OTHER OPERAS PERFORMED BY ST DAVID’S PLAYERS
The Gondoliers
The Mikado
The Sorcerer
The Martyr of Antioch
Ruddigore
The Yeomen of the Guard
Other works performed by St Davids Players
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 ‘Bolton Rowe’ (B C Stephenson)
Composed by Arthur Sullivan
Premièred at the St James’s Theatre, London 5th June 1875, concluding its run five weeks later, on 9 July 1875, at the Haymarket Theatre. There were brief revivals in late 1875, and again in 1879, before the opera was shelved.
St David’s Players’ productions: (click to expand)
8 — 12 October 1985
The Barnfield Theatre, Exeter
(Coupled with THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE)
Carboy — John Turner
Brown — Ian Hardy
Grinder — Peter Sargent
Eliza — Lorraine Rogers
Lætitia — Janet MacDonald
Producer — IAN BOND
Musical Director — MARK PERRY
11 — 15 October 2005
The Barnfield Theatre, Exeter
(Coupled with THE SORCERER)
Carboy — Christopher Eastment
Brown — Tim Johns
Grinder — Pete Sargent
Eliza — Kate Johns
Lætitia — Adele Needham
Safari park attendants
Caroline Avery, Eleanor Bridgman, Penny Daw, Sarah Haydon, Jackie Turner
Toni Wilson, Sue Hiscock, Pam Swan, David Bridgman, John Candler, Mark Hurford Andrew May, Alan Baker, Mike Hiscock, Colin Mackenzie, Keith WadlanGuide book, souvenir and refreshment sellers
Jane Gerrish, Elizabeth Henson, Heather Gould, Susan Gunn-Johnson
Alma Harding, Gina Redman
Visitors and tourists
Sarah Aubrey, Viv Glanfield, Marianne Skinner, Christine West, Graeme Barnell, Chris Gould, Peter Johnson, Ian Spackman, Stephen Tregale
Bill Anderton, Brian Small, Maurice Weldrake
Animal rights protesters
Hilary Todd, Colin Wilson
Park cleaners
Mike Redman, David McIlroy
Director — JANE MAY
Musical Director — MARK PERRY
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