Title: The Sorcerer
Date: Wednesday 3rd-Saturday 6th March 1976
Type: Opera
Company: Southampton Operatic Society
Location: Guildhall, Southampton, England
Composer: Arthur Sullivan
Librettist: W.S. Gilbert
Collection Folder: Folder 30

Cast

Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre: Dennis Gooch
Alexis, his son: David Lewis
Dr Daly: Raymond Harris
Notary: John Whale
John Wellington Wells: Peter Robson
Lady Sangazure: Catherine Baker
Aline, her daughter: Avril Botto
Mrs Partlet: Gillian Dando
Constance: Jillian Charnley

Village Dancers: James Chilvers, David Jary, Colin Sly, Michael Standing, Dennis Watson, Colin Wilde
Serving Maids: Kathryn Chilvers, Angela Hoskins
Page: Colin Howard

Chorus of Villagers: Clifford Barradale, Peter Bell, Florence Brown, George Brown, James Chilvers, Myra Chilvers, David Cooper, Robin Davies, Ralph Denby, Carol Farr, Esther Fay, Claire Girling, Douglas Greenwood, June Greenwood, Bernard Harman, Marjorie Harman, Shirley Harris, Les Harrison, Penny Heal, Elizabeth Hill, Peter Hill, John Hoskins, Pamela Hoskins, Sheila Howard, Douglas Huggins, Jacqueline Humby, David Jary, Cecilia Jones, Margaret Kinch, Claude Lawrence, Michael Lawrence, Clare Minns, Alison New, Cynthia Newman, Colon Sly, Michael Standing, Anne Starbuck, Sally Thompson, Susan Waite, Sheila Waldron, Dennis Watson, Rosemary White, Carol Wilde, Colin Wilde, Sue Young

Orchestra

Violins:
Barbara Noyce (Leader)
Mary Barter
Pearl Mace
Ken Hobbs
Verena Streatfield
Susan Page
S.Z. Alma
Rita Leighton
Alan Bailey

Viola:
Julie Doidge

Cellos:
Stanley Borland
Patricia Holt

Bass:
Bill Cox

Flute:
John Clarke

Oboe:
Alex Octon

Bassoon:
Jim Burgess or Suzanne Chappell

Clarinet:
Roy Harwood

Trumpet:
Stanley Payne

Trombone:
Gordon Cutler

Horn:
Darrell Cox

Percussion:
Bryan Thomas

Crew

For The Sorcerer

Director: Harold Dunford
Assistant Director: Pamela Hoskins
Musical Director: Jill Meager
Assistant Musical Director: David Frost
Stage Manager: Robert Gibson
Assistant Stage Manager: Bryan Ham
Wardrobe Mistress: Grace Bound

Stage Staff: Penny Armitage, Duncan Armitage, Ron Chandler, Edward Chilvers, Robert Cowley, Jo Dunford, Molly Gibson, Cath Griffiths, Paul Howard, Christopher Huggins, John Waugh
Wardrobe Staff: Joan Skinner, Daisy Tomalin
Makeup Staff: Jessie Denby, Wendy Gooch, Lynne Haley, Elizabeth Hawes, Angela Hoskins, Melissa Hoskins, Sarah Humby, Jackie Lee, Heather Oake, Jill Whale
House Staff: Bert Wareham, Richard Ashton-Poole, Brian Botto, Brian Howard, Lewis Whitworth

Press Officer: John Whale
Minute Secretaries: Jacqueline Humby, Sonia Thompson

For the Southampton Operatic Society

Chairman: W.L.M. Bigby
Vice-Chairman: Douglas Huggins
Committee: Avril Botto, David Cooper, Bernard Harman, Les Harrison, Pamela Hoskins, John Whale

Producer: Harold Dunford
Assistant Producer: Pamela Hoskins
Musical Director: Jill Meager
Assistant Musical Director: David Frost
Stage Manager: Robert Gibson
Assistant Stage Manager: Bryan Ham

Business Manager: Brian G. Howard
Assistant Business Manager: James Chilvers
Treasurer: Dennis J. Gooch
Assistant Treasurer: Philip E. Graham
Secretary: Barbara Wotton
Assistant Secretary: Jacqueline Humby

Programme Printed By: Eastleigh Printing Works

Notes

A written date on the front of the programme notes the original owner attended a performance on Saturday 6th March