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Musical Director - [[Ron Pite]]
 
Musical Director - [[Ron Pite]]
  
Performances: Tue 5th – Sat 19th January [[1980]], [[Bell Theatre|Main Stage]]
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Performances: Sat 5th (Gala Night), Mon 7th Sat 12th & Mon 14th - Sat 19th January [[1980]], [[Bell Theatre|Main Stage]]
  
  
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== Cast ==
 
== Cast ==
  
 
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A band of players from which the following characters emerge:
 
*Pippin - [[Mike Hall]]
 
*Pippin - [[Mike Hall]]
 
*Charles, his father - [[John Harris]]
 
*Charles, his father - [[John Harris]]
 
*Lewis, his half brother - [[Dennis Packham]]
 
*Lewis, his half brother - [[Dennis Packham]]
*Fastrada, Lewis' mother - [[Anne Mattey]]
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*Fastrada, Lewis' mother - [[Ann Mattey]]
 
*Berthe, Pippin's grandmother - [[Lillian Frith]]
 
*Berthe, Pippin's grandmother - [[Lillian Frith]]
 
*Catherine, a widow - [[Sue Goodes]]
 
*Catherine, a widow - [[Sue Goodes]]
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==Acknowledgements==
 
==Acknowledgements==
  
[[Paul Allan]], [[George Battrick]], [[Bernard Bullbrook|Bernie Bullbrook]], [[Hilda Coulden]], [[Jim Doyle]], [[Ray Ellison]], [[Terry Fwthrop]], [[Brian Fretwell]], [[John Harris]], [[Sheila Harris]], [[Sally Hebberd]], [[David Hickman]], [[Jeanette Hoile]], [[Gillian Holmes]], [[Lynn Jenner]], [[Robin Jones]], [[Ann King]], [[Iris Lenny]], [[Ann Mattey]], [[Charles Nicholls]], [[Dave Picot]], [[ Debbie Picot]], [[Len Oicot]], [[Janet Robinson]], [[Kris Swarbrick]], [[Roger Taylor]], [[Ian Valleder]], [[Cheryl Webb]], [[Carol Wheeler]], [[Shirley Woodman]].
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[[Paul Allan]], [[George Battrick]], [[Bernard Bullbrook|Bernie Bullbrook]], [[Hilda Coulden]], [[Jim Doyle]], [[Ray Ellison]], [[Terry Fawthrop]], [[Brian Fretwell]], [[John Harris]], [[Sheila Harris]], [[Sally Hebberd]], [[David Hickman]], [[Jeanette Hoile]], [[Gillian Holmes]], [[Lynn Jenner]], [[Robin Jones]], [[Ann King]], [[Iris Lenny]], [[Ann Mattey]], [[Charles Nicholls]], [[Dave Picot]], [[ Debbie Picot]], [[Len Picot]], [[Janet Robinson]], [[Kris Swarbrick]], [[Roger Taylor]], [[Ian Vallender]], [[Cheryl Webb]], [[Carol Wheeler]], [[Shirley Woodman]].
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My special thanks to all these people, without whose help I could not have succeeded.
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[[Bruce Murray]], from addendum sheet to programme.
  
 
== Reviews ==
 
== Reviews ==
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== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
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<gallery caption="Photos by [[Brian Fretwell]]" widths="250px" heights="250px" perrow="5">
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Image:Pippin001.jpg|[[Bruce Murray]] as Leading Player.
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Image:Pippin002.jpg|[[John Harris]] as Charles with [[Mike Hall]] as Pippin.
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Image:Pippin003.jpg|[[Mike Hall]] as Pippin with [[Jeanette Hoile]], [[Cheryl Webb]], [[Cathy Harding]] & [[Lynn Jenner]].
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Image:Pippin004.jpg|The Company.
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Image:Pippin005.jpg|The Company; "War is a Science".
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Image:Pippin006.jpg|[[Bruce Murray]] and Company.
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Image:Pippin007.jpg|[[Bruce Murray]], [[John Harris]], [[Mike Hall]], [[Ann Mattey]] & [[Sue Goodes]].
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Image:Pippin008.jpg|[[Dennis Packham]] as Lewis & [[Bruce Murray]] as Leading Player.
  
 
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</gallery>
  
 
== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==
 
== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==
  
 
Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production.  Please leave your name.  Anonymous entries may be deleted.
 
Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production.  Please leave your name.  Anonymous entries may be deleted.
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The show featured a complex piece of scenery that was a tree, a dining table and four poster bed (go figure!) that lasted until the final matinee when it collapsed leaving Mike Hall and Sue Goodes in a pile of matchsticks in the centre of the stage. One audience member thought it was a marvellous effect!! Needless to say we had just the tree for the final performance!! - Bruce Murray, Director
  
 
== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==
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Latest revision as of 16:42, 5 June 2015

Poster by Poster Designer

Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Book by Rodger O'Hirson

Designed & Directed by Bruce Murray

Musical Director - Ron Pite

Performances: Sat 5th (Gala Night), Mon 7th – Sat 12th & Mon 14th - Sat 19th January 1980, Main Stage


Introduction

  • Time - 730 A.D. and thereabouts
  • Place - The Holy Roman Empire and thereabouts

Cast

A band of players from which the following characters emerge:

Crew

Acknowledgements

Paul Allan, George Battrick, Bernie Bullbrook, Hilda Coulden, Jim Doyle, Ray Ellison, Terry Fawthrop, Brian Fretwell, John Harris, Sheila Harris, Sally Hebberd, David Hickman, Jeanette Hoile, Gillian Holmes, Lynn Jenner, Robin Jones, Ann King, Iris Lenny, Ann Mattey, Charles Nicholls, Dave Picot, Debbie Picot, Len Picot, Janet Robinson, Kris Swarbrick, Roger Taylor, Ian Vallender, Cheryl Webb, Carol Wheeler, Shirley Woodman.

My special thanks to all these people, without whose help I could not have succeeded.

Bruce Murray, from addendum sheet to programme.

Reviews

Some review quotes go here


Gallery

Reminiscences and Anecdotes

Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production. Please leave your name. Anonymous entries may be deleted.

The show featured a complex piece of scenery that was a tree, a dining table and four poster bed (go figure!) that lasted until the final matinee when it collapsed leaving Mike Hall and Sue Goodes in a pile of matchsticks in the centre of the stage. One audience member thought it was a marvellous effect!! Needless to say we had just the tree for the final performance!! - Bruce Murray, Director

See Also

Have there been other SLTC/SLT productions of this play? Link to them here.

Or add anything that is related within this site. The author's page for instance or other plays with a similar theme.

References

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External Links