Events Diary
2024
Our next productionDid You Know?
- Our 63rd production and the 6th time for "Yeomen of the Guard". This production saw Steven Greenwood come back to us for the fourth time (as producer) though Steven has performed a variety of principal roles with us over a number of years.
- The "Yeomen of the Guard" (or The Merryman and His Maid) openened October 3rd, 1888, at the Savoy Theatre and ran for 423 performances. Many believe that the score is Sullivan's finest. Indeed, some enjoy Yeomen particularly because of its ever-changing emotional balance of joy and despair, love and sacrifice.
- This was the first Savoy Opera to use Sullivan's larger orchestra, including a second bassoon and third trombone.
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Take a look at our other 5 productions of "The Yeomen of the Guard" .
Producer/Director : Steven Greenwood
Musical Director : David Hall
Cast
| Sir Richard Cholmondeley : (Lieutenant of the Tower) | Brook Carbutt |
| Colonel Fairfax : (under sentence of death) | Leon Waksberg |
| Sergeant Meryll : (Yeomen of the Guard) | David Parker |
| Leonard Meryll : (his son) | Steven Greenwood |
| Jack Point : (a Strolling Jester) | Malcolm Parkinson |
| Wilfred Shadbolt : (Head Jailer) | Robert Thurman |
| First Citizen : | Peter Sugden |
| Second Citizen : | Tony Johnson |
| First Yeoman : | Peter Jones |
| Second Yeoman : | Graham Thorne |
| Elsie Maynard : (a Strolling Singer) | Anna Trent |
| Phoebe Meryll : (Sergeant Meryll's Daughter) | Liz Blount |
| Dame Carruthers : (Housekeeper to the Tower) | Stephanie Roe |
| Kate : (her Niece) | Carol Parkinson |
| The Headsman: | Tom Lynch |
Chorus of Yeomen of the Guard, Gentlemen and Citizens:
Ali Burton, Margaret Carbutt, Jennifer Day, Alan Evans, Jean Greenwood, Lyndsey Hall, Margaret Hanson, Tracey Hook, Debbie Moores, Deirdre O'Shea, Eoin O'Shea, Fintan O'Shea, Catherine Roberts, Duncan Smith, Marie Sugden, Pamela Thorne, Kathryn Thurman, Ian Townend, Kelvyn Waites.
