H.M.S. Pinafore / Trial By Jury

Richmond Theatre

2nd-7th October 1978

Producer – Maureen Hope-Wynne
Musical Director – Barry Knight

Trial by Jury is a comic opera in one act, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. Initially it was played last on a triple bill; the other two works on opening night were Jacques Offenbach’s La Périchole and Charles Collette’s one-act farce Cryptoconchoidsyphonostomata, which was immediately thereafter replaced with another work.

H.M.S. Pinafore, or The Lass that Loved a Sailor, is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It is one of the Savoy Operas, and the first big hit by Gilbert and Sullivan. This work was Gilbert and Sullivan’s fourth operatic collaboration.

Staged on its Centenary this was the fifth outing for Pinafore with this company.

Maureen Hope-Wynne was the well respected resident director of Gemini Opera who also performed at Richmond Theatre.

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CAST

The Learned Judge – Mr Richard Matthiae
The Plaintiff – Miss Pauline Kendrick
The Defendant – Mr Peter Jones
Counsel for the Plaintiff – Mr John Bellamy
Usher – Mr Robert Salter
Foreman of the Jury – Mr Sean O’Meara
Bridesmaids – The Misses Jane Mitchell, Sue Barber, Jackie Boot, Sandra Buckland, Trish Edwards, Anthea Maton, Claire Ruffels, Debbie Sexton
Public – Liz Angell, Catherine Applegarth, Ellen Berringer, Charlotte Catford, Wendy Edwards, Joan Flory, Helen Jenkins, Ann Kitcherside, Marion McLaren, Christine McMahon, Zoe Miller, Rosalind Mitchell, Terry Parsons, Alison Titchmarsh, Janet Turner, Cathy Vachell, Barbara Weedon
Gentlemen of the Jury – Peter Barber, John Boult, Ken Frisby, Robert Hicks, Martin Last, Colin McMahon, Iain Murray, Mike Palette, Alan Titchmarsh, Peter Vaughan
Sir Joseph Porter KCB – Mr Alan Titchmarsh
Captain Corcoran – Mr Clive Boot
Ralph Rackstraw – Mr Christopher Boa
Dick Deadeye – Mr Mike Palette
Bill Bobstay – Mr Peter Barber
Josephine – Miss Paulette Lythall
Hebe – Miss Sue Barber
Little Buttercup – Miss Catherine Applegarth
Sisters, Cousins & Aunts – Liz Angell, Ellen Berringer, Sandra Buckland, Charlotte Catford, Trish Edwards, Wendy Edwards, Joan Flory, Helen Jenkins, Pauline Kendrick, Ann Kitcherside, Marion McLaren, Christine McMahon, Anthea Maton, Zoe Miller, Jane Mitchell, Rosalind Mitchell, Terry Parsons, Claire Ruffels, Debbie Sexton, Alison Titchmarsh, Janet Turner, Cathy Vachell, Barbara Weedon
Sailors – John Bellamy, John Boult, Ken Frisby, Robert Hicks, Peter Jones, Martin Last, Colin McMahon, Richard Matthaie, Iain Murray, Robert Salter, Peter Vaughan

CREW

Designer – David Casey
Stage Manager – John Mitchell
Assistant Stage Manager – Barbara McDowell
Assistants – Godfrey Buckland & David Evans
Wardrobe – Wendy Taylor
Rehearsal Accompanists – Stephanie Underhill, Peter Holt & Robin White
Box Office – Barbara Weedon
House Managers – David Armstrong, Peter Brown & Pat Vandepeer
Costumes – Garrick Theatrical Services
Make-up – Margaret Davies & Judith Vandepeer
Ladies Costumes designed by – Wendy Taylor & Pauline Kendrick
Pinafore Drapes – Sandra Buckland & Christine McMahon
Pinafore Cake – Matthaies Bakery
Set Constructed by – David Casey, John Mitchell, Peter Sporle Geoffrey, Buckland & David Evans