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ST DAVIDS PLAYERS 14th - 18th OCTOBER 2014 PLEASE ST DAVIDS PLAYERS NOTE: www.stdavidsplayers.co.uk St David’s Players take no responsibility for any oers or advert content contained in this le. Special oers shown in adverts may no longer be valid. eat well with Riverford get your 3rd vegbox free free * vegbox Libretto by W S Gilbert Music by Arthur Sullivan in the edition by David Russell Hulme © Oxford University Press 2000. Performed by arrangement with Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. Director Jane May Musical Director Mark Perry 14th - 18th OCTOBER 2014 Nightly at 7.30pm Matinée on Saturday 18th at 2.30pm enjoy better veg vegboxes from £10.35 ST LOYE’S FOUNDATION healthy, seasonal, all organic Supporting free delivery ST LOYE’S FOUNDATION in 2014 e Exeter Barneld eatre is tted Members of the audience are asked to Members of the audience are reminded try a seasonal organic vegbox today with free delivery with an Inductive Loop system. SWITCH OFF any mobile phones and the unauthorised use of photographic, T Members of the audience with hearing other mobile devices (including SMS text recording or video equipment is not aids should set them to the ‘T’ position messaging and Internet browsing) permitted in the auditorium call 01803 762059 or visit www.riverford.co.uk/FTBF14 ank you *Free vegbox on your 3rd delivery when you place a regular vegbox order. New customers only. Programme © 2014 | Published by St David’s Players | www.stdavidsplayers.co.uk Programme design and typesetting by D Saint | [email protected] Print services arranged by Backstage Supplies Ltd. | www.backstagesupplies.co.uk | [email protected] Exeter Barneld eatre 14th - 18th October 2014 PLEASE NOTE: St David’s Players Welcome to take no responsibility for any oers or advert content contained in this le. St David’s Players’ Special oers shown in adverts may no longer be valid. production of Ruddigore hen I joined St David’s Players in We are very lucky to have Jane May directing W1980, Ruddigore was the rst show us again aer her successful production of I performed in so it holds some very special e Mikado last year and we also have our memories for me. Pete Sargent and Caroline fantastic musical duo of Mark and Nicky Perry WeWe areare Avery were also in that production 34 years back again. is year Mark is wielding the baton ago with me and they are both performing with Nicky accompanying him brilliantly on on stage again this year. For Pete, this will the keyboard. StSt Loye’sLoye’s be his 35th show without a break that he I would like to wish you all a very enjoyable has performed with St David’s Players. evening and hope to see you again next year for a Alice,Alice, now now job job seeking, seeking, former former St StLoye’s Loye’s client client uite an achievement, so well done Pete. bit of swash buckling in e Pirates of Penzance! EveryEvery pound pound raised raised makes makes a a dierence… dierence… Charity WeWe are are a aregistered registered charity. charity. Donations,Donations, however however large large or or small, small, Following the success of last year’s provides support for people with autistic WeWe believe believe all all people people should should have have the the areare always always gratefully gratefully received received as as every every production of e Mikado we were able to spectrum conditions who are looking for opportunityopportunity to to full full their their potential. potential. pennypenny directly directly benets benets our our clients. clients. present a cheque to FORCE Cancer Charity employment, training or meaningful activities for the sum of £2,396.89 - A big thank you to in the Exeter and East Devon area. 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Special oers shown in adverts may no Chairman’s welcome longer be valid. C B Chairman: St David’s Players irstly, I would like to say how delighted I am Fto have been elected as the new Chairman S of St David’s Players. I have been a lifelong fan in St David’s Church. Some of them may even StdP of theatre, I became directly involved, helping have involved a Maypole just like tonight’s opera! with props and backstage, so that I could Set on the rugged Cornish Coast Ruddigore problems for over 75 years. Please dig deep to S spend more time with my beautiful, talented or originally Ruddygore (also known as e support their rae and bucket collections. and long suering wife Sarah. She was oen at Witches Curse ) is the tenth of what became My thanks go to our director, Jane May rehearsals, so it seemed a good way to spend known as the ‘Savoy Operas’ written by Gilbert and our musical director Mark Perry, who, time together. is has rather backred, as we and Sullivan. It was rst performed in the Savoy supported by our backstage and technical crew, now oen nd ourselves working on dierent eatre London on the 22 have led the cast to entertain you with tonight’s shows. In addition, I would like to thank Ruddigore did not originallynd January do very 1887. well in fantastic show. I would like to welcome the new Sarah for allowing me to turn our home into its reviews. However, ultimately it proved very members of the cast and crew, and thank all a semi-permanent prop workshop and store. popular, protable and has gone on to inuence involved for their hard work on this production. I have been known to perform occasionally many shows from Ruddy George (a.k.a. Robin I would also like to thank the St David’s Players myself. Look carefully and you may spot me Redbreast) a burlesque, to Me and My Girl, committee who have supported and helped me briey on stage tonight. For me, being Chairman oroughly Modern Millie, Spitting Image, nd my feet this year. tdEt of St David’s Players feels like coming home. Doctor Who and of course Harry Potter. Please enjoy the show, and I look I started school at St David’s First School 34 T I am delighted that this year we are forward to seeing you all next year, for our exeter musical society t years ago, and my rst public performances were supporting St Loye’s Foundation who have been production of e Pirates of Penzance. www.exetermusicalsociety.com providing employment and training services for people with disabilities and chronic health OIN US FOR A MAGICAL OURNEY THROUGHNational Operatic and Dramatic Association W S 110 YEARS ST DAVIDS PLAYERS OF MUSICAL THEATRE IN EETER MARCH 30 www.stdavidsplayers.co.uk e Finale from our 2013WITH production JOYOUS of SHOUT! 1904 Showcasing our hugely talented company in a wide range of musical styles, SHOWTIME! will feature classic favourites from Gilbert and Sullivan, Rodgers and Hammerstein and Cole Porter, through to contemporary showstoppers from TO Les Misérables, Jesus Christ Superstar, Miss Saigon and many more. You can also expect a glimpse of things yet to come, with highlights from some current West End hits, and shows 2015 APRIL 4 we’d love to bring to our Exeter audience in the future.
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  • The Mikado the Articles in This Study Guide Are Not Meant to Mirror Or Interpret Any Productions at the Utah Shakespeare Festival

