By Jupiter
Louise Gold starred as Hippolyta,
Queen of the Amazons in the first Lost Musical to be performed at Barbican
Cinema 1, on 3, 10,17 and 24 May 1992. It seems
appropriate, given both her Mother's Wartime antics (heading an all female
revue troupe), and the fact that her own name (Louise), according to
some definitions, means "Famous Warrioress"
that Louise should be so cast.
Cast
Theseus -
Trevor Alexander
Homer -
Kevin Walton
Hercules - Mark
Fredrick
Herald - Neil
Rose
Soldier - Jonathan
Ewart Holmes
Achilles - Ian
Mowat
Buria -
Danielle Carson
Sentary -
Morag Brownlie
Sentry -
Heroica -
Kate Dyson
Caustica
- Josephine Baird
Pomposia
- Ursula Smith
Hippolyta
- Louise Gold
Sapiens - Jon
Glover
Antiope -
Briony Glassco
Penelope -
Issy Van Randwyck
Production Team
Music/Book -
Richard Rogers
Lyrics/Book
- Lorenz Hart
Based on
Julian F Thompson's "The Warrior's Husband"
Original Production
– 2 June 1942, Shubert Theatre, Broadway, with
Benay Venuta
as Hippolyta
Musical
Director - Mark W Dorrell
Director - Ian
Marshall-Fisher
Myra Sands is one of the regulars in
The Lost Musicals, along with Louise Gold she went on to appear in: One Touch of Venus (1992 Production) | Du
Barry Was A Lady (1993 Production) | New Girl In
Town | Red Hot And Blue | Something For The Boys | Panama Hattie | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | One Touch of Venus (2000 Production) . They had previously appeared in a concert of
highlights from Ratepayers'
Iolanthe & Metropolitan Mikado and have gone
on to appear together on the commercial stage in Follies
Danielle Carson is another regular,
having also appeared with Louise Gold in Du Barry
Was A Lady (1993 Production) and Red
Hot & Blue. They also appeared together on the JAY/TER
recording of Stop The World I
Want To Get Off.
Danielle Carson, Louise Gold, and Ursula
Smith had previously appeared together in Anything
Goes
Louise Gold and Kevin Walton
were reunited later that year in Assassins, and
several years later in the film Topsy Turvy
Louise Gold and Jon Glover went on to appear in The Lost
Musicals production of Panama Hattie. They were
both voice-artistes on Spitting Image and in
that capacity feature on the album Spit In Your Ear
It is perhaps worth noting that at least two of the
principal actors in this production, have made somewhat noteworthy
contributions to the world of pre-school-children’s television. Jon Glover
is a former presenter of BBC TV’s Play School, and, Louise
Gold has puppeteered on CTW’s
Louise Gold and Issy
Van Randwyck had previously appeared together in Love Life and were later reunited in Kiss Me Kate and Hot
‘n’ Spicy 2
Issy Van Randwyck went on to appear in Regents Park 70th Anniversary Gala
and Dress Circle Grand Reopening
Issy Van Randwyck’s recording
credits include: Encore The Very Best From The Musicals , Cole Porter - Night And Day, The History Of The Musical, and, The Great Musicals – Laughter And Tears.
Mark Dorrell went on to appear in Side
By Side By Sondheim 30th Anniversary Gala.
Danielle Carson’s recording
credits include The Great
Musicals – Dashing Heroes, Blushing Maidens.
Critics Comments
" - a
country of Amazons attractively lead by Queen Hippolyta
and Princess Antiope, strong performances by Louise
Gold and Briony Glassco
respectively, _ " Michael Dynan, THE STAGE,
28 May 1992
