Welcome to the 2005 production of
The Zoo
Our 30th Anniversary Concert

Synopsis

Carboy (a love-lorn pharmacist) loves Laetitia, but is prevented from marrying her by her father, Mr. Grinder, a hard-hearted grocer.
Convinced that he has accidentally poisoned Laetita, Carboy tries to hang himself, but is prevented by Eliza, the owner o f the refreshment stall.
Laetitia appears, very much alive, but their reconciliation is cut short by the arrival of her father, Mr. Grinder. Carboy leaves to throw himself into the bear pit!

Eliza is being wooed by Thomas Brown, in reality the Duke of Islington in disguise. To prove his love he over-eats from her stall and faints. While Eliza fetches a prescription, his true identity is discovered by the chorus.
He proposes to Eliza on her re turn and she accepts, on the condition that he buys all the animals at the Zoo to take home with them!
Carboy emerges from the bear pit; they have moved the bears whilst doing repairs, another failed suicide attempt! But before he can feed himself to the lions, Thomas Brown intervenes, and Mr. Grinder's objections to the marriage of Laetitia and Carboy are overcome by a large bribe. Thus all, of course, ends happily.