Patience
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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Cast & Creative
Cast List
| Character | Actor |
| Colonel Claverly | Roger Roseboom |
| Major Murgatroyd | Bob Salter |
| Lieut. Duke of Dunstable | Andrew Yeates |
| Reginald Bunthorne | Norman Marks |
| Archibald Grosvenor | Terry Saunders |
| Mr Bunthorne's Solictor | 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 |
| Chorus of Rapturous Maidens | Margaret Boughton |
| Chorus of Rapturous Maidens | Sandra Buckland |
| Chorus of Rapturous Maidens | Rebecca Cooksey |
| Chorus of Rapturous Maidens | Ellen Harvey-Smart |
| Chorus of Rapturous Maidens | Georgina Manoras |
| Chorus of Rapturous Maidens | Rachel Marks |
| Chorus of Rapturous Maidens | Marion McLaren |
| Chorus of Rapturous Maidens | Rosalind Mitchell |
| Chorus of Rapturous Maidens | Barbara Thomas |
| Chorus of Rapturous Maidens | Janet Turner |
| Chorus of Rapturous Maidens | Anne Tustin |
| Chorus of Rapturous Maidens | Patricia Vandepeer |
| Chorus of Rapturous Maidens | Frances Warhurst |
| Chorus of Rapturous Maidens | Suzanne Yeates |
| Chorus of Dragoon Guards | John Barker |
| Chorus of Dragoon Guards | John Boult |
| Chorus of Dragoon Guards | Stanley Brown |
| Chorus of Dragoon Guards | Peter Campbell |
| Chorus of Dragoon Guards | Richard Matthaie |
| Chorus of Dragoon Guards | Andrew Macbean |
| Chorus of Dragoon Guards | Jeremy Newton |
| Chorus of Dragoon Guards | Ron Pharo |
| Chorus of Dragoon Guards | Paul Saunders |
| Chorus of Dragoon Guards | Peter Vaughan |
Creative Team
| Role | Name |
| 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 Pianist | Stephanie Underhill |
| Rehearsal Pianist | Denis Gomm |
| Rehearsal Pianist | Tim Evans |
| Prompt | Margaret Ross Collier |
| Box Office | Barbara Weedon |
| Box Office | Ellen Harvey-Smart |
| House Manager | Peter Brown |
| Props | Peter Sporle |
| Ladies Edwardian Costumes by | Alan Scott Costumes |
| Ladies Costumes Designed and Made by | Pauline Kendrick |
| Set Construction | BROS Workshops |
| Lighting | Barrie More |