This section contains various photographs of plays and musicals in Jim's career. 
Starting with the show that brought him to America and on to Broadway - "Scapino" - 1973. 
This was a 'Standing Room Only' success for over a year and a half, 
and played to capacity audiences when it traveled to San Francisco and Los Angeles.

 

 

        


"Scapino" Written by Frank Dunlop and Jim Dale
Directed by Frank Dunlop. First presented by 'Pop Theatre"  at  The Edinburgh Festival, Scotland.
Chosen to be the first production to open  The Young Vic Theatre, London 1970
 Circle In The Square, New York, 1973/74 season.
Ambassadors Theatre New York

 

 

Jim as Bully Bottom
with son Murray
and Cleo Laine
in
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"

The Edinburgh Festival, Scotland, 1967

With Jane Lapotaire as Kate 
in
"The Taming of the Shrew"

The Young Vic, London 1973
and
The Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1973 

With Paul Scofield 
in
"The Captain of Kopenick"

The National Theatre, London, 1970

 



Laurence Olivier as Shylock,
Jane Lapotaire as Jessica
 Jim as Launcelot Gobbo
in
"The Merchant of Venice"

The National Theatre, London, 1971

As Carmen Miranda and Vera Lynn in "Privates on Parade" Roundabout Theater New York, 1989  

As Gethin Price
in
"Comedians"

Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1977

With 
Stockard Channing 
in
"Joe Egg"

Broadway, New York, 1984

As Fagin
in
"Oliver!"

London Palladium, 1997



As
"The Music Man"

Dallas 1984

 

As Voltaire
in
"Candide"

Gershwin Theater
Broadway, N.Y. 1997

As Bill Snibson
in
"Me and My Girl"

Marquis Theater
Broadway NY, 1989

A cast of two.
Jim and Anthony Hopkins
in
"The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria"

The National Theatre, London.
1972


As Phineas Taylor Barnum
"Barnum"
 Broadway, New York, 1981



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Surrounded 
by
The Tiller Girls
while hosting

"Sunday Night at the London Palladium"
ATV 
1966

Mister Marvel
 "The Invisible Man"
Cleveland Playhouse
2000


"The Invisible Man" never moved to Broadway. 
due to "An invisible Producer!"



Barnet
"The National Health"

Jim's first play 
at
The National Theatre, London 1971

With Brian Oulton
in
"Sancho Panza"

 

The National Theater, London 1972



The Dancing Lesson
in
"The Card"
with
Millicent Martin

Cameron Mackintosh's 
first musical
Queen's Theatre London, 1973

 

The Cast 
of
"Barnum"

Broadway, New York 1980



With Cheryl Kennedy
in Jim's first musical
"The Wayward Way"

Vaudeville Theatre, London 19??

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