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  • The Gondoliers Program 2017

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  • Krantz Kenkrantz@Aol.Com Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia + Delta Omicron = Sinfonicron G&S Works, with Date and Length of Original London Run • Thespis 1871 (63)

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    Sinfonicron Light Opera presents Ruddigore, or The Witch’s Curse January 23-26, 2020 Kimball Theatre Osher Lifelong Learning Institute November 15, 2019 Ken Krantz [email protected] Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia + Delta Omicron = Sinfonicron G&S Works, with date and length of original London run • Thespis 1871 (63) • Trial by Jury 1875 (131) • The Sorcerer 1877 (178) • HMS Pinafore 1878 (571) • The Pirates of Penzance 1879 (363) • Patience 1881 (578) • Iolanthe 1882 (398) G&S Works, Continued • Princess Ida 1884 (246) • The Mikado 1885 (672) • Ruddigore 1887 (288) • The Yeomen of the Guard 1888 (423) • The Gondoliers 1889 (554) • Utopia, Limited 1893 (245) • The Grand Duke 1896 (123) Elements of Gilbert’s stagecraft • Topsy-Turvydom (a/k/a Gilbertian logic) • Firm directorial control • The typical issue: Who will marry the soprano? • The typical competition: tenor vs. patter baritone • The Lozenge Plot • Literal lozenge: Used in The Sorcerer and never again • Virtual Lozenge: Used almost constantly Ruddigore: A “problem” opera • The horror show plot • The original spelling of the title: “Ruddygore” • Whatever opera followed The Mikado was likely to suffer by comparison Ruddigore Time: Early 19th Century Place: Cornwall, England Act 1: The village of Rederring Act 2: The picture gallery of Ruddigore Castle, one week later Ruddigore Dramatis Personae Mortals: •Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, Baronet, disguised as Robin Oakapple (Patter Baritone) •Richard Dauntless, his foster brother, a sailor (Tenor) •Sir Despard Murgatroyd, Sir Ruthven’s younger brother
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  • The Mikado the Articles in This Study Guide Are Not Meant to Mirror Or Interpret Any Productions at the Utah Shakespeare Festival

    The Mikado the Articles in This Study Guide Are Not Meant to Mirror Or Interpret Any Productions at the Utah Shakespeare Festival

