THE PARSON’S PIRATES
GILBERT & SULLIVAN
Opera della Luna on tour 1995 onwards (still in repertory)
Many festivals including Buxton
Original cast:
Vicar/Major General RICHARD GAUNTLETT
Mr Prendergast/Samuel/Kate/ Sergeant
JAMES BIDDLECOMBE
Mr Prickett/Pirate King NIGEL LEACH
Young man/Frederic MATTHEW GOULD
Tracy/ Mabel FIONA O’NEILL
Mrs Goodbody/Ruth/Edith LOUISE CRANE
Buxton (DVD) cast:
Vicar/Major General RICHARD SUART
Mr Prendergast/Samuel/Kate/ Sergeant
IAN BELSEY
Mr Prickett/Pirate King MARTIN GEORGE
Young man/Frederic TIM WALTON
Tracy/ Mabel ADEY GRUMMET
Mrs Goodbody/Ruth/Edith LOUISE CRANE
Other casts:
Vicar/Major General DEREK BEARD, RICHARD SUART, ALAN VICARY, CARL SANDERSON PHILIP COX
Mr Prendergast/Samuel/Kate/Sergeant Mr Prickett/Pirate King IAN BELSEY JOHN GRIFFITHS, GARETH JONES, ROBERT TRAYNOR, MASON TAYLOR, MARTIN GEORGE, ROB GILDON
Young man/Frederic MARTIN GEORGE, GARTH BARDSLEY, DAVID CAVENDISH, PETER PRENTICE, TIM WALTON, ANDREW SEARLE, OLIVER WHITE
Tracy/ Mabel KATHLEEN TYNAN, JANE FAULKNER , REBECCA KNIGHT, ADEY GRUMMET, ANDREA CREIGHTON, ALETHEA SIBOIS
Mrs Goodbody/Ruth/Edith LINDA HIBBERD, HELEN JOHNSON
“An evening of brilliance. A total treat - irresistible and unmissable.”
GEORGE HALL The Stage and OPERA magazine.
Paul Featherstone as Major-General © Lidia Crisafulli
Paul Featherstone as Rev Arthur Bender © Lidia Crisafulli
Paul Featherstone as Rev Bender, Martin George as Mr Pricket, Tim Walton as Young Man, William Relton as Mr Prendergast © Lidia Crisafulli
Paul Featherstone, Ellie Laugharne, William Relton, Tim Walton, Martin George © Lidia Crisafulli
Paul Featherstone, Louise Crane © Lidia Crisafulli
Tim Walton as Frederic © Lidia Crisafulli
William Relton, Louise Crane, Paul Featherstone © Lidia Crisafulli
Ellie Laugharne as Mabel © Lidia Crisafulli
Ellie Laugharne, William Relton, Martin George, Louise Crane © Lidia Crisafulli
Louise Crane as Mrs Goodbody, Paul Featherstone as Rev Bender © Lidia Crisafulli
Martin George as The Pirate King © Lidia Crisafulli