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2024
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Our 44th production and the fifth time we've produced "HMS Pinafore".
"Old fashioned entertainment - love, songs and laughter" or so said journalist Andrew Stead of this production in the Batley News.Click to see the full article
As on all but one of the previous productions, this was a double bill with Trial By Jury.
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The stage set for "HMS Pinafore" was based on the quarterdeck of Lord Nelson's famous flagship HMS Victory, now preserved at Portsmouth. Gilbert visited Portsmouth with Sullivan six weeks before Pinafore was due to open and made several sketches o the Victory and other ships there.
Gilbert took great care to ensure that every detail of the set was correct. It was a source of great pride to him when he was complimented by senior naval officers who came to see Pinafore on the accuracy of the ship's furnishings.
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Producer/Director : David Fletcher
Musical Director : David Wilkinson
Cast
| THE RT HON SIR JOSEPH PORTER, KCB : | Keith Horner |
| CAPTAIN CORCORAN : (Commanding HMS Pinafore) | Robert Thurman |
| RALPH RACKSTRAW : (Able Seaman) | Jeremy Shoesmith |
| DICK DEADEYE : (Able Seaman) | Chris Sowerby |
| BILL BOBSTAY : (Boatswain's Mate) | David Atkinson |
| BOB BECKETT : (Carpenter's Mate) | Ian Townend |
| TOM TUCKER : (Midshipmite) | Paul Stringer |
| JOSEPHINE : (The Captain's Daughter) | Carol Parkinson |
| COUSIN HEBE : (Sir Joseph's First Cousin) | Janice Child |
| MRS CRIPPS : (Little Buttercup) | Sally Roberts |
| Marines : | Paul Child, Ian Stringer |
CHORUS (First Lord's Sisters, his Cousins, his Aunts, and Sailors):
Joan Baldwin, Verity Bird, Louise Halliwell, Margaret Hansen, Sue Ralph, Rachel Roe, Stephanie Roe,
Judith Gill, Alison Sowerby, Tracey Spencer, Debbie Stringer, Kathryn Thurman
Neil Bird, Graham Harris, David Hirst, Ian Castle, Andrew James, Stephen Roe
Dancer: Andrew James