    Insights A Study Guide to the Utah Shakespeare Festival The Mikado The articles in this study guide are not meant to mirror or interpret any productions at the Utah Shakespeare Festival. They are meant, instead, to be an educational jumping-off point to understanding and enjoying the plays (in any production at any theatre) a bit more thoroughly. Therefore the stories of the plays and the interpretative articles (and even characters, at times) may differ dramatically from what is ultimately produced on the Festival’s stages. Insights is published by the Utah Shakespeare Festival, 351 West Center Street; Cedar City, UT 84720. Bruce C. Lee, communications director and editor; Phil Hermansen, art director. Copyright © 2011, Utah Shakespeare Festival. Please feel free to download and print Insights, as long as you do not remove any identifying mark of the Utah Shakespeare Festival. For more information about Festival education programs: Utah Shakespeare Festival 351 West Center Street Cedar City, Utah 84720 435-586-7880 www.bard.org. Cover photo: Erin Annarella (top), Carol Johnson, and Sarah Dammann in The Mikado, 1996 Contents Information on the Play Synopsis 4 CharactersThe Mikado 5 About the Playwright 6 Scholarly Articles on the Play Mere Pish-Posh 8 Utah Shakespeare Festival 3 351 West Center Street • Cedar City, Utah 84720 • 435-586-7880 Synopsis: The Mikado Nanki-Poo, the son of the royal mikado, arrives in Titipu disguised as a peasant and looking for Yum- Yum. Without telling the truth about who he is, Nanki-Poo explains that several months earlier he had fallen in love with Yum-Yum; however she was already betrothed to Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor, and he saw that his suit was hopeless.
  • Social Discourse in the Savoy Theatre's

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    SOCIAL DISCOURSE IN THE SAVOY THEATRE’S PRODUCTIONS OF THE NAUTCH GIRL (1891) AND UTOPIA LIMITED (1893): EXOTICISM AND VICTORIAN SELF-REFLECTION William L. Hicks, B.M. Thesis Prepared for the Degree of MASTER OF MUSIC UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS August 2003 APPROVED: John Michael Cooper, Major Professor Margaret Notley, Committee Member Mark McKnight, Committee Member James C. Scott, Dean of the College of Music C. Neal Tate, Dean of the Robert B. Toulouse School of Graduate Studies Hicks, William L, Social Discourse in the Savoy Theatre’s Productions of The Nautch Girl (1891) and Utopia Limited (1893): Exoticism and Victorian Self-Reflection. Master of Music (Musicology), August 2003, 107 pp., 4 illustrations, 12 musical examples, references, 91 titles. As a consequence to Gilbert and Sullivan’s famed Carpet Quarrel, two operettas with decidedly “exotic” themes, The Nautch Girl; or, The Rajah of Chutneypore, and Utopia Limited; or, The Flowers of Progress were presented to London audiences. Neither has been accepted as part of the larger Savoy canon. This thesis considers the conspicuous business atmosphere of their originally performed contexts to understand why this situation arose. Critical social theory makes it possible to read the two documents as overt reflections on British imperialism. Examined more closely, however, the operettas reveal a great deal more about the highly introverted nature of exotic representation and the ambiguous dialogue between race and class hierarchies in late nineteenth-century British society. Copyright, 2003 by William L. Hicks ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Because of the obscurity of The Nautch Girl and Utopia Limited, I am greatly indebted to the booksellers Christopher Browne and Wilfred M.
  • RUDDIGORE Or the Witch’S Curse

    RUDDIGORE Or the Witch’S Curse

    1 RUDDIGORE or The Witch’s Curse Written by W. S. Gilbert Composed by Arthur Sullivan First Performed at the Savoy Theatre, London, 22 January 1887 MORTALS Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, Disguised as Robin Oakapple, Farmer Richard Dauntless, His Foster-Brother, A Man-o’-War’s-man Sir Despard Murgatroyd of Ruddigore, A Wicked Baronet Margaret, Madly in love with Sir Despard Old Adam Goodheart, Robin’s Faithful Servant Rose Maybud, A Village Maiden Dame Hannah, Rose’s Aunt Zorah, Professional Bridesmaid Ruth, Professional Bridesmaid GHOSTS Sir Roderic Murgatroyd of Ruddigore, The twenty-first Baronet Sir Corcoran Murgatroyd of Ruddigore – The twentieth Baronet Lady Evelyn Murgatroyd of Ruddigore, The twentieth Lady Sir Mervyn Murgatroyd of Ruddigore, The twentieth Baronet Lady Charlotte Murgatroyd of Ruddigore, The twentieth Lady Sir Lionel Murgatroyd of Ruddigore, The sixth Baronet Lady Carolyn Murgatroyd of Ruddigore, the sixth Lady Sir Rupert Murgatroyd of Ruddigore, The first Baronet Lady Sara Murgatroyd of Ruddigore, The first Lady Officers, Ancestors, Villagers, Professional Bridesmaids 2 COMMENTATORS: Darryl Edwards and members of the cast != Enlightening Commentary! ! INTRODUCTION - Darryl Edwards •Welcoming the audience, thanking the co-sponsor and its representatives. Encouraging support for a greater tomorrow. •Commenting on COSI and its mandate. •Briefly set the stage of this work in late 19th c. England, and in the tradition of the British Melodrama. ACT I SCENE– The early 19th Century, with selected fantastical indulgences of 2018. The fishing village of Rederring (in Cornwall). Enter Chorus of Bridesmaids, in front of ROSE MAYBUD’S cottage. CHORUS OF BRIDESMAIDS. Fair is Rose as bright May-day; Soft is Rose as warm west-wind; Sweet is Rose as new-mown hay – Rose is queen of maiden-kind! Rose, all glowing With virgin blushes, say – Is anybody going To marry you to-day? SOLO – ZORAH.
  • Jay Newman I Am Deeply Grateful for Having Been Invited to Speak With

