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VICE-PRESIDENTS: MR ALLAN THOMAS, MR GEORGE THOMPSON PATRONS OF THE SOCIETY Mr C.D.G. Burton Mr and Mrs E. Caves Mrs B. Corney Mr and Mrs T.R. Daw Mrs J.M.H. Epton Mr and Mrs D. Rowland Rev. and Mrs M. Wells Mr and Mrs J. Wright
Mrs H Kentsbeer Mr and Mrs C.H. Moule Mrs G. Lecoche Mr and Mrs A.G. Parfitt Mr and Mrs R.J. Rayner Mrs S. Hale Mrs S. Woods Mr P. Magee
HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS Laura Adams, John Gribble, Hilary Hull, Pam Ireland, Hazel Kentsbeer, Pam Massey, George Thompson, Shirley Woods ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Mr & Mrs. K. Blane, Mrs J. Gilder, Mr A. Hunter, Mr R. Hull, Mrs A. Stearn, Mrs J. Swain The Society acknowledges, with grateful thanks, the financial support of our President, Vice Presidents, and Patrons. Anyone who is interested in becoming a Patron should contact our Secretary, Hazel Daniels, Tel. 01908 616213 OFFICERS Chairman.............................................................................. John Epton Deputy Chairman.................................................................Colin Jones Secretary.......................................................................... Hazel Daniels Treasurer.................................................................................... Bill Hall COMMITTEE Shirley Hale, Jenny Hall, Richard Hull, Pam Massey, Ann Stearn, Carol Urwin
Chairman’s Message Good evening Ladies, Gentlemen and Children
It is my great pleasure to welcome you to our production of H.M.S. Pinafore. This is the first full length Gilbert & Sullivan operetta, written and produced in 1879. In the absence of our producer Prue Gardiner, due to a recovery from an operation I have taken over the production and had great help from Colin Jones and Carol Wallman, with dancing. Alana has re-arranged the score with many reprises for the ladies chorus and extra dancing . We have introduced the “lost” duet, “Reflect, My Child”, withdrawn after the first performance and inserted “The Hornpipe” from Ruddigore for Ralph and the dancers. I am also pleased to have Gordon Hodges, who has been a great help with dancing and, of course, his gorgeous tenor voice. May I also thank Hazel and John Daniels for the superb set and all those who have helped with this production, both front of house and backstage. I wish you all a must enjoyable evening and hope to see you again in 2016 for “This is 1956” and for “Patience” in November.
John Epton, Honorary Chairman If you would like to become a Patron of this Society please send your gift, however small, to Hazel Daniels. “An acknowledgement will be sent”
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The Story H.M.S. Pinafore
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n the fore-deck of H.M.S. Pinafore, Captain Corcoran and his ship’s company prepare for the official visit of Sir Joseph Porter, First Lord of the Admiralty: a lawyer and politician whose ship-knowledge seems not to have progressed beyond his professional “partnership”. His immediate purpose centres less on the ship than on the Captain’s daughter, Josephine - “the fairest flower that ever blossomed on ancestral timber” - but whose affections, in turn, are necessarily engaged elsewhere.
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he ensuing elopement, “carefully on tiptoe stealing”, provokes Captain Corcoran to unguarded profanity (scandalising, at least to Victorian ears in 1878!) and Sir Joseph to absolute horror. With full musical honours in eight parts, Josephine’s inamorato is consigned to the cells - until the Portsmouth bum-boat woman Mrs Cripps (a.k.a. “Little Buttercup”) delivers a truly Gilbertian dénouement with all the authority of an official utterance!
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Ralph Rackstraw
Josephine
CHARLES MILLS
CAROL URWIN Sir Joseph Porter K.C.B
COLIN JONES Buttercup
LINDA BOWEN
Captain Corcoran
STEPHEN HOATH
Programme of Music ACT I
CHORUS OF SAILORS & DANCERS........................... “We Sail the Ocean Blue” RECIT. (Mrs Cripps)........................................................ “Hail! Men-o-War’s Men” SONG. (Mrs Cripps, Chorus & Dancers)..................... “I’m called Little Buttercup” RECIT. (Mrs Cripps & Boatswain)...................................................... “But Tell Me” SCENA. (Ralph & Chorus of Sailors)..............................“The Nightingale Sighed” ARIA. (Ralph & Chorus)......................................................“A Maiden Fair to See” RECIT. (Captain Corcoran & Chorus)........................................“My Gallant Crew” SONG. (Captain Corcoran, Chorus & Dancers)........................“I am the Captain” RECIT. (Mrs Cripps & Captain Corcoran)................................... “Sir You are Sad” SONG. (Josephine)......................................................................... “Sorry her Lot” DUET. (Captain Corcoran & Josephine)................................... “Reflect, My Child” SOLO. (Auntie Margaret)............................................. “Over the Bright Blue Sea” (Chorus of Ladies & Dancers) CHORUS OF SAILORS............................................ “Sir Joseph’s Barge is Seen” CHORUS OF LADIES, DANCERS & SAILORS............................ “Gaily Tripping” ENSEMBLE. (Captain Corcoran, Sir Joseph, Hebe & Chorus).............................. ................................................................................“Now Give Three Cheers” SONG. (Sir Joseph & Chorus)................................................ “When I was a Lad” Exit for Ladies (Sir Joseph, Hebe & Chorus).............“For I hold that on the Seas” TRIO and Chorus. (Ralph, Carpenter & Boatswain)......................... “A British Tar” DUET. (Ralph & Josephine)............................................. “Refrain, Audacious Tar” FINALE. (Ralph, Josephine, Dick Deadeye, Hebe)................................................ (Chorus and Dancers)........................... “Can I Survive this Overbearing”
