Batley G&S | Trial By Jury (2015)

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From Gilbert's Bab Ballads Bab Ballads, the judges song
The Judges Song.

Our 67th production and the sixth time we've produced "Trial By Jury". As on all the previous productions, this was a double bill with "HMS Pinafore".
"Trial by Jury" is the earliest work by Glbert & Sullivan still performed today. Their very first joint enterprise, Thespis (written as for the Christmas Season in 1871), has disappeared.
The bare bones for Trial appeared in the 11th April 1868 edition of Fun, a magazine to which Gilbert was a regular contributor. In 1875, Richard D'Oyly Carte commissioned Gilbert & Sullivan to produce a short opera. By then, Gilbert had turned the original idea into a full-scale libretto which proved the perfect basis for Sullivan's music.

Trial By Jury/HMS Pinafore programme cover (2015)

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the programme

Producer/Director : Stephanie Roe
Musical Director : Nicholas Whitaker

Cast

The Learned Judge:	Richard Buxton
Counsel for the Plaintiff:	Carol Parkinson
The Defendant:	Leon Waksberg
Foreman of the Jury:	David Hall
Usher:	Robert Thurman
The Associate:	David Parker
The Plaintiff:	Liz Blount
The Bridesmaids:	Helen Carbutt, Lyndsey Hall,Martina O'Rourke, Catherine Roberts, Deirdre O'Shea, Alison Burton

-- Gentlemen of the Jury --
Stephen Briggs, Clive Daniel, AJ Jno-Baptiste, Tony Johnston,
Roger Middleton, Eoin O'Shea

-- Members of the Public Gallery --
Jennifer Day,Rita Jno-Baptiste, Debbie Moores, Kathryn Thurman

"Trial By Jury" in photos

The Society's Productions of "Trial By Jury" (6): 2015 2003 1993 1984 1974 1966

Batley Gilbert & Sullivan Society

"Trial By Jury" (2015)

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"Trial By Jury" in photos