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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:

• Pippin - Mike Hall
• Charles, his father - John Harris
• Lewis, his half brother - Dennis Packham
• Fastrada, Lewis' mother - Ann Mattey
• Berthe, Pippin's grandmother - Lillian Frith
• Catherine, a widow - Sue Goodes
• Theo, her son - Edward Goodes
• Leading Player - Bruce Murray
• Band of Players - Cathy Harding, Jeanette Hoile, Lynn Jenner, Ginny Jones, Vince Oliver, Derek Osborne, Julie Thompson, Cheryl Webb, Anne White

Crew

• Stage Manager - Matthew Lyne
• Lighting Design - Peter Boon
• Live Sound re-inforcement - Brian Fretwell
• Properties Mistress - Pat Cantwell
• Wardrobe Mistress - Lynne Vallender

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

• Photos by Brian Fretwell
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  Bruce Murray as Leading Player.

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  John Harris as Charles with Mike Hall as Pippin.

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  Mike Hall as Pippin with Jeanette Hoile, Cheryl Webb, Cathy Harding & Lynn Jenner.

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  The Company.

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  The Company; "War is a Science".

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  Bruce Murray and Company.

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  Bruce Murray, John Harris, Mike Hall, Ann Mattey & Sue Goodes.

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  Dennis Packham as Lewis & Bruce Murray as Leading Player.

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

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External Links

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