Patience

8th - 12th November 2011, Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds


Director: Cary Palmer
Musical Director: Gill Garside
Choreographer: Judith Thomas

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Cast

Patience
 
Archibald Grosvenor
 
Reginald Bunthorne
 
Lady Angela
 
Lady Saphir
 
Lady Ella
 
Lady Jane
 
Colonel Calverley
 
Duke of Dunstable
 
Major Murgatroyd
 
Bunthorne's Solicitor

 

Polly Carnegie

Tom Anderson

Mel Barnes

Sally Donaghey

Julie Baxter

Jane Rutherford

Fiona Barker

Leslie Dumbell

Nick Harpur

John Slade

Ted Ashton

CHORUS OF DRAGOON GUARDS AND RAPTUROUS MAIDENS

 

Hon Capt Hugo Burton-Leigh & Lady Persephone                                             Philip Amtower & Joyce Amtower

Hon Capt Crofton Endres & Lady Verity                                                           Nick Gane & Grace Stewart Hogg

Hon Capt Peregrine Poulteney & Lady Isabella                                                 Dick Soper & Sarah Walkey

Hon Lt Rodwick Osborne & Lady Rose                                                             Stan Chamberlain & Tracy Dougherty

Hon Lt Freddy Ponsonby-Smythe & Lady Sophronia                                          Mike Holland & Tam Alexander

Hon Lt James Braithwaite & Lady Amelia                                                         Jules Mills & Amy Blofield

Hon Lt Edwin Waldegrave & Lady Iris                                                             Terry Pasque & Caroline McCourt

Hon Lt Percy Farquahar & Lady Letitia                                                            Ken Sawyer & Trish Barnard

Hon Lt Lionel Wilberforce & Lady Chastity                                                       Dan Warren & Debbie Croll

Hon Ens Cuthbert Dibble & Lady Josephine                                                     Steve Chapman & Florence Taylor

Hon Ens Thomas Franklin & Lady Phoebe                                                       Greg Elvin & Diane Elvin

Hon Ens Charles Fitzwilliam & Lady Louisa                                                      Bob Gee & Lesley Craig

Hon Ens Peter Blanding & Lady Eleanor                                                         Gordon Hughes & Alison Dumbell

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Gloomy November and recession hit Britain was banished with this fun-filled frolic and discourse on love by good old Gilbert and Sullivan and the society lived up to its reputation by putting on a sparkling show and handling the witty quick fire lyrics superbly.
Colourful costumes and some lovely voices, not to mention lots of laughter, were the perfect antidote to the present day as we slipped back into the nostalgia of the late 19th century composers.
This was the turn of the aesthetic movement in arts and poetry to become the butt of the duo's wit as poets Bunthorne and Grosvenor compete for the love of Patience, a down to earth milkmaid.
The drifting nymphs and the upright dragoons were great fun particularly in the finale to Act 1. There were strong performances from Polly Carnegie as Patience, Tom Anderson as Archibald Grosvenor, but it was Nicholas Harpur as the Duke of Dunstable who had me grinning from ear to ear. The orchestra, under the direction of Gill Garside, was also excellent.
Overall, a thoroughly enjoyable evening which set everyone up for their return to the dank night outside and everyday reality.
— Lesley Anslow, Bury Free Press