HMS Pinafore/Trial By Jury

Queen Charlotte Hall, Parkshot

27th November-1st December 1990

Producer – Val Fardell
Musical Director – Mike Carver
Production Manager – Helen Jenkins

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.

Richmond Magistrates Court & London Borough of Richmond were thanked for assistance with props.

In the image Gallery, second image is original artwork for one of the set flats.

CAST

The Learned Judge – Mr Iain Calder / Andy Yeates
The Plaintiff – Miss Margaret Boughton
The Defendant – Mr Alex Somerville
Counsel for the Plaintiff – Mr Martin Elliff
Usher – Mr Gavin Morgan
Foreman of the Jury – Mr Richard Matthiae
Bridesmaids – Sheila Fitzgerald, Wendy Howard, Marion Pitt, Janet Simpson, Barbara Thomas, Janet Turner
Gentlemen of the Jury – Will Brooks, Robert Brooks, Richard Duce, John Fayle, Robert Hicks, Christopher Jones, Ray Pitt, Lee Power, John Powter, Tony Tripp, Peter Vaughan, Graham Wilson
Members of the Public – Jennie Allen, Mary Fraser, Merion Ganjou, Marion McLaren, Terry Parsons, Carol Sheath, Caroline Skinner, Gillian Smith, Joyce Stewart, Angela Sturgeon, Lynne Tompkins, Tricia Vandepeer
Sir Joseph Porter – Mr Richard Matthiae
Captain Corcoran – Mr Lee Power
Ralph Rackstraw – Mr Martin Wilcox
Dick Deadeye – Mr Martin Elliff
Bill Bobstay – Mr Richard Duce
Bob Beckett – Mr Ray Pitt
Josephine – Miss Kim Allewn
Hebe – Miss Sheila Fitzgerald
Little Buttercup – Miss Tricia Vandepeer
Sisters, Cousins & Aunts – Jennie Allen, Margaret Boughton, Mary Fraser, Wendy Howard, Marion McLaren, Merian Ganjou, Terry Parsons, Marion Pitt, Janet Simpson, Carol Sheath, Caroline Skinner, Gillian Smith, Joyce Stewart, Angela Sturgeon, Barbara Thomas, Lynne Tompkins, Janet Turner
Sailors – Will Brooks, Robert Brooks, Iain Calder, Peter Campbell, John Fayle, Robert Hicks, Christopher Jones, Gavin Morgan, John Powter, Gideon Rogers, Tony Tripp, Peter Vaughan, Graham Wilson

CREW

Assistant to the Producer – Melanie Edwards
Designer – Malcolm Chilton
Paintings designed by – Kirsty Chilton
Stage Manager – Wesley Henderson Roe
Assisted by – Rent‐a‐crew, Andrew Macbean, Jeremy Newton, Roger Roseboom, Linda Wilson
Properties – Maggie Rose
Sound Designer – Dennis Cater
Lighting Assistants – Steve Brown, Andy Collier, Wendy Edwards, Jo Henwood
Set Construction – Miles Speak & BROS workshop
Wardrobe Mistresses – Sue Buxton, Mandy Matthiae
Costumes Designed & Executed by – Spectrum Productions
Make‐Up – Peter Barnett
Box Office – Suzanne Yeates
Publicity – Anne Campbell
Assisted by – Maggie Rose & Andrew Macbean
Front of House – Steve & Marion Alais
Rehearsal Pianists – Carole Baker, Nick Beedon, Terry Saunders
Paintings Designed by – Pamela Chilton
Front of House – Steve Alais