12th May 1987 to 16th May 1987

The Show | Dramatis personę | The Production Team | The Orchestra

Who could tell in the early days of the 20th century what strange adventures might befall those who ventured to travel by the new fangled aeroplane!  One such was that intrepid aviator and well-known London caterer James Smith.  In finding it necessary to land by parachute he finds himself in Arcadia, a remote secluded land, apparently just inside our globe.  It's a place where no one lies, grows old, money is unheard of and unemployment a permanent attraction!

Amaryllis, an Arcadian shepherdess

Polly Grimsom

Astrophel

Arcadian sherpherds

John Taylor

Strephon

Peter Jones

Chrysaea

Arcadians

Lesley Addington

Sombra

Margaret Johnstone

Time (Father Time)

Clive Webb

James Smith, later becomes Simplicitas

Barry Sawyer

Lady Barclay

Pam Kell

Lucy Selwyn

Marilyn Warminger

Marion

Joanna Dunstan

Reggie

Clive Webb

Bobbie, a man about town

Rory Byrne

Jack Meadows

Bernard Carey

Sir George Paddock

Michael James

Eileen Cavanagh

Lynne Mason

Mrs. Smith

Betty Rose

Peter Doody, a jockey

David Berridge

Percy

John Taylor

Harry

Peter Jones

Dancers

Clare Basinger, Eve Davies, Elizabeth Galley, Xanthe Johnstone, Fiona Shuttleworth

Chorus of Arcadians, race-goers etc

Clare Basinger, Jane Byrne, Hilary Chapman, Eileen Coates, Eve Davies, Joanna Dunstan, Jane Farrar, Elizabeth Galley, Xanthe Johnstone, Yioda Panayiotou, Elaine Piesse, Fiona Shuttleworth, Vivienne Simpson, Monica Squire, May Teague, Beth Walker, Joanne Westrop, Jean Wingfield

Jim Burgess, John Carrington, Mike Chapman, Alan Corlett, Vic Dutton, Patrick Dyer, Len Evans, David Fletcher, Arthur Harris, Paul Leggatt, Dick Marshall-Hardy, David Mills, Jim Parkinson, Frank Powis 

Producer

Christine Jordan

Musical director

Neil Buick

Stage co-ordinator

Kenneth Warminger

Stage manager

Alan Baker

Assistant stage managers

Claire Eaton

Lighting

Mike Bean

Stage crew

Julian Duggan, Leith Eaton, Keith Gallimore, Elizabeth Hornby, Mark Hornby, Elaine Hughes, Peter Hughes, Chris Male, David Mead, Mark Pearson

Set

Stage Sets

Additional scenery

John Briggs, Laurie Rackham

Wardrobe

Mary Myers, Barbara Bostock, Audrey Taylor, members of the society

Costumes supplied by

Allan Scott Costumes

Wigs

Warren Landsfield (Hampstead)

Properties

Alma Bond, Dorothy Whittuck, Jane Andrews

Make-up

Anne Butterworth, Pat Carne

Producer's assistant

Pam Homan

Business manager

Len Evans

Rehearsal accompanist

Ken Francis

Prompts

Anne Cooke, Lesley Duggan

Ticket secretary

Jean Wingfield

Front of House

Tony Gordon

Box office

Stan Owen

Photographer

Kestral Studios

Programmes

Jeannie Owen

Publicity

Len Evans, Jim Burgess, Peter Jones, Rod Westrop

Transport manager

Mike Chapman

Violins

Jennifer Wigram, Ann Askew, Frances Rotchell, Ann Blake, Gwen Johnston, Graham Pinder, David Klenister, Judy Taylor

Violas

Tony Wigram, Rebecca Harlowe

Celli

Miriam Alcock, Jane Rusch

Double bass

Norman Hill

Woodwind

Virginia Burdon-Cooper, Jennifer Barker, Angela Crisp, Pat Ames, Tony Askew, Conrad Hofstetter

Trumpet

Elizabeth Major, Timothy Welch

Trombone

John Tapster, Richard Skelton

Horns

Uwe Radok, Michael Carey

Percussion

Graham Hosker

 

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