2010

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A swashbuckling medieval romance

Libretto by

Rosemary Wisbey

Music Composed by

Neil and Satoko Luck

Music Directed by

Laurence Cummings

Directed by

David Wylde

An opera in two acts based on the story of Sir Nigel Loring

as told to the children of Tilford by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The setting is All Saints' Church, Tilford on a summer's day in 1904.

Miss Wyatt Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Henry Jack Betty Jane Sacristan (Brother Samuel) Abbot John of Waverley Brother Joseph Nigel Samkin Lady Ermyntrude Lady Mary Messenger Sir John Buttesthorn Herald King Edward III Lord Chandos Wild Man of Puttenham His Wife Captain Black Ferret Pierrette Oliver, butcher of la Brohiniėre Voice of adult Jack Voice of adult Henry King of France Bernadette

Caryl Griffith Jonathan Jones Matilda Bishop Amelia Fawcett Saskia Walker Polly Gardener Bernard Whelan Jeffrey Bell Ian Clement May Alistair Digges James Platt Diana Vivian Angharad Lyddon David Pain Bernard Whelan Brezetta Thonger Ellis Nicholls Phil Ryder David Wright Giga Phillips Ian Clement May Nigel Dams Brezetta Thonger Chris Deacon Ellis Nicholls Chris Deacon Geoff Vivian Rebecca Slater

Villagers, monks, sailors, pirates, prisoners

Nigel Dams, Chris Deacon, Charlotte Edminson, Maureen Jackson
Imogen Lane Christine McDerment Ellis Nicholls, David Pain

Giga Phillips, Phil Ryder, Rebecca Slater, Brezetta Thonger

Cerys Traynor, Margot Tringham, Geoff Vivian,
Bernard Whelan, Rosemary Wisbey, David Wright

Children’s Choir

Emily Baigent, Phoebe Bradshaw, Oliver de la Court,
Indigo Holmes, Abigail Mason, Eloise Marlow,
Holly Pattern, Ellen Robins, Phoebe Robins,
Spike Stevens, Ellie Wall, Hannah Whitehouse

Worm

Nancy Adams, Leo Guest, Callum Imrie, Joshua Merricks,
Thomas Ralling, Edward Shaw,
Cameron Stevenson, Lottie Woad

Orchestra

Eleanor Harrison (Leader)
Beatrice Scaldini, Nicola Blakely,
Carina Drury, Claire Evans, Satoko Doi

Production Team

Fights

Nigel and Samkin’s fights arranged by Jean-Marc Perret

Dance

Dances arranged by Caryl Griffith

Sound effects

Bob Cray, Jill Cray, Maureen Jackson, Frances Kirby,
Brezetta Thonger, Margot Tringham

Designer Carolyn Lane

Wardrobe Maggie Bridgett

Wardrobe Assistant Sally Elliott

Production Manager Bob Cray

ASM Robert Phillips
Properties Frances Kirby, Mag Davenport, Chris Silver,

Jeffrey Bell, children of Waverley Abbey and All Saints’ Schools

Sound Pete Wisbey

Chief Carpenter Toby Valley

Marketing Mike Silver

Box Office Sheila Austin

Schools’ Music Director Hannah Goode

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