27th April 2000 to 1st May 1999

The Show | Dramatis personæ | The Production Team | The Orchestra

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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Juno, Queen of the Gods

Andrea Adlam

Minerva, Goddess of Wisdom

Jo Jenkin

Venus, God of Love

Angela Griffiths

Mercury, messenger of the Gods

John Hope

Paris, Prince of Troy

Mike Fooks

Leona

young ladies

of Sparta

Sarah Holt

Cressida

Andrea Baron

Philocomus, assistant to Calchas

Alan French

Calchas, Chief Augur of the Temple

Barry Sawyer

Helen, Queen of Sparta

Margaret Johnstone

Nesta, Helen's confidante

Sue Heath

Orestes, son of Agamemnon

Robert Milner

Ajax, King of Salamis

James Shipp

Achilles, King of Myrmidons

Jim Burgess

Agamemnon, brother of Menelaus and King of Argos

Alan Nicholson

Menelaus, King of Sparta

David Berridge

Attendants

Andrea Adlam, Jane Clark, Jane Farrar, Angela Griffiths, Jo Jenkin, Phyllida Jones, Julia Smith, Jane Watkinson

Ladies' chorus

 

Caroline Arthur, Alison Belding, Sue Brodie, Eleanor Clark, Hilary Chapman, Joanne Pearce-Westrop, Andrea Straus

Gentlemens' chorus

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

 

 

Director

Val Fardell

 

Musical director

Njal Stirling Buick

 

Stage manager

Mark Wiggans

 

Assistant stage manager

Nicola Sharp

 

Sound

Tony Ayre

 

Lighting

David Mead

 

Stage crew

Pete Adkins, Louise Bartlett, Tamzin Eves, Paul Goodwin, Marion Hammond, Annette Robinson, Ken Warminger

 

Set design

Paul Lazell, Theatrical Designer and Scenic Artist

 

Wardrobe Mistress

Barbara Bostock

 

  Assisted by

Margaret Baker, Janet Biggs, Audrey Taylor

 

Costumes

Allan Scott

 

Property Mistress

Jean Halset

 

  assisted by

Rosalind Edwards, Doreen Gray

 

Make-up

Eileen Coates, Kate Warwick-Oliver

 

Wigs

Janet Jomain

 

Production manager

Philip Orton

 

Production secretaries

Marion Hammond, Joanne Pearce-Westrop

 

Programmes & publicity

Stella Eastwood

 

Ticket secretary

Pam Kell

 

Rehearsal accompanist

Peter Jenkin

 

Director's assistant

Eve Davies

 

Prompt

Lesley Duggan, Karen Thorp

 

Health and safety co-ordinator

James Shipp

 

Front of House managers

Stan Owen

 

Stewards / Programme sales

Jeanie Owen

 

  Assisted by

Members and Friends of the Society

 

Transport

David Mills, Phillip Orton

 

Photography

Edward Bird, Michael Readman

 

Production refreshments

Janet Biggs, Marjorie Parkinson, Dorothy Tabraham

 

Flowers by

Jane Louise

1st Violin

Geoffrey Barker (leader), Ann Askew, Ann Cook, Angela Reid, Stephen Willey

2nd Violin

Ann Blake, Philip Roberts, Neil Symonds, Jenny Wigram

Viola

Hywel Davies, Tony Wigram

Cello

Ken Melbourne, Bernice de Smet

Bass

Keith Leonard

Woodwind

Jenny Barker, Martin Cook, Penny Manning, Gary Manning, Graham Thomson

Trumpet

Tim Benwell, Leah Loukes

Trombone

Adrian Jarvis, Richard Tuberville

Horn

Mike Carey, Ian Kille

Keyboard

Peter Jenkin

Percussion

Richard Tait

 

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