Kiss Me Kate
Richmond Theatre
23rd-28th April 1979
Producer – Val Fardell
Musical Director – Barry Knight
Kiss Me, Kate is a Tony Award-winning musical with a book by Samuel and Bella Spewack and music and lyrics by Cole Porter. It won the first Tony Award for “Best Musical” in 1949.
This was the first production to credit any form of ‘Sound’.
Several reviewers commented on bright exciting sets and sparkling song & dance routines but felt that much of the acting by the supporting cast was slow and uninteresting!
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CAST
Lilli Vanessi – Rosalind Mitchell
Fred Graham – Peter Barber
Lois Lane – Sue Brittle
Bill Calhoun – Richard Winton
Gangsters – Stave Alais & Richard Matthiae
Hattie – Jane Mitchell
Paul – Colin McMahon
Harry Trevor – Peter Sporle
Ralph – John Boult
Hortensio – Clive Boot
Gremio – Roger Roseboom
Harrison Howell – Robert Salter
Chorus – Liz Angell, Sue Barber, Jackie Boot, Sandra Buckland, Wendy Edwards, Mary Fraser, Sally Hilton, Helen Jenkins, Pauline Kendrick, Ann Kitcherside, Marion McLaren, Christine McMahon, Zoe Miller, Terry Parsons, Claire Ruffles, Mary Sinkinson, Debbie Spooner, Mandy Stenhouse, Janet Turner, Cathy Vachell, Pat Vandepeer, Barbara Weedon, Len Brittle, Peter Campbell, Martin Last, Alan Middleton, Sean O’Meara
Dancers – Marion Alais, Alison Campbell, Miriam Hill, Lynne James, Sally Knighton, Robert Hicks, Jeremy Newton, Brian Picknett, Gerry Tickner
CREW
Designer – David Casey
Lighting – Lambert Cox
Stage Manager – John Mitchell
Assistant Stage Manager – Barbara McDowell
Assistants – Godfrey Buckland, Alan & Alison Titchmarsh
Wardrobe Mistress – Olive Brittle assisted by Audrey Windus
Wardrobe Co-ordinator – Pauline Kendrick
Rehearsal Accompanist – Stephanie Underhill & Peter Holt
Prompters – Janie Piddock & Wendy Taylor
Box Office – Barbara Weedon
House Managers – David Armstrong & Peter Brown
Costumes – Theatrical Costume House(Westcliffe) Ltd
Make-up – Margaret Davies
Sound Reinforcement – Milton Keynes Disco & Music Centre
Wigs – Wig Creations
Sets Constructed by – David Casey, John Mitchell, Peter Sporle Geoffrey & Sandra Buckland
