Kiss Me, Kate- Monday 16th-Saturday 21st February 1981

Title: Kiss Me, Kate
Date: Monday 16th-Saturday 21st February 1981
Type: Musical
Location: Theatre Royal, Norwich, England
Music: Cole Porter
Lyrics: Cole Porter
Book: Sam and Bella Spewack
Production: By the Norfolk and Norwich Amateur Operatic Society
Collection Folder: Folder 23

Cast

Fred Graham: John Millward
Harry Trevor: Jack Wood
Lois Lane: Zelda Smith
Ralph: Roger Cliffe
Lilli Vanessi: Coral Newell
Hattie: Norma Wick
Stage Doorman: Bunny Mann
Paul: John Bill
Bill Calhoun: Martyn Rolfe
First Gangster: Peter Mottram
Second Gangster: Ron Lyons
Harrison Howell: Mike Gibson

‘Taming of the Shrew’ Players-
Biana (Lois Lane): Zelda Smith
Baptista (Harry Trevor): Jack Wood
Gremio (First Suitor): Colin Harris
Hortensio (Second Suitor): Peter Callf
Lucentio (Bill Calhoun): Martyn Rolfe
Katharine (Lilli Vanessi): Coral Newell
Petruchio (Fred Graham): John Millward

Ladies of the Chorus: Jacqueline Annis, Jill Atkin, Beverley Baker, Miriam Batterbee, Audrey Chapman, Elizabeth Garner, Josephine Gregory, Caroline Hopkins, Pip Jenkinson, Alvina Johnson, Christina Pougher, Patricia Rix, Lorna Turner, Wendy Watts
Gentlemen of the Chorus: John Bill, Peter Calff, Roger Cliffe, John Fiddes, Bill Goff, Andrew Harper, Colin Harris, Alan Lee, Bunny Mann, Tony Minter, Richard Phillips, Peter Russ, Tony Welch, Peter Wilson
Dancers: Julie Aldred, Rebecca Bartrum, Bernadette Boggan, Marisole Campos, Jane Howard, Andrea Jay

Musicians

Violins:
Peter Smith (Leader)
Sylvia Watering
Ken Boast
Thelma Cooke
Graham Smith

Viola:
Jean Langdale-Pope

Cello:
Sally Wortley

Woodwind:
David Watering
Russell Unwin
Ray Nabarro

Trumpets:
John Landymore
David Brock
Ivor Annetts

Trombone:
Derrick Wick

Piano:
David Kett

Percussion:
Andrew Gleadhill

Crew

For Kiss Me, Kate

Director and Choreographer: Ricky Price
Musical Director: Colin Goodchild
Dancing Mistress: Margaret Wilkins
Stage Manager: Keith Goodwin
Assistant Stage Manager: Diane Goodwin
Stage Assistants: Peter Harvey, John Grey, Roy Forder, Bill Butterfield, Paul Fiddes
Properties: Peggy Quinton, Linda Palmer, Heather Thomson, David MacJannet
Rehearsal Accompanists: Beverley King, David Kett
Makeup: Janet Grimes
Makeup Assistants: Sue Dupont, Mavin Johnson, Liz Hillman, Brenda Baverstock, Ruth Hart
Wardrobe Mistress: Peggy Thickpenny
Assistant Wardrobe Mistress: Maude Ward
Wardrobe Assistants: Ruby Addison, Jackie Butterfield, Margaret Reid, Arthur Thickpenny
Prompts: Tom Ashcroft, Margaret Elliott

For Norfolk and Norwich Amateur Operatic Society

President: Geoffrey A.J. Browne
Chairman: Ivy Oxley
Hon. Secretary: Anne MacJannet
Hon. Treasurer: Chris Hopper
Hon. Auditor: J.G. Swindells
Committee: Desmond Elliott, Percy Garrett, Stanley Gibson, Tony Minter, Peter Mottram, Lynn Wardle, Audrey Chapman, Elizabeth Garner, Alvina Johnson, Barbara Lewis

For the Theatre Royal

House Manager: Stanley C. Fuller
General Manager: Dick Condon
Stage Manager: Jack Bowhill
Chief Electrician: Billy Vann
Assistant Electrician: Alastair Coubrough
Assistant Stage Manager: Arthur Hoare
Sound Technician: Chris Woodley
Stage Security Officer: Cyril Brown

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