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17th November 1987 to 21st November 1987 |
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The Show | Dramatis personæ | The Production Team | The Orchestra |
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The opera is set in Paris in the early 19th century. Rudolph, a poet, lives an impoverished life in an attic in the Latin Quarter with his friends, Marcel, a painter, Colline, a philosopher, and Schaunard, a musician. There, one Christmas Eve, he meets and falls in love with Mimi, a beautiful but consumptive girl who makes artificial flowers. They begin a happy love affair. In Act II Marcel is reunited with the flirtatious Musetta whom he loves passionately, but who has deserted him for the attractions of the elderly Alcindoro. In Act III outside the tavern by the Barrière d'Enfer one cold February morning, Mimi, clearly ill, asks for Rudolph. He has become unreasonably jealous, and decides that they should separate - but in the spring. He admits to Marcel, however, that his concern is really for Mimi herself. It is apparent that she is dying and Rudolph cannot afford to provide the comforts she needs. Musetta and Marcel quarrel violently and Musetta flounces off. In Act IV the men have returned to their old life and Rudolph and Marcel recall their memories of Mimi and Musetta. Some dancing and horseplay between the Bohemians is interrupted when Musetta brings Mimi, on the point of death, to their attic. Mimi and Rudolph are reconciled before Mimi dies. |
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Marcel, a painter |
Stuart Harding, Peter Jones |
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Rudolph, a poet |
John Heath, Jack Cornwell |
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Colline, a philosopher |
Martin Wright |
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Schaunard, a musician |
Ian Broughton |
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Benoit, a landlord |
David Berridge |
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Mimi |
Margaret Johnstone, Anne Hindley-Cooke |
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Parpignol, a toy seller |
Patrick Dyer |
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Musetta, a famous singer |
Hilary Crouch |
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Alcindoro, a rich banker |
Michael James |
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Sergeant |
Alan French |
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Customs Officer |
Alan Corlett |
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| Stage band |
William Bailey, Kate Doherty, Sarah Dovey, Anna Dunkerley, Petra Merrit, Matthew Taylor, Julia Thornton |
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Children |
James Addington, Adam Astill, Sara Bienvenu, Claire Eaton, Julie Eaton, Katy Davies, Philip Davies, David Grammie, Ben Harlan, Susanne Judd, Lee Totman, Lloyd Vivian, Christopher Wreford |
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Street vendors, students, citizens, children, & peasants |
Lesley Addington, Mary Bamford, Clare Basinger, James Bell, William Bowen, Sarah Burbridge, Jeanne Cavill, Hilary Chapman, Michael Chapman, Eileen Coates, Alan Corlett, Eve Davies, Helen Davies, Jean Day, Joanna Dunstan, Vic Dutton, Patrick Dyer, Len Evans, David Fletcher, Alan French, Sandra Goodall, Simon Harding, Arthur Harris, Josephine Jenkin, Pam Kell, Gill Knifton, Dick Marshall-Hardy, Noreen Martin, Philip Orton, Betty Rose, Rachel Sanders, Barry Sawyer, Janet Scott, Vivienne Simpson, John Taylor, May Teague, Marilyn Warminger, Clive Webb, Mary Webb, Debbie Weeks, Joanne Westrop, Rod Westrop |
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Director |
Yvonne Harding |
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Musical director |
Ingrid Astill |
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| Stage co-ordinator |
Ken Warminger |
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Stage manager |
Keith Eaton |
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Assistant stage manager |
Nikki Sawyer |
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Lighting |
Julian Duggan, Mike Bean |
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Stage crew |
Peter Addington, Alan Baker, John Briggs, Mark Dodge, Peter Hughes, Brian Ollis, Laurie Rackham |
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| Scenery designed, constructed & painted by |
Roy Fielden, the stage crew & members of the society |
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Wardrobe |
Mary Myers, Audrey Taylor, Barbara Bostock, Janet Briggs |
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Costumes |
Allan Scott, Lavender Hill |
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| Properties |
Lesley Duggan, Elaine Hughes |
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| Extra properties constructed by |
Duncan Gorton, Lyn Hirschowitz |
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| Business manager |
Evelyn Whinney |
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| Ticket secretary |
Jean Wingfield |
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| Publicity |
Peter Jones |
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| Front of House manager |
Tony Gordon |
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| Box office |
Stan Owen |
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| Programmes & stewards |
Jeannie Owen |
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| Rehearsal accompanists |
Neil Buick, Valerie Langfield, Mark Sexton |
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Make-up |
Anne Butterworth, Pat Carne |
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Production secretary |
Nicola Whinney |
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Transport |
Mike Chapman |
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Photographs |
Michael James, Kestral Studios |
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Violins |
Geoffrey Barker, Fiona Jones, Gareth Covey-Crump, David Glenister, David Hughes, Jennifer Wigram, Judy Taylor, Susan Dunn, Frances Rotchell |
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Viola |
Sheila Moreby, Jennifer Purvis, Tony Wigram |
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Celli |
Rosemary Leak, Jane Rusch |
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Bass |
Norman Hill, David Milstead |
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Woodwind |
Penelope Manning, Rosemary Yates, Jeremy Goggins, Liz Jay, Catherine Mooney, Jennifer Barker, Gary Manning, Marion Crouch, Graham Pinder |
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Trumpet |
Graham Weeks, Derek Glendinning, Richard Keble |
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Trombone |
Ian Smith, Dave Jackson, Frank Shelley |
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Horn |
Uwe Radok, Michael Carey, Lynda Martin, Richard Williams |
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| Harp |
Claire Martin |
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Percussion & timpani |
John Standing, David Moreby |
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