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27th April 2000 to 1st
May 1999
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The Show | Dramatis personæ | The Production Team | The
Orchestra
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A show full of familiar and melodious music and
a version of Greek history that certainly would not gain anyone an A level!
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For a fuller synopsis of the show please click
here.
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Juno, Queen of the Gods
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Andrea Adlam
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Minerva, Goddess of Wisdom
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Jo Jenkin
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Venus, God of Love
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Angela Griffiths
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Mercury, messenger of the
Gods
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John
Hope
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Paris, Prince of Troy
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Mike Fooks
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Leona
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young ladies
of Sparta
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Sarah Holt
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Cressida
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Andrea Baron
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Philocomus, assistant to
Calchas
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Alan French
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Calchas, Chief Augur of the
Temple
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Barry Sawyer
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Helen, Queen of Sparta
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Margaret Johnstone
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Nesta, Helen's confidante
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Sue Heath
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Orestes, son of Agamemnon
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Robert Milner
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Ajax, King of Salamis
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James Shipp
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Achilles, King of Myrmidons
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Jim Burgess
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Agamemnon, brother of
Menelaus and King of Argos
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Alan Nicholson
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Menelaus, King of Sparta
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David Berridge
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Attendants
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Andrea Adlam, Jane Clark, Jane Farrar,
Angela Griffiths, Jo Jenkin, Phyllida Jones, Julia Smith, Jane Watkinson
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Ladies' chorus
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Caroline Arthur, Alison Belding, Sue
Brodie,
Eleanor Clark, Hilary Chapman, Joanne Pearce-Westrop, Andrea Straus
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Gentlemens' chorus
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David Burgess, Mike Chapman, Patrick Dyer, Len Evans,
David Fletcher,
Arthur Harris, John Hope, Paul Leggett, Philip Orton, Jim
Parkinson, Martin Pierce, Michael Readman, John Taylor, Philip Taylor, Bill
Whittuck
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Director
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Val Fardell
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Musical director
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Njal Stirling Buick
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Stage manager
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Mark Wiggans
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Assistant stage manager
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Nicola Sharp
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Sound
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Tony Ayre
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Lighting
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David Mead
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Stage crew
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Pete Adkins, Louise
Bartlett, Tamzin Eves, Paul Goodwin, Marion Hammond, Annette Robinson, Ken Warminger
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Set design
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Paul Lazell, Theatrical
Designer and Scenic Artist
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Wardrobe Mistress
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Barbara Bostock
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Assisted by
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Margaret Baker, Janet
Biggs, Audrey Taylor
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Costumes
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Allan Scott
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Property Mistress
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Jean Halset
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assisted by
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Rosalind Edwards, Doreen Gray
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Make-up
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Eileen Coates, Kate
Warwick-Oliver
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Wigs
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Janet Jomain
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Production manager
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Philip Orton
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Production secretaries
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Marion Hammond, Joanne Pearce-Westrop
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Programmes & publicity
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Stella Eastwood
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Ticket secretary
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Pam Kell
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Rehearsal accompanist
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Peter Jenkin
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Director's assistant
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Eve Davies
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Prompt
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Lesley Duggan, Karen
Thorp
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Health and safety co-ordinator
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James Shipp
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Front of House managers
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Stan Owen
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Stewards / Programme sales
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Jeanie Owen
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Assisted by
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Members and Friends of
the Society
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Transport
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David Mills, Phillip
Orton
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Photography
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Edward Bird, Michael Readman
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Production refreshments
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Janet Biggs, Marjorie
Parkinson, Dorothy Tabraham
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Flowers by
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Jane Louise
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1st Violin
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Geoffrey Barker (leader),
Ann Askew, Ann Cook, Angela Reid, Stephen Willey
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2nd Violin
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Ann Blake, Philip
Roberts, Neil Symonds, Jenny Wigram
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Viola
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Hywel Davies, Tony Wigram
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Cello
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Ken Melbourne, Bernice de
Smet
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Bass
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Keith Leonard
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Woodwind
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Jenny Barker, Martin
Cook, Penny Manning, Gary Manning, Graham Thomson
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Trumpet
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Tim Benwell, Leah Loukes
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Trombone
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Adrian Jarvis, Richard
Tuberville
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Horn
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Mike Carey, Ian Kille
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Keyboard
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Peter Jenkin
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Percussion
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Richard Tait
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