote a positive review of the play's original Aldwych Theatre production and commented that Denholm Elliott was "brilliantly cast" as Raffles, while Benedict Nightingale was critical of Elliott's performance and the play's dialogue. In his 1999 book Raffles and His Creator, Peter Rowland wrote regarding the play that "the dialogue crackles with life and the changes are rung in a dazzling fashion which Hornung himself couldn't have bettered", and added that "Greene had produced a little gem of a play and one which ought, ideally, to be admitted to the official canon." Radio adaptation A radio dramatisation of the play aired on 17 January 1993 on the BBC World Service, as part of the BBC radio series Raffles. In the adaptation of the play, Jeremy Clyde played Raffles and Michael Cochrane played Bunny Manders. Clyde and Cochrane had previously portrayed Raffles and Bunny respectively in the Raffles radio series on BBC Radio 4 from 1985 to 1992. The radio adaptation features the following cast: References Plays by Graham Greene 1975 plays Comedy plays Works based on A. J. Raffles