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BACUP AND RA WTENST ALL GRAMMAR SCHOOL

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presents

The Pirates of Penzanceor

THE SLAVE OF DUTY

Written by W. S. Gilbert-j,

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Composed by Sir Arthur Sullivan

in the SCHOOL HALL, at 7-15 p.m.

SATURDAY, 9th NOVEMBER, 1968

Admission by Programme:

Adults 4s. Chidren 2s. 6d.

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Costumes by S. B. Watts and Co. Ltd., of Manchester,

Major General Stanley T. B. PLACE

Pirate King "'" "'" S. P. HALL

Samuel (his Lieutenant) "'" "'" "'" P. FISHER

Frederic (the Pirate Apprentice) Mr. A. G. FULLER

Sergeant of Police G. S. SMETHURSTMabel

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' FELICITY ALLEN

Edith General Stonley'g JUDITH A. SCOTT

Kate daughters BARBARA CROSTON

Isabel PAULINE MORRIS

Ruth (Pirate Maid of all work) GERALDINE WEST

Produced by Miss J. Harrison.

Music directed by Mr. F. Wild.

Stage Construction: Mr. J. Greenwood, Mr. J. Trickett.

Stage Management:

Mr. G. Phillips, Mr. E. Skeels, D. F. Mobbs, R. A. Nuttall,R. H. Till and members of the Lower Sixth.

Lighting:

Mr. W. Thomson, C. E. Ashworth, P. 1. Entwistle, G. W. Lowe.

Police and Pirates: B. Ashton, P. J. Ashworth,W. Ashworth,R. Johnson,D. A. Lack,J. A. Lowe,J. Mills,C. D. Parkin-son, J. Russell,S.R. SutclifIe,P. A. Taylor.

Make-up:

Miss D. Chadwick, Mrs. E. Culley, Mr. R. G. Phillips, Miss H.Pretty, Mrs. B. Rowland, Pamela Barnes, Patricia M. Foster,lIGna E. Lajko, Anna Litwinenko, Susan E. McNulty, Anne

Robertson, Gillian Sanderson, Margaret Thobum.Pirates: P. Abbott, S. Aspin, P. Barnes, D. Bell, D. E. Bemment,

A. D. Black, P. Coit, D. Elmer, R. Fulton, D. Haworth,J. C. Jones, K. D. Jones, P. Livesey, D. Stansfield, P. A.Taylor, P. M. Taylor.

General Stanley's Daughters: Gillian J. Ainscow, Judith M.Barker, K. Jean Bradshaw,Heather A.Dawson, Dawn Gledhill,

Judith A. Harker, Susan Holt, Carolyn M. Johnson, AudreyLund, Beverly A. Medlock, Jean Ormesher, Elaine Shaw,Shirley Spencer, Stephanie Spencer, Janet Suart, MarySunderland, Barbara J.SutclifIe,JulieA. Wilkinson.

Decor:

Miss K. Watson, J. P. Brooks, D. Cropper, J. Farrow, D. Gledhill,D. J. Greenwood, C. J. Hartley, P. A. Hoskins, Susan Kay,Janet O. Moseley, Christine Schofield,Nancy Taylor, Geraldine

West, B. Williams.

Costumes: Miss C. M. Dracup and girls of the Lower Sixth.

Business :

Mrs. E. Gledhill, Mr. J. A. Maiden, Mr. C. Payne, Gillian M.Catlow, Janet E. Halstead, Lyn RatclifIe, Barbara Savage.

Act I A rocky seashore on the coast of Cornwall.

Act 11 A ruined cha~l by moonlight.

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE

The story of the Pirates of Penzance centres upon a younglad, Frederic, who, having reached twenty-one years of age, hascompleted his apprenticeship to the pirate band. Completelydisenchanted with his crew-mates and their villany, he resolvesto leave them and seek his fortune on land.

From here the plot advances swiftly and with typical"Gilbertian" confusion. Beautiful maidens, a high-ranking officialin the person of a major-general and the local police force, findthemselves to be the characters whom, with the pirate band,Gilbert shapes into one of his most amusing plots. It is only in thefinal moments of the opera that Gilbert is able to produce oneof his amusing, if unlikely, solutions to the problems and so givethe story a happy ending.

In this opera, as in so many others, the partnership betweenlibrettist and composer proves most successful. Sullivan, drawingupon his wide knowledge of opera techniques, produces a scorewhich is not only tuneful but very varied. Moments of con-siderable beauty as in the parting of Mabel and Frederic inAct 2, contrast strongly with the "patter" singing of the major-general's song, while the familiar and always popular Policemen'sChorus gives us a rich choral effect and a clear indication ofSullivan's musical abilities.