20 December 1991 - 2 February 1992

THE BEGGAR'S OPERA

by John Gay

The Beggar, Hell and Fury, Prisoner CHRISTOPHER QUINN
The Diva, Mrs Slammekin, Prisoner MELANIE PAPPENHEIM
Mr Peachum RUSSELL DIXON
Filch, The Assassin NICHOLAS HEWETSON
Mrs Peachum, Diana Trapes STELLA McCUSKER
Polly Peachum THERESA BODEN
Captain Macheath DAVID SCHOFIELD
Matt of the Mint, Constable MARCUS EYRE
Ben Budge, Constable STEVEN VARNOM
Jemmy Twitcher, Prisoner, Lord Booty, Interrupter LUKE WILLIAMS
Jenny Diver, Prisoner BELLA ENAHORO
Mrs Coaxer, Prisoner CHRISTINE PILGRIM
Betty Doxy, Prisoner BILLIE WILLIAMS
Suky Tawdry, Prisoner SIOBHAN NICHOLAS
Mr Lockit JOHN BARDON
Lucy Lockit SARAH JANE MORRIS
Madame George KRISSEY KWYNN
The Band LIAM GRUNDY, MERLIN SHEPHERD,
JULES SINGLETON, JAMES MUIR MORRISON

Director GREGORY HERSOV
Designer DI SEYMOUR
Musical Direction and Composition STEPHEN WARBECK
Choreography NIGEL NICHOLSON
Fight Director MALCOLM RANSON
Lighting MICHAEL CALF
Sound PHILIP CLIFFORD

...a rousing, bustling and good-natured production by Gregory Hersov which does full justice to Gay's extraordinary mixture of boyish good humour and brisk moral disenchantment.
John Peter The Sunday Times

There is so much to recommend in Hersovis production that it is hard to know just where to start: with Stephen Warbeckis musical composition and direction...with Di Seymouris brilliantly colourful costumes; or with Nigel Nicholsonis witty choreography...This Beggar's Opera is an almost unmitigated triumph.
Michael Schmidt The Daily Telegraph