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Overview
 Patience,
or Bunthorne's Bride, is a comic opera in two acts, with music
by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert.
First performed
at the Opera Comique, London, on April 23, 1881, it moved to
the 1,292-seat Savoy Theatre on October 10, 1881, where it was
the first theatrical production in the world to be lit entirely
by electric light.
Henceforth, the G&S comic operas would be known
as the Savoy Operas, and both fans and performers of G&S would
come to be known as "Savoyards."
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| The Cast |
| Colonel Calverley |
Roger Roseboom |
| Major Murgatroyd |
Bob Salter |
| Lieut. Duke of Dunstable |
Andy Yeates |
| Reginald Bunthorne |
Norman Marks |
| Archibald Grosvenor |
Terry Saunders |
| Mr Bunthorne’s Solicitor |
Theo Rees-Maughan |
| The Lady Angela |
Mandy Stenhouse |
| The Lady Saphir |
Pauline Kendrick |
| The Lady Ella |
Sonya Raymond |
| The Lady Jane |
Jane Mitchell |
| Patience |
Carol Vinall |
Chorus of Rapturous Maidens:
Liz
Angell, Margaret Boughton, Sandra Buckland, Rebecca Cooksey,
Ellen Harvey-Smart, Georgina Manoras, Rachel Marks, Marion
McLaren, Rosalind Mitchell, Barbara Thomas, Janet Turner, Anne
Tustin, Patricia Vandepeer, Frances Warhurst, Suzanne Yeates
Chorus
of Dragoon Guards:
John Barker, John Boult, Stanley Brown,
Peter Campbell, Richard Matthiae, Andrew Macbean, Jeremy
Newton, Ron Pharo, Paul Sanders, Peter Vaughan |
| The Production Team |
| Producer |
Val Fardell |
| Musical Director |
Peter Holt |
| Designer |
David Casey |
| Production Manager |
Patricia Vandepeer |
| Stage Manager |
Godfrey Buckland |
| Assistant Stage Manager |
Trevor Marland |
| Wardrobe Mistress |
Pauline Kendrick |
| Make-up Adviser |
Margaret Davies |
| Publicity |
Anne Tustin |
| Rehearsal Pianists |
Stephanie Underhill, Denis Gomm & Tim Evans |
| Prompt |
Margaret Ross Collier |
| Box Office |
Barbara Weedon & Ellen Harvey-Smart |
| House Manager |
Peter Brown |
| Properties |
Peter Sporle |
| Ladies Edwardian Costumes by |
Alan Scott Costumes |
| Ladies costumes designed & made by |
Pauline Kendrick |
| Set Construction |
BROS Workshops, Crane Design & ROSCO |
| Lighting |
Barrie More |
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