27th April 1994 to 30th April 1994

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

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The real Macbeth reigned from 1040 to 1057 and was apparently quite a just king by the standards of the time.

At the time the opera opens Edward the Confessor was on the English throne and Duncan was the King of Scotland.  Duncan had entrusted to his next of kin Macbeth the task of quelling the rebel armies; Macbeth had returned from a successful campaign in Norway with the taste for royal power.

Duncan's son were not of age, however he had named his son Malcolm his heir by royal decree.

Macbeth

Ian Broughton & Stuart Harding

Lady Macbeth

Pam Homan & Sally Cooper Dyson

Banquo

Matthew Gregory

Lady in Waiting

Alison Mills

Macduff

Richard Seaward

Malcolm

Mike Fooks

Doctor

Peter Jones

Servant

Clive Webb

Apparitions

Alan French, Rachel McGarvie, Stephen Willey

Fleance

Michael Bailey & Robert Wigram

King Duncan

Tug Wilson

The Dancers

Carolyn Walker, Claire Harding, Clare McMillan, Craig Lear, Olivia Holt, Stacey Smith

Witches, Nobles, Messengers, Cut-throats, Spirits, Refugees, Soldiers

Betty Rose, Carla Spencer, Caroline Arthur, Elizabeth Burgess, Evelyn Whinney, Gill Knifton, Helen Davies, Hilary Chapman, Jane Forster, Jane Farrar, Jane Watkinson, Jean Day, Jean Wingfield, Jeanne Cavill, Jo Jenkin, Joanne Westrop, Julia Smith,  Lesley Addington, Lina Saavedra, Manuela Schuette, Mary Bamford, Mary Webb, May Teague, Pam Kell, Sue Heath, Arthur Harris, Bill Whittuck, David Fletcher, David Berridge, Dick Marshall-Hardy, Frank Powis, Jack Ransome, James Shipp, Jim Parkinson, Len Evans, Leonard Tilbrook, Martin Scott, Michael Readman, Mike Chapman, Patrick Dyer, Paul Leggatt, Philip Orton, Richard Crisp, Robert Milner, Ross McInnes, Vic Dutton, William Bowen

Director

Yvonne Harding

Conductor

Adrian Brown

Musical director

Neil Buick

Stage manager

Charlie Summerfield

Assistant stage manager

Nicola Whinney

Sound

Tony Ayre

Lighting

Simon Harding, Dave Mead

Stage crew

Alan Baker, Chris Burford, Dan Heath, Mark Hornby, Peter Martin-Flavin

Set construction and painting

Chris Burford, Chris Male, Dan Heath, Jane Smith, John Briggs, Ken Warminger, Lisa Young, Mark Hornby, Peter Martin-Flavin, Val Miller

Properties

Dorothy Whittuck, Alam Bond, Doreen Grey, Janice Sutton

Properties supplied by

Abbey Theatre Trust Limited, Keeleys Film and Television Hire Limited

Arms & armour

Alan M. Meek of Guildford

Costume design

Mary Myers

Costumes supplied by

Allan Scott Costumes, The Theatrical Costume House (Westcliff) Limited, Members & Friends of the Society

Wardrobe

Barbara Bostock, Audrey Taylor, Janet Biggs, Margaret Baker

Make up

Eileen Coates, Jane Smith, Jo Dunstan, Karen Thorp, Lisa Young, Marilyn Warminger

Rehearsal accompanists

Peter Jenkin, Peter Jones, Simon Bertram, Jon Bender

Choreography

The Dancers, Eve Davies, Yvonne Harding

Director's assistant

Eve Davies

Production manager

Lesley Duggan

Production secretaries

James Shipp, Sandra Goodall

Publicity

Peter Jones, Jane Forster, Jane Watkinson, Len Evans, Patrick Snowdon

Front of House manager

Stan Owen

Stewards / Programme sales

Jeanie Owen

Production refreshments

Dorothy Tabraham, Marjorie Parkinson, Janet Biggs, Frank Powis

Photography

Michael Readman

Printing

Kevin Hull Print Services

Flowers

Jane Louise

First violin

Geoffrey Barker, Julia Watson, Chris Melchoir, David Hughes, Catherine Browning, Nicola Lloyd

Second violin

Jennifer Wigram, Eleanor Harris, Gareth Covey-Crump, Neil Symonds

Viola

Hywel Davies, Kirsi Milbank, Elisabeth Kerslake, Anne Blake

Celli

Rosemary Leak, Chris Huggett, Bernice de Smet

Double bass

Keith Leonard, Martin Bird

Trumpets

Fraser Tannock, Adrian Tribe

Trombones

David Gladman, Jim Gribben, John Whittaker, Matthew Little

Horns

Uwe Radok, Alan Brittain, Frank Siegers, Mike Carey

Keyboard

Peter Jones

Harp

Margaret Knight

Woodwind

Clare Addenbrooke-Brittain, Jennifer Barker, Penelope Manning, Susan Sturrock, Gary Manning, Graham Pinder, Stephen Greengrass, Veronica Thomas

Timpani & percussion

Richard Tait, Martin Potts

 

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