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MERRIE ENGLAND - APRIL 2006
Director - Geoffrey Burnaby
Musical Director - Derek Beck
Choreography - Suzanne Hall
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Operetta by Edward German, with lyrics by Basil Hood
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CHARACTERS IN ORDER OF RANK
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Queen Elizabeth I - Joyce Smith
Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex - Adrian Hickford
Sir Walter Raleigh - Daniel Hickson
Bessie Throckmorton - Sarah Whlker
Whiter Wilkins - Brian Hurst
Long Tom - Andrew Hartley
Big Ben - Rick Bremner
A tailor - Vernon Tottle
A baker - David Anderson
A tinker - Martin Larcombe
A butcher - Bob Jones
A mead seller - David Rowe
The May Queen - Carole Lilly
Kate - Anne Croudass
Jill-All-Alone - Lizzie Gilbert
Basil Hood (the narrator) - Clive Burgess
CHORUS OF WINDSOR TOWNFOLK
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Sue Aiken, Gill Beck, Jacqui Beckingham, Hannah Benwell, Margaret Bone, Clare Britton, Emma-Claire Crook, Michelle Crorie, Elizabeth Duff, Pam Farren, Jill Fitzpatrick, Tilia Hedstrom, Annette Hilton, Louise Hodson, Grace Honeysett, Linda Howard, Jan Gwynne Howell , Pamela Jones, Margaret Millen, Nicola Moore, Helen O’Sullivan, Gill Russell, Frances Stirrup, Mary Twomey, Nathalie Walker, Heather Williamson, Alex Bond, Alan Matheson, David Tatnall
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