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6th November 2001 to 10th November 2001 |
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The Show | Dramatis personę | The Production Team | The Orchestra |
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Set in the sophisticated Alpine resort of Merano and, a year later, the City of Angels aka Bangkok, the action is set around two matches for the world chess championship. Cold War politics intrudes, as do plots, defections to the West, love, honour and more politics. |
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Frederick Trumper, US world chess champion, defeated by Anatoly |
Stephen Wilks |
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Mayor |
John Hope |
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Florence Vassy, Frederick's partner |
Susan Akroyd |
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Anatoly Sergievsky, Russian challenger, defector to the West & subsequent world champion |
Tom Evans |
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Walter de Courcey, US PR man |
Alastair Woodgate |
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Alexander Molokov, Anatoly's second |
Clive Webb |
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Arbiter |
Paul Phillips |
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Svetlana Sergievskaya, Anatoly's ex-wife |
Charlotte Rhodes-Chamberlain |
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| Pop chorus |
Gina Abbatt, Richard Brundle, Laura Waldron |
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| Dancers |
Eleanor Clark, Claire Colthup, Donna Germain, Joyce Smith |
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Chorus of Merano, reporters, delegates, diplomats, etc |
Andrea Adlam, Hilary Chapman, Mike Chapman, Jane Clark, Stephen Conradi, Samantha Dolding, Stella Eastwood, Jane Farrar, David Fletcher, Graham Hedley, Jacqui Hick, Pam Homan, Jennifer Kiff, Sue Lilley, Jim Parkinson, Joanne Pearce-Westrop, Martin Pierce, David Poulter, Julia Smith, Rebecca Smith, Andrea Straus, Paul Sugden, John Taylor, Andrew Temperley, Bill Whittuck |
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Director |
Scott St. Martyn |
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Musical director |
Clive Swan |
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Director's assistant |
Eve Davies |
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Stage manager |
Mark Wiggans |
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| Assistant stage manager |
Marion Hammond |
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| Sound |
Neal Nicholson |
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Lighting |
Naomi Distill |
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| Arena technical crew |
Dave Croom, Carl Rowlands |
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Stage crew |
Clive Cavill, Tamzin Evers, Iain Galley, Peter Garratt, Ken Warminger, Sue Wilding |
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| Scenery |
Mark Wiggans, SAOS |
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Wardrobe |
Jean Halsey, Janet Biggs, Barbara Bostock, Avis Storey, Audrey Taylor |
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| Costumes |
Costume House Workshop, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth Operatic Society, SAOS |
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Properties |
Doreen Gray, Rosalind Edwards, Jo Foster, Mavis Tuffnell, Liz Waller |
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| Framed paintings |
Emily Lodge |
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| Make up |
Eileen Coates, Maggie Dollamore, Sue Heath, Pat Hill |
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| Production manager |
Len Evans |
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Production secretary |
Hilary Chapman |
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| Ticket secretary |
Graham Hedley |
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| Rehearsal accompanist |
Graham Thomson |
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| Front of House Manager |
Stan Owen |
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| Stewards & programme sales |
Jeannie Owen, members & friends of the Society |
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| Photography |
John Sherwood |
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Programmes & publicity |
Paul Sugden |
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Keyboards |
Simon Hester, Carole King, Graham Thomson |
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Lead guitar |
Colin Mold |
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Bass guitar |
Gareth Covey-Crump |
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Percussion |
Leon Walker |
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| Pit Chorus |
Sharon Bassingthwaite, Helen Davies, Deborah Heyden, Stewart Jordan, Glyn Pardoe, Richard Seller, Karen Thorp |
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