    Jay Newman I Am Deeply Grateful for Having Been Invited to Speak With

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  • Showstoppers! Soprano

    Showstoppers! Soprano

    LIGHT OPERA SHOWSTOPPERS – SHOWSTOPPERS! The list below is a guide to arias from the realm of light opera that are bound to get attention, as they require not only exquisite singing, but also provide opportunities for acting, so necessary in the HAROLD HAUGH LIGHT OPERA VOCAL COMPETITION. Some, although from serious works, are light in nature, and are included. The links below the title, go to performances on YouTube, so you can audition the song. An asterisk (*) indicates the Guild has the score in English. SOPRANO ENGLISH Poor Wand’ring One – Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert and Sullivan)* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QRnwT2EYD8 The Hours Creep On Apace - HMS Pinafore (Gilbert and Sullivan)* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGMnr7tPKKU The Moon and I – The Mikado (Gilbert and Sullivan)* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcNtTm5XEfY I Built Upon a Rock – Princess Ida (Gilbert and Sullivan)* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF_MHyXPui8 I Live, I Breathe – Ages Ago (Gilbert and Clay)* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-HalKwnNd8 Light As Thistledown – Rosina (Shield) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yrQ2boAb50 When William at Eve – Rosina (Shield) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vc50GGV_SA I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls – Bohemian Girl (Balfe)* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoM1hYqpRSI At Last I’m Sovereign Here – The Rose Of Castile (Balfe)* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hswFzeqY8PY Hark the Ech’ing Air – The Fairy Queen (Purcell)* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeQMxI1S84U VIENNESE Meine Lippen Sie Kussen So Heiss – Giuditta (Lehar) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_kaOYC_Fww
  • Precious Nonsense

    Precious Nonsense

    Precious Nonsense NEWSLETTER OF THE MIDWESTERN GILBERT AND SULLIVAN SOCIETY March 1992 -- Issue 33 ✠★✡ ✠★✡ ✠★✡ ✠★✡ ✠★✡ ✠★✡ ✠★✡ ✠★✡ Her honeymoon With that buffoon At seven commences, so you shun her! Although this isn't June, this seems to be the season for engagements and brides (see the "Oh, Members" section for an explanation). There is also a wedding afoot in the Cole household: S/A Cole's brother is getting married, so for the past two months she has been occupied with helping make arrangements. That's why the Nonsense was delayed (again). But we tried to make it worth the wait. We have a couple of book reviews, a lot of production announcements, the long, long delayed Membership Cards, and even a couple of prize giveaways. So let's toddle away, with or without the Lord High Executioner. ✠★✡ ✠★✡ ✠★✡ ✠★✡ ✠★✡ ✠★✡ ✠★✡ ✠★✡ Oh, Members, How Say You, What is it What Cheer! What Cheer! {Midwest- You've Done? ern} Jeordano Martinez was responsible for the ac- Hugh Locker has reported that the Chicago radio claimed production of Mikado recently presented at station WFMT (98.7 FM) is going to be airing a com- North Central College in Naperville (Illinois). As far as plete survey of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas during we know, this was the first substantial G&S performance April, at 1:00 on Thursday afternoons. Some of you to take place at North Central College since the 1970's, may remember a talk given at the Basingstoke! G&S so it was nice to see a return to the classics. Weekend in 1989, where the presenter lamented the fact that so little G&S was broadcast in the Chicago area.