Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Louise Gold starred as Lorelei Lee at Barbican Cinema
1 on 4, 11, 18 and 25 May 1997.
The second lead in this production was Kim Criswell,
the only time she has so far appeared in one of Ian Marshall-Fisher's Lost
Musicals concert stagings
Cast
Dorothy Shaw
- Kim Criswell
Lady Phillis
Beekman -
Sir Francis
Beekman - James Bree
Mrs Ella
Spofford - Dilys Laye
Henry
Spofford - Dale Rapley
Lorelei Lee
- Louise Gold
Gus Esmond
Jnr - Michael Roberts
Josephus
Gage - James Vaughan
Gloria Stark
- Sarah Redmond
Robert
Lemanteur - Matthew Gould
Louie
Lemanteur - Ben Stock
Esmond Snr -
James Bree
Pierre &
The
The Coquette
- Kristin Blaikie
Passenger - Maria
Cregeen
Passenger - Katherine
Fletcher
Passenger - Stephen
McCarthy
Passenger - Sean
Sweeney
Production Team
Music - Jule
Styne
Lyrics - Leo
Robin
Book - Joseph
Fields and Anita Loos
Original
Production – 8 December 1949,
Music
Director - Mark Warman
Director/Producer
- Ian Marshall Fisher
Words and Music Issue 28, September 1997 carried a
fairly comprehensive review
of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Please click here to read it.
Among there six main leads there was an unusually high
number of left-handed performers, Kim Criswell, Louise Gold and James
Vaughan are all left-handed.
The show was made extra good by having a number of The
Lost Musicals best regulars in it.
Among them Myra Sands's who has appeared with Louise
Gold in: By Jupiter | 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 | One Touch of Venus (2000 Production) .
They had previously appeared in a concert of highlights from Ratepayers' Iolanthe
& Metropolitan Mikado , and have also appeared together on the
commercial stage in Follies
Louise Gold and James Vaughan
are a veteran Lost Musicals double act, having previously
appeared together in: One Touch Of Venus
(1992 Production), Du
Barry Was A Lady (1993 Production) , Of Thee I Sing, and Panama
Hattie. They teamed up again four years later in Du Barry Was A Lady (2001 Production).
They also went on to appear in the film Crush. James Vaughan also helped out on the
film Muppet Treasure Island on which Louise Gold puppeteered.
Louise Gold and Kim Criswell
had previously worked together as recording artistes on the JAY/TER CD of On The
Town, and a BBC Radio production of Let ‘Em
Eat Cake.
Louise Gold and Dale Rapley
previously appeared together in Lady Into Fox.
Louise Gold and Michael Roberts had previously appeared on
the BBC Radio quiz Let’s Do The Show
Right Here (for which Louise was a Team Captain).
Louise Gold and Dilys Laye may
have previously worked together on Will-Aid
Kim Criswell’s numerous recording
credits include: Encore
The Very Best From The Musicals, Simply
Musicals, The
Greatest Musicals of the 20th Century and she is the narrator
for The History Of The Musical
Louise Gold
and Ben Stock have gone on to appear together in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Dale Rapley went on the appear on
television (as a member of Mamma Mia Cast 6) in ABBA
- The Reunion.
Dilys Laye went on to appear in Alice In Wonderland, on which Louise Gold puppeteered.
Kim Criswell, and, Louise Gold, both in their Mermanesque
glory can be heard on The Great Musicals -
Wonderful Tales, The Great Musicals –
Glamour And Majesty, and, The Great
Musicals – Laughter And Tears.
In this Lost Musical, done with the
original script, Louise Gold was
playing a role the role of Lorelei Lee, which had been originated by Carol Channing, who had been a Guest
Star on The Muppet Show,
where Louise Gold had been a notable
puppeteer.
Links about
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Muppet Central/Tibby's Bowl Interview with Louise Gold http://www.muppetcentral.com/articles/interviews/gold.shtml
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