Charles Mortimer played David Bascombe in "Carousel" on a nationwide tour in 1952/53, including the following venues:

February 1952
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His Majesty's, Aberdeen
King's Theatre, Glasgow
Grand Theatre, Leeds

March

Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne

April

Opera House, Manchester

May

Opera House, Blackpool

June

Hippodrome, Coventry

July

Hippodrome, Brighton

​August

New Theatre, Cardiff

September

Hippodrome, Bristol

October

King's Theatre, Portsmouth

November

Globe Theatre, Stockton

December

Hippodrome, Birmingham

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February 1953

Empire, Wood Green

April 

New Theatre, Oxford
Alhambra, Bradford

July

King's Theatre, Southsea

August

New Theatre, Cardiff
Grand Theatre, Leeds
The Butlin Theatre, Skegness

September

Theatre Royal, Hanley

October

New Theatre, Hull

November

Grand, Wolverhampton
​New Theatre, Northampton

The production commenced on 22 December 1952 and ran for four weeks. Evening performances were at 19:15 with matinees on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 14:00. The programme cost three pence.

Charles Mortimer played David Bascombe in "Carousel", at the KIng's Theatre, Glasgow ....

Charles Mortimer reprised his role of David Bascombe in "Carousel", at the Bristol Hippodrome, in 1958/59

.... and at the Opera House, Blackpool ....

Funnily enough, before Charles' appearance at the Opera House in Manchester for three weeks from 15 April, 1952, in "Carousel", the play being produced in the previous week was called "The Mortimer Touch!"

.... and at the New Theatre, Cardiff ....

.... and the King's Theatre, Southsea, 1952/53.

The Stage - Thursday 03 September 1953

From The Aberdeen Evening Express - Saturday 26 January 1952.

From The Banbury Advertiser - Wednesday 04 November 1953.

From The Stage of 3 September, 1953.

From The Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Tuesday 28 October 1952.

From The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Friday 23 October 1953.