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Cast
Patience - Deborah Miller, Elizabeth Nye (Jan. 24 and 31)
Colonel Calverley - Michael Consoli Major Murgatroyd - Craig Channell Lt. The Duke of Constable - Al Rupel Reginald Bunthorne - John Perine Archibald Grosvenor - Ray Hornblower Mr. Bunthorne's Solicitor - Al Santilhano The Lady Angela - Helene Freedman The Lady Saphir - Emily Gruss The Lady Ella - Elizabeth Nye, Anne Lipe (Jan. 24 and 31) The Lady Jane - Rosalie Santilhano Rapturous Maidens - Laura Cline, Fran Fleming, Sandy Gilbert, Susan Hirtz, Sybil Kitts, Syril Lessans, Anne Lipe, Edith Livingstone, Penny Lubarsky, Sue Merritt, Pamela Owen , Shirley Santilhano Officers of the Dragoon Guards - Ray Dujack, David Ehrhart, Tom Fuchs, Cay Hathaway, Jim Hummel, John King, Sam Lubarsky, Andrew Sheets, Rob Vogel, Mark Weinstein, Steve Winnett |
Production Staff
Producer - Susan Frampton
Choreographer - Marion Scodari Assistant Producer - David Ehrhart Technical Director - Don Johnston Rehearsal Accompanists - Frances Hraster , Beth King Stage Manager - Mike Lewis Orchestra Manager - Arthur Walter Set Design - Robert Raczyinski, Mike Lewis Set Construction - Robert Raczyinski, Mike Lewis, Al Rupel, Ed Eggleston, Lyle Jaffe, Tom Fuchs, John King Lighting Design - Don Johnston Lighting Crew - Don Johnston, Gil Thompson, and the Paint Branch High School lighting crew Properties - Sandra Eggleston Costumes Aesthetic - Laurie Hubbard Military - Sue Merritt Helmets - Marion Scodari, Jim Hummel Costume Construction - Jackie Rupel, Sue Merritt, Caroline Hummel, Sandra Eggleston, Lynn Slinkard, Penny Lubarsky, Roberta Smit, Edith Livingstone, Marion Scodari Makeup - Christine Zornig, Deborah Miller, Syril Lessans, Sandra Eggleston Wigs - Christine Zornig Publicity - Ruth Burdette, Jim Hummel, Jim Perdue, Marion Scodari, Susan Frampton, Lloyd de Vries Publicity Photographs - Elsa Nessler, Susan Frampton Program - Steve Behrens, Susan Frampton Tickets - Jim Hummel, Caroline Hummel House - Caroline Hummel, Helen DuPont Callboy - Kevin Lewis Acknowledgements - Bill Weaver (Weaver's Violin Shop, Bethesda); Hortensia Fonseca (Maryland Youth Ballet); Roberta Smit (for providing costume and set storage and construction space); Kalmus Music Company (for orchestra parts); Interlocking Curriculum School (for platforms); Green Acres School and Takoma Park Junior High School (for rehearsal space); Wooden Shoe Bakery; Carl Khuen, of Liberty Farm, Dickerson, and W. C. Poole, Glen Ellen Farm, Dickerson (for publicity photos); Don Johnston, Dorothy Gallo, and the music and drama departments of Paint Branch High School; The music department of Seneca Valley High School |
Production Note
Patience is a satire on the flurry of aestheticism a century ago that nowadays is associated with the era of Art Nouveau, In that context, names such as Burne-Jones, Oscar Wilde and Whistler come to mind. The libretto of Patience depicts the fashion of London life at that time. The aesthetic set, for instance, would appear somewhat beyond the bounds of reality. They might be seen carrying a drooping flower, looking very forlorn and dressed in extravagant clothes of faded colors. To quote a circular issued by impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte in 1881: "In satirizing the excesses of these (so-called) aesthetes, the authors of Patience have not desired to cast ridicule on the true aesthetic spirit, but only to attack the unmanly oddities which masquerade in its likeness. In doing so, they have succeeded in producing one of the prettiest and most diverting musical pleasantries of the day, "
It is interesting to know that when Gilbert first started work on the plot, Bunthorne and Grosvenor were not described as poets, but as clerics. It was felt, however, that such a satire might well cause offense, so Gilbert changed the vocation of his principals.
Patience has always been a great success. The first performance given at the Opera Comique in London on April 23, 188l, had no fewer than eight encores. The success of Patience and the inadequate capacity of the Opera Comique for the large audiences the opera was drawing persuaded Carte to go ahead and build the now-famous Savoy Theatre. That in itself was an historical event because the Savoy was the first theater in London to be lit entirely by electricity.
It is interesting to know that when Gilbert first started work on the plot, Bunthorne and Grosvenor were not described as poets, but as clerics. It was felt, however, that such a satire might well cause offense, so Gilbert changed the vocation of his principals.
Patience has always been a great success. The first performance given at the Opera Comique in London on April 23, 188l, had no fewer than eight encores. The success of Patience and the inadequate capacity of the Opera Comique for the large audiences the opera was drawing persuaded Carte to go ahead and build the now-famous Savoy Theatre. That in itself was an historical event because the Savoy was the first theater in London to be lit entirely by electricity.