ACT II
Entr’acte.................................................................................................. Orchestra SONG. (Captain Corcoran)........................................... “Fair Moon, to thee I Sing” DUET. (Mrs Cripps & Captain Corcoran)............................... “Things are Seldom” HORNPIPE. (Ralph & Dancers) SCENA. (Josephine)................................................. “The Hours Creep on Apace” TRIO. (Josephine, Captain Corcoran & Sir Joseph)............ “Never Mind the Why” DUET. (Captain Corcoran & Dick Deadeye).................................... “Kind Captain” SOLII. (Captain Corcoran, Dick Deadeye, Ralph) (Josephine, Hebe, Boatswain & Chorus) .................... “Carefully on Tiptoe” OCTET & CHORUS..................................................................“Farewell My Own” LEGEND. (Mrs Cripps & Chorus)........................................... “A Many Years Ago” FINALE: Company............................................ “Oh Joy! Oh Rapture Unforeseen”
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION PRUE GARDINER
Composed by Arthur Sullivan
DRAMATIS PERSONAE The RT. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.................... Colin Jones (First Lord of the Admiralty)
Captain Corcoran................................................ Stephen Hoath (Commanding H.M.S. Pinafore)
Ralph Rackstraw (Able Seaman)..................................Charles Mills Dick Deadeye (Able Seaman).........................................Peter Davis Bill Bobstay (Boatswain’s Mate)....................................... John Epton Bob Becket (Carpenter’s Mate)..................................................... Mike Cocke Josephine (the Captain’s Daughter).................................. Carol Urwin Hebe (Sir Joseph’s First Cousin)................................... Jenny Jackson Mrs. Cripps (Little Buttercup) ................................ Linda Bowen (a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman) Auntie Margaret.................................................Margaret Magee
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The Lass That Loved a Sailor
Written by W. S. Gilbert
MUSICAL DIRECTOR ALANA THACKRAY
CHORUS OF SISTERS, COUSINS, AUNTS and SAILORS Sandra Buck, Hazel Daniels, Jan Faulkner Shirley Hale, Jenny Hall, Hilary Hull, Doreen Hunter, Juliet Jones Vicky Lane, Pam Massey, Carol Wallman, Becky Wright Richard Hardwick, Andrew Hodges, Gordon Hodges, Rob Jones
DANCERS Sandra Buck, Vicky Lane, Carol Wallman, Gordon Hodges
ACT I
Noon Quarter-Deck of H.M.S. Pinafore, off Portsmouth Interval of 15 minutes between Acts
ACT II
Night Quarter-Deck of H.M.S. Pinafore, off Portsmouth
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Boatswain
Hebe
JENNY JACKSON
JOHN EPTON Dick Deadeye
PETER DAVIS Auntie Margaret
MARGARET MAGEE
Carpenter
MIKE COCKE
ORCHESTRA Leader: Pam Davies 1st Violin 2nd Violins Viola Cello Double Bass Flute Clarinet Bassoon Oboe French Horn Trumpet Trombone Percussion
Lariss Felce Maggie Bullen, Naomi Morris Derek Davies Cate Thomas Jenny Brown Helen Sims Susan Sims Caroline Cartwright Janet Butlin Kate Young Peter Halliday John Lingings
Musical Director: ALANA THACKRAY
Choreographer
CAROL WALLMAN
Assistant Choreographer
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THE PRODUCTION TEAM DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION.......................................... Prue Gardiner MUSICAL DIRECTOR.......................................................Alana Thackray ASSISTANT PRODUCERS.................................John Epton, Colin Jones REHEARSAL PIANISTS.................................. Brian Caves, Pam Rogers ORCHESTRAL SCORES...................................................... D’Oyly Carte STAGE MANAGER..........................................................Robin Lawrence STAGE CREW........................................................................ Alan Wright SCENIC ARTISTS & CONSTRUCTION.......Hazel Daniels, John Daniels LIGHTING DESIGN & OPERATION...................................... Richard Hull LIGHTING EQUIPMENT....................................................... Bubbles Hire HOUSE MANAGER............................................................... Pam Ireland WARDROBE...................................................................... Doreen Hunter COSTUMES............................................... Harlequin Costumes, Baldock BOX OFFICE...........................................................................Ann Stearn PUBLICITY & CAST PHOTOGRAPHS...................................Colin Jones PROGRAMMES & USHERS..................................Friends of the Society PROPERTIES........................................................................... Hilary Hull S.A.O.D.S Web Site................................................................Colin Jones PROGRAMME.............................................. John Epton, Stephen Hoath
OBITUARIES This year has been a very sad one for the society with the deaths of Dorothy Williams, a former vice-chairman, June Game a wonderful pianist for many years and Virginia Shorten, Vice President, life member, Secretary and committee member, who joined the society in 1959. We extend our sympathies to all the families and friends.
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