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This was the 6th Main Show performed by the society.
To go to the gallery for this production follow this link: Patience 1978 Gallery
Gilbert & Sullivan Society Committee 1977/78
Honorary President: Donald Adams
Patience Crew:
Director: Ann Burdett-Smith
Musical Director: Ken Roberts
Producer: Debbie Keiter
Technical Director: Stu Conney
Technical: Mike Blakestone
Make-Up: Nicky Swallow, Jo Tabbard, Gordon James, Hilary Nye, Janette Swindell, Helen Barrington, Denise Craig, Caroline Trimnel & Kim Osada
Wardrobe: Susan Lightly
Publicity: Julia Adams, Kester Armstrong, Debbie Keiter & Susan Row
Poster & Programme Cover Design: Sarah Harris
Prompter: Sally Milton
Front of House: Trudie Berger, Paul Burnett, Karen Cochrane, Charles Durrant, Alison Firth, Steve Goldsmith, Sarah Gray, Jane Hobbis, Mary Jo Laird, Steven Mees, Dave Parker, Barry Rawlings, Barbara Sherratt, Jane Sinson, Ursula Wadey, Lyne Walker & Ivona Zajac.
Patience Cast:
The Lady Angela: Sarah Harris
The Lady Saphir: Anne Watkins
The Lady Ella: Christine Foster
The Lady Jane: Ishbel Herd
Patience: Ruth Roberts
Colonel Calverley: Christopher Rees
Major Murgatroyd: David Baines
Lieut. The Duke of Dunstable: Christopher Jackson
Reginald Bunthorne: Simon White
Archibald Grosvenor: Malcolm Chase
Mr Bunthorne’s Solicitor: Paul Pascoe
Chorus of Rapturous Maidens and Officers of Dragoon Guards: Julie Adams, Sarah Adie, Jane Alker, Helen Appleby, Kester Armstrong, Nigel Avery, Ian Bracey, Phillipa Bristow, Anne Brittain, Susan Carey, Irene Carruthers, Helen Clayton, Brian Fitzjohn, Richard Forrest, Kate Gibbon, Andrew Hannan, Jane Holloway, Maggie Leonard, Susan Lightley, Susan Loftus, Robin Reynolds, Susan Row, Denise Rowley, Ross Underhill & Paul Wilkinson.
Orchestra
Flutes: Simon Clarke & Helen Sykes
Oboe: Christine Zuch
Clarinets: Mary Phillips & Elisabeth Garrett
Bassoon: Joan Glasby
Trumpets: Tim Jones & David Mowat
Trombones: Gary Buckett & Stuart Wilson
Percussion: Tina Cooke
Violins: Wayne Buzzani, Simon Raynor, Brian Thorne, David Woodhouse & Mike Machin
Violas: Deborah Conroy & Clare Harris
Bass: Asha Elfenbein
