Noddy (character) scene and costume designs by Susie Calcutt. The original cast included Eric Potts as Big Ears and Karen Briffett as Noddy. The show was very well received among critics, audiences and even Enid Blyton's daughter Gillian Baverstock. David Wood adapted a successful sequel to the play entitled "Noddy and the Tootle" which opened at the Wimbledon Theatre and endured on a long UK National Tour in 1995–1996. Karen Briffett reprised her role as Noddy and Big Ears was played by Jonathan Broxholme. This production was too presented by Clarion Productions. The characters returned between September 2002 and January 2004 for
Noddy (card game) played all the three ways, as 15, 21 and 31 points at the choice of the players. Edmund Gayton (Festivous Notes upon Don Quixot, 1654) speaks of noddy boards, but Robert Nares in "A Glossary: or Collection of words, phrases, names and allusions to customs, proverbs, &c" (1822) says that Noddy was not played with a board, which seems to be plausible due to the natural evolution of card games. Noddy is a game for two or four players - the latter presumably partners - receiving each 3 cards from a 52-card pack ranking from Ace (low) to King (high).