Title: Evita
Date: October 1978
Type: Musical
Location: Prince Edward Theatre, London, England
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics: Tim Rice
Book: Tim Rice
Production: Original West End Production
Collection Number: 0203_1978_01

Cast

Che: David Essex
Eva: Elaine Paige
Peron: Joss Ackland
Peron’s Mistress: Siobhan McCarthy
Magaldi: Mark Ryan

Singers: Joshua Bancel, Derek Beard, Michele Breeze, Chris Brooke, Jo Cameron Brown, Jimmy Cassidy, Derek Damon, Jeni Evans, Colin Fay, Susannah Fellows, Stanley Fleet, Stewart Mackintosh, Robin Merrill, Nigel Planer, Claire Rimmer, Ken Robson, Myra Sands, Wendy Schoemann, Janet Shaw, David Taegar, Christina Thornton, Edwin Van Wyk
Dancers: Peppi Borza, Christine Cartwright, Andrea Chance, Teresa Codling, Margaret Ede, Anthony Edge, Susan Hayes, Gerard Jouanneau, Julie Kirk, Connel Miles, Phillip Needs, David Shelmerdine, Nancy Wood, John Yost

Understudy Eva: Susannah Fellows
Understudy Che: Nigel Planer
Understudy Peron: Colin Fay
Understudy Peron’s Mistress: Nancy Wood
Understudy Magaldi: David Taegar

Musicians

Principal Conductor:
David Firman

Keyboards:
Paul Maguire
David Firman

Violins:
Diana Cummings (Leader)
Susan Lynn
Raymond Prescott
Beatrice Harper
Mark Berrow
Nina Whitehurst

Cellos:
Paul Kegg
Avis Perthen
Anthony Stark

Guitars:
David Whyte
Ian Laws

Bass:
John Priseman

Woodwind:
Hilary Grubb
Richard West
David Lawrence

Horns:
Hubert Starr
John Winch

Trumpets:
Norman Archibald
Simon Ferguson

Trombone:
Phil Brown

Percussion:
Duncan Kinnell

Drums:
Lenny Clarke

Harp:
Kate Wilson

Crew

For Evita

Producer: Robert Stigwood
Produced in Association With: David Land
Executive Producer: Bob Swash
Assistant to the Executive Producer: Irene Hancock

Director: Harold Prince
Designers: Timothy O’Brien and Tanzeena Firth
Choreography: Larry Fuller
Assistant to the Choreographer: Linda Papworth
Lighting: David Hershey
Sound: Abe Jacob
Associate Sound Designer: Andrew Bruce

Orchestrations: Hershy Kay
Original Orchestrations and Vocal Arrangements: Andrew Lloyd-Webber
Musical Director: Anthony Bowles
Choreographic Music Arranger: Ray Holder

For Robert Stigwood Ltd.

Production Supervisor: Martin McCallum
Company Manager: Christopher Lloyd Pack

Stage Manager: Sam Madge
Deputy Stage Manager: Andy Barker
Assistant Stage Managers: Karen Kerr, Ziggy Chapman
Sound Operator: Jonathan Deans
Assistant Sound Operator: Candance Mayo
Production Electrician: Mark Pritchard
Costume Supervisor: Charlotte Holdich
Wardrobe Supervisor: Alastair Courtenay
Wig Dresser: Lillian Gogic

Orchestral Manager: Peter Owen
Dance Supervisor: Stella Claire
Film Supervisor: Derek Wallbank
Researcher: Mary Williams
Press Representative: Genista Streeten

For the Prince Edward Theatre

Licensee: Bernard Delfont Ltd.
Chairman & Chief Executive: Richard M. Mills
Chairman of the EMI Entertainment and Leisure Division: Lord Bernard Delfont

General Manager: Gordon Marshall
House Manager: Melvin Sullivan
Chief Engineer: Charles Sweeney
Master Carpenter: Brian Scott
Box Office Managers: David Jenkins, May Pearce

Programme Published By: Theatreprint Ltd.
Programme Printed By: Garrod and Lofthouse International Ltd.