The Gondoliers
The Mikado
The Sorcerer
The Martyr of Antioch
Ruddigore
The Yeomen of the Guard
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St Davids Players
past productions
HMS Pinafore
The Pirates of Penzance
Trial by Jury
Iolanthe
Princess Ida
Utopia (Limited)
The Grand Duke
Patience
Thespis
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Gilbert and Sullivan Society · Exeter · Devon
Written by W S Gilbert
Composed by Arthur Sullivan
Premièred at The Opera Comique, London 17th November 1887 running for 178 performances.
St David’s Players’ productions: (click to expand)
11 — 15 October 1988
The Barnfield Theatre, Exeter
(Coupled with TRIAL BY JURY)
Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre — Brian Small
Alexis — Leslie Baker
Dr. Daly — John Stuart
Notary — John Bowden
John Wellington-Wells — Ian Bond
Lady Sangazure — Jane Edmund
Aline — Janet MacDonald
Mrs. Partlett — Sue Odell
Constance — Margaret Thomson
Hercules — Luke Cannon
Director — IAN HARDY
Musical Director — MARK PERRY
11 — 15 October 2005
The Barnfield Theatre, Exeter
(Coupled with THE ZOO)
Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre — Keith Wadlan
Alexis — Mark Hurford
Dr. Daly — Andrew May
Notary — Brian Small
John Wellington-Wells — Colin Mackenzie
Lady Sangazure — Jane Iffla
Aline — Penny Daw
Mrs. Partlett — Susan Gunn-Johnson
Constance — Eleanor Bridgman
Land girls
Caroline Avery, Toni Wilson, Sue Hiscock
Women’s Institute
Jane Gerrish, Hilary Todd, Viv Glanfield, Gina Redman, Christine West
Gentry
Kate Johns, Adele Needham, Heather Gould, Marianne Skinner
Chris Gould, Ian SpackmanConstance’s friends
Sarah Haydon, Jackie Turner, Sarah Aubrey, Pam Swan
Military personnel
Graeme Barnell, David Bridgman, John Candler Peter Johnson,
Mike Redman, Bill Anderton, Peter Sargent, Maurice WeldrakeButler, cook and chauffeur
Stephen Tregale, Alma Harding, Alan Baker
Cricket team
David McIlroy, Mike Hiscock, Tim Johns
Photographer
Colin Wilson
Nurse
Elizabeth Henson
Director — JANE MAY
Musical Director — MARK PERRY
A brief synopsis:
Alexis Pointdextre is about to be married to Aline. He decides that their whole village should be able to share in their happiness so he hires a sorcerer to make a love potion which is slipped into everyone’s drinks at the wedding feast. However, the love potion causes them to all fall asleep and on waking, they fall in love with the first person they see…