 Clare Burt, Rosalie Craig, Kate Fleetwood, Hal Fowler, Nick Holder, Claire Moore, Michael Shaeffer, Nicola Sloane, Paul Thornley, Howard Ward, Duncan Wisbey.The musical opened to almost unanimous critical acclaim, garnering 5-star ratings from the "Evening Standard", "Financial Times", "The Independent", "The Mail on Sunday", "The Independent on Sunday", "The Sunday Times", "Metro", "The Sunday Express" and "Time Out magazine".Many of the reviews made reference to the potentially controversial musical treatment of the source material, for example, critic Michael Coveney of "The Independent" wrote