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2025
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12 April
MatineeHMS Pinafore
Did you know?
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This was the Society's 7th production of "The Gondoliers".
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The Gondoliers was the first G&S operetta to be honoured with a command performance before Queen Victoria and the Royal Family at Windsor Castle (6th March 1891).
The Gondoliers is musically pan-European with music borrowed from France - the stately gavotte; from Spain - the Andalusian cachucha; from Italy - the saltarello and the tarantella; and from Venice itself - the Venetian barcarolle.
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From Gilbert's Bab Ballads:
"Now Marco, dear"
Producer/Director : Graham Weston
Musical Director : Colin Akers
Cast
| Duke of Plaza Toro : (a Grandee of Spain) | Richard Buxton |
| Luiz : (his Attendant) | Jeremy Shoesmith |
| Don Alhambra Del Bolero : (the Grand Inquisitor) | Robert Thurman |
| -- Venetian Gondoliers -- | |
| Marco Palmieri : | Steven Greenwood |
| Giuseppe Palmieri : | David Parker |
| Antonio : | David Hall |
| Francesco : | Stephen Roe |
| Giorgio : | Peter Sugden |
| Annibale : | Andrew Stopford |
| Duchess of Plaza Toro : | Stephanie Roe |
| Casilda : (her daughter) | Helen Fox |
| -- Contadine -- | |
| Gianetta : | Carol Parkinson |
| Tessa : | Antonia McGoverin |
| Fiametta : | Lyndsey Hall |
| Vittoria : | Sally Roberts |
| Giulia : | Rita Jno-Baptiste |
| Inez : (the King’s Foster-Mother) | Penny McGoverin |
Contadine :
Jean Greenwood, Margaret Hanson, Catherine Roberts, Jennifer Day, Tracey Hook, Debbie Stringer, Marie Sugden, Pamela Thorne, Kathryn Thurman.
Gondoliers :
Tony Johnson, Alexander Jno-Baptiste, Ian Townend, Alan Evans.
