{{Short description|Play written by Richard Bean}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox play | name = Toast | image = | characters = Lance<br />Colin<br />Peter<br />Walter Nelson (Nellie)<br />Cecil<br />Blakey<br />Dezzie | mute = | image_size = | caption = | writer = Richard Bean | chorus = | setting = The canteen of a bread factory | date of premiere = 1999 | place = {{UK}} | orig_lang = English | series = | subject = | genre = | web = }} '''''Toast''''' is a play written in 1999 by English playwright Richard Bean. It premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London in 1999.<ref>[http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsB/bean-richard.html#2488 Richard Bean - complete guide to the Playwright and Plays<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The play tells the story of seven men who all work in a bread factory in Hull. One Sunday night, Nellie is so worn down from a lifetime making dough, he loses his vest in the mix.

==Original cast== *Christopher Campbell - Lance *Ian Dunn - Colin *Matthew Dunster - Peter *Ewan Hooper - Walter Nelson (Nellie) *Sam Kelly - Cecil *Mark Williams - Blakey *Paul Wyett - Dezzie

==2007 revival== March 2007 at Hull Truck Theatre, Directed by Gareth Tudor-Price. *Jonathan Hansler - Lance *Andrew Whitehead - Colin *Paul Popplewell - Peter *Edward Peel - Walter Nelson (Nellie) *Martin Barrass - Cecil *Andy Fox - Blakey *Patrick Connolly - Dezzie

==2014 revival== August 2014 at The Park Theatre, Directed by Eleanor Rhode for Snapdragon Productions. *Matthew Kelly - Walter Nelson (Nellie) *Simon Greenall - Cecil *Steve Nicolson - Blakey *Will Barton - Colin *Matt Sutton - Peter *Finlay Robertson - Dezzie *John Wark - Lance

On 9 September 2015 it was announced that Snapdragon Productions's 2014 revival would embark on a UK Tour and transfer to the Brits off Broadway Festival in 2016 with Kieran Knowles taking over the role of Dezzie.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/uk-regional/article/Snapdragon-Productions-Sets-Full-UK-Touring-Cast-of-TOAST-20160107|title=Snapdragon Productions Sets Full UK Touring Cast of TOAST|author=BWW News Desk|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-30}}</ref>

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Category:1999 plays Category:Plays by Richard Bean Category:Plays set in England

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