Talk:Show Boat

message: The newly added table of cast members in multiple productions is a fine addition to the article. However, its width is twice that of the margins of the rest of the article. This throws the display of the article out of line - reduced to a small column on the left of the screen.  Is there a way to fix this? Possibly splitting the table into two parts or adding the ability to collapse it? Thanks, Markhh (talk) 02:29, 3 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree that the redundant cast table is helpful in the article.  The cast members are (or should be) already named in the production section with appropriate sourcing.  If people decide that it is necessary to repeat information in tabular form, I suggest using the much more concise format used in these WP:Featured Articles: The King and I#Principal roles and notable performers and Carousel (musical)#Principal roles and notable performers. -- Ssilvers (talk) 06:02, 3 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with the above post by Ssilvers. Somambulant1 (talk) 16:55, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

text: I also agree with the view of Ssilvers regarding the cast table. Jack1956 (talk) 12:47, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I like it. It offers at a glance the artists who played each role over the years and also the cast of each important revival. However, as it currently stands, it doesn't fit within he page margins. As I said above it could be made to collapse. and only opened if the reader wanted to see it. Or it could also be cut down to only the most important productions. But I I think it's worth keeping, and maybe removing the repetitions elsewhere. Markhh (talk) 20:30, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, I disagree with deleting the table before there was an opportunity for discussion. How can other editors fairly evaluate it if they can't see it? I suggest restoring the table until discussion is complete (or, alternately, posting it under this heading on the talk page). Thanks! Markhh (talk) 20:36, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I see that some information in the Production history section is unreferenced.  If you want to improve the article, a very helpful task would be to add references to the productions section, and to make sure that all of the notable (blue-linked) cast members are mentioned with respect to each such production. -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:50, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
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message: There is a gaggle of artists in the last column of the cast table with no sense of what production each was in. It's been that way since it was added here.
I suggest at least limiting it to stage actors (the other media ones are listed elsewhere in the article), and adding in parenthesis after each name the date - if american production - and location and date if elsewhere (like the London stage production, for example). or better, columns like seen at Company_(musical)#Principal_casts. - jc37 07:29, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this layout is better than what we have in Company and other similar articles. Generally the original cast is the most notable as originating the roles and then we can list notable other people who have also been in the role. When we list the full cast of every major production, we end up including individuals who are otherwise not notable and have no context as to who they are. BOVINEBOY2008 15:07, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: We don't need to add in the cast table which production the person was in, because that information is given in the Productions section.  Let's keep the cast table as concise as possible; blue-linked people who have starred in long-running notable productions listed in the Productions section.  This layout is used in some of the Rogers and Hammerstein Featured Articles, such as The King and I. -- Ssilvers (talk) 16:32, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Actors in cast table