Iolanthe
Richmond Theatre
19th-24th May 1980
Producer – Val Fardell
Musical Director – Barry Knight
Iolanthe, or The Peer and the Peri, is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert.
It is one of the Savoy Operas and the seventh collaboration of the fourteen between Gilbert and Sullivan.
It was first produced in London at the Savoy Theatre, on 25 November 1882, three days after Patience closed, and ran for 398 performances.
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CAST
The Lord Chancellor – Mr Noel Howes
Earl of Mountararat – Mr Tom Barnard
Earl Tolloller – Mr Peter Campbell
Private Willis – Mr Peter Barber
Strephon – Mr David Evans
Queen of the Fairies – Miss Jane Mitchell
Iolanthe – Miss Mandy Stenhouse
Celia – Miss Pauline Kendrick
Leila – Miss Aranka Zsidi
Fleta – Miss Trish Edwards
Phyllis – Miss Paulette Lythall
Chorus of Fairies – Liz Angell, Sue Barber, Pauline Beament, Sue Brittle, Sandra Buckland, Alison Cooper, Kiki Garnham, Debbie Harkness, Ellen Harvey-Smart, Fiona Hayes, Sally Hester, Alex Jervis, Anne Kitcherside, Marion McLaren, Christine McMahon, Rosalind Mitchell, Mary Sinkinson, Debbie Spooner, Barbara Thomas, Janet Turner, Carol Vinall
Chorus of Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Viscounts and Barons – Steve Alais, Peter Barnett, John Boult, Derek Dundas, Robert Hicks, Martin Last, Richard Matthaie, Ian Murray, Jeremy Newton, Roger Roseboom, Robert Salter, Alan Titchmarsh
CREW
Designer – David Casey
Stage Manager – John Mitchell
Assistant Stage Manager – Barbara McDowell
Assistants – Godfrey Buckland
Wardrobe Mistress – Pauline Kendrick
Rehearsal Accompanist – Stephanie Underhill, David Armour, Molly Brett, Nicholas Bennett, Janet Ramsden & Peter Holt
Prompter – Sally Knighton
Box Office – Barbara Weedon
Assisted by – Rosalind Mitchell
House Manager – Peter Brown
Men’s Costumes – S B Watts & Co Ltd
Ladies Costumes designed & made by – Pauline Kendrick
Assisted by – Mandy Stenhouse & Debbie Harkness
Ladies Hats designed & made by – Wendy Taylor
Make-up – Margaret Davies & Judith Vandepeer
Sets Constructed by – David Casey, John Mitchell, Peter Sporle, Barbara McDowell, John Boult, Jeremy Newton & Godfrey Buckland
Drapes by – Sandra Buckland & Mandy Stenhouse
Lighting Designed by – David Weaver assisted by Barry Moore
Clock face by – Blackburns ( London) Ltd
