 Event |
The Yeomen of the Guard
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| Venue |
Montgomery Theatre, Narrabeen, NSW |
| First Date |
June 2014 |
| Last Date |
July 2014 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Community |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
The Yeomen of the Guard, or The Merryman and His Maid is Gilbert and Sullivan’s sparkling comic opera set in Shakespearean times during the reign of King Henry VIII. It is the darkest and most emotionally engaging of the Savoy Operas. The show takes place in the Tower of London where the gentleman Colonel Fairfax is wrongly accused of sorcery and sentenced to death within the hour. Fairfax hatches a plan to avoid letting his estate fall into the hands of his scheming cousin (incidentally, his accuser) by secretly marrying Elsie Maynard, a strolling singer. She agrees to be blindfolded during |
| Description Source |
Website |
| Primary Genre |
Music Theatre
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| Secondary Genre |
Tragedy
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
England
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Further Information |
This FAMS Community Theatre production was directed by Christine Logan with six performances in 2014. It was the precursor to the formation of the Endangered Productions company.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
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| Event Identifier |
167871 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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