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Welcome to the 2006 production of The Grand Duke | |||||||
Synopsis
In the Grand Duke, Gilbert and Sullivan come full circle, back to the theme of their first collaboration: The story contains a number of hilarious moments and funny characters, the settings are colourful and the music is cheery and flavourful. Some find this opera to be the most underrated of the G&S works. Ludwig, an actor, replaces the company manager, Ernest, and then he replaces the miserly Grand Duke Rudolph of Pfennig Halbfennig, after "killing" each of them by drawing the ace from a deck of cards in two "statutory" duels. By winning the statutory duels, Ludwig assumes all of Ernest's and Rudolph's rights and obligations. Soon he finds himself with far more wives, and prospective wives, than he knows what to do with. Never fear: once again, a lawyer solves the problem and all ends happily. Reproduced from the Gilbert & Sullivan Archives: http://diamond.boisestate.edu/gas/grand_duke/html/index.html
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| Rudolph (Grand Duke of Pfennig Halbpfennig). | Gordon Oliver | 
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| Ernest Dummkopf (a Theatrical Manager). | Graham Mitchell | |
| Ludwig (his Leading Comedian). | Charles Mills | |
| Dr. Tannhauser (a Notary). | Alan Bennett | |
| The Prince of Monte Carlo | Richard Duncombe | |
| The Herald | Chris Worton | |
| Ben Hashbaz (a Costumier). | David Taylor | |
| Julia Jellicoe (an English Comédienne) | Sue Dixon | |
| The Baroness von Krakenfeldt (betrothed to Ruldolph) | Kim Bennett | |
| Lisa (a Soubrette) | Lynn Homer | |
| The Princess of Monte Carlo (betrothed to Ruldolph) | Lesley Worton | |
| Olga | Liz Letts | |
| Gretchen | Julia Metcalfe | |
| Bertha | Nuala Clarkson | |
| Elsa | Karen Platt | |
| Martha | Barbara Eastaff |
Chamberlains, Nobles, Actors, Actresses, Supernummeraries
Ross Alexander, Barry Bates, Karen Bradley, Graham Breeze, Cath Bromley,
Jac Collins, Margaret Collins, Henrietta Dixon, Di Dowell, Petrina Freeman, Clarence Gill
Fred Jewell, Stephan Kirk, Margaret Mallard, Ruth Martin, Debbie Maynard
Tracey Miles, John Newham, Kate Thomas, Paula Upton, Kath Whitney, Mark Williamson
Copyright © Chris Worton 2006
