Tue 23 Nov 1999, 7.30pm, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
God's Plenty
Choreographer:
Christopher Bruce
Composer:
Dominic Muldowney
Orchestra:
London Musici
Performers
Prelude | |
'Alas that ever love was sin' (The Wife of Bath) | |
Shaman Dance | Paul Liburd |
Shaman Dance | Hope Muir |
Couple | Maria Sardon Urtiaga |
Couple | Matthew Hart |
Couple | Patricia Hines |
Couple | Conor O'Brien |
Couple | Deirdre Chapman |
Couple | David Hughes |
Priest | François Testory |
Solo | Conor O'Brien |
The Trials of Constance (from The Man of Law's Tale) | |
Constance | Didy Veldman |
Man | Branden Faulls |
Man | Paul Liburd |
Man | Laurent Cavanna |
Man | Rafael Bonachela |
The Crusades | |
Solo ('I Sing For My Courage') | Patricia Hines |
One of Three Knights | Laurent Cavanna |
One of Three Knights | Branden Faulls |
One of Three Knights | Christopher Powney |
Salva Nos ('Save Us')/Miri It Is ('Merry It Is') | Lucie Skeaping |
Salva Nos ('Save Us')/Miri It Is ('Merry It Is') | Ladies of the Company |
Two war dances | Glenn Wilkinson |
Two war dances | Jan de Schynkel |
Two war dances | Vincent Redmon |
Two war dances | Matthew Hart |
Two war dances | David Hughes |
Two war dances | Hope Muir |
Two war dances | Didy Veldman |
Two war dances | Rachel Poirier |
Two war dances | Ana Maria Luján Sánchez |
Prologue | |
Narrator | Ian Knowles |
Innkeeper | Christopher Powney |
Servant | Deirdre Chapman |
Servant | Patricia Hines |
Servant | Ana Maria Luján Sánchez |
Servant | Rachel Poirier |
Knight | Jan De Schynkel |
Squire | Maria Sardon Urtiaga |
Nun | Marie-Laure Agrapart |
Nun | Elizabeth Old |
Friar | Matthew Hart |
Monk | Vincent Redmon |
Cook | Glenn Wilkinson |
Wife of Bath | Miranda Lind |
Parson | Laurent Cavanna |
Miller | Branden Faulls |
Reeve | Conor O'Brien |
Summoner | David Hughes |
Pardoner | Rafael Bonachela |
One of Four Nuns | Deirdre Chapman |
One of Four Nuns | Patricia Hines |
One of Four Nuns | Ana Maria Luján Sánchez |
One of Four Nuns | Rachel Poirier |
The Knight’s Tale | |
Theseus | Paul Liburd |
Hippolyta | Didy Veldman |
Emily | Angela Towler |
Palamon | Matthew Hart |
Arcita | Christopher Powney |
Mourning Woman | Marie-Laure Agrapart |
Mourning Woman | Deirdre Chapman |
Mourning Woman | Miranda Lind |
Mourning Woman | Hope Muir |
Mourning Woman | Elizabeth Old |
Mourning Woman | Rachel Poirier |
The Wife of Bath’s Prologue | |
Wife of Bath | Miranda Lind |
Husband | Conor O'Brien |
Husband | Laurent Cavanna |
Husband | Rafael Bonachela |
Husband | Glenn Wilkinson |
Husband | Branden Faulls |
The Wife of Bath’s Tale | |
Knight | Jan De Schynkel |
Maiden/Crone | Marie-Laure Agrapart |
Gwynivere | Elizabeth Old |
Arthur | Vincent Redmon |
The Miller’s Tale | |
John the Carpenter | Conor O'Brien |
Alison | Maria Sardon Urtiaga |
Nicholas | Matthew Hart |
Absalon | Branden Faulls |
Go-between | François Testory |
All other parts played by | Members of the Company |
Conductor | Paul Hoskins |
Recorders, Shawms, Ethnic Flute, Bagpipes | Keith Thompson |
Oboe, Recorders, Shawm | Joseph Sanders |
Violin, Rebec | Charles Mutter |
Cello | Ben Chappell |
Oud, Saz, Lute, Guitar | Forbes Henderson |
Horn | Kevin Elliott |
Bass Trombone | Paul Lambert |
Synthesizer | Stephen Lade |
Percussion | Robert Millett |
Percussion | Christopher Blundell |
Singer | Lucie Skeaping |
Singer | François Testory |
Running time:
Act I: 7.37pm-8.31pm; Act II: 8.53pm-9.19pm, 9.29pm-10.15pm
Performance note:
A major technical error occurred at the end of the 'prisoner duet' in Act II, and the stage manager was forced to stop the show for 10 minutes to solve the problem.
Source:
Cast sheet and stage manager's report for 23 November 1999 (evening) in the Rambert Archive