One Touch of Venus (1992
Production)
Louise Gold first starred as Venus in a Lost Musicals
production of One Touch of Venus at Barbican Cinema 1 on 16, 23, 30 August and 6 September 1992. However, eight years later
she was to reprise the role in another Lost Musicals
production at The Lindbury Studio Theatre. This page
is about her earlier performance of the show.
Peter Gale would go on the reprise
his role of Whitlaw Savory
in the BBC Radio production of the show starring Paige O'Hara, Myra
Sands went on to reprise her character of Mrs Flora Bell Kramer in both the
BBC Radio production and the later Lost Musicals production. Delianne Forget also went on to appear in the
later Lost Musicals production, where she was promoted to the role of Mrs
Moats.
Cast
Whitlaw Savory - Peter Gale
Molly Grant
- Mandy More
Taxi Black -
Barry Martin
Stanley - Christopher
Dee
Rodney Hatch
- Teddy Kempner
Venus - Louise
Gold
Mrs Moats - Heather
Davis
Student - Delianne Forget
Student - Joanna
Lansbury
Dr Rook -
Jonathan Ewart Holmes
Lieutenant -
Jeremy Tustin
Policeman - Stuart
Liddle
Mrs Kramer -
Gloria
Kramer - Ashleigh Sendin
Sam - Kerry-Jane
Beddows
Zuveti - James
Vaughan
Production Team
Music - Kurt
Weill
Lyrics -
Book -
Based on
"The Tinted Venus" by F J Anstey
Original
Production – 7 October 1943, The Imperial
Theatre
Musical
Director - Kevin Amos
Director -
Ian Marshall-Fisher
A description of the plot of One Touch Of Venus, can be gleaned from reading a review of the Lost
Musicals second production in 2000, to read that
review click here.
Peter Gale and Myra Sands
went on to reprise their roles as Whitlaw Savoury and
Mrs Kramer in the BBC Radio production starring Paige O’Hara, which was first
broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 3 April 1995.
Louise Gold and Myra Sands
went on to reprise their roles as Venus and Mrs Kramer in the second Lost Musicals production in 2000.
It is perhaps worth noting that ‘The Tinted
Venus’, the title of
F J Anstey’s book upon which this musical was based, was also
the name given to a statue of the goddess by Victorian sculptor John Gibson.
It was the first flesh-coloured statue of the time.
Puppeteer Louise Gold and Animator Teddy
Kempner had previously appeared together in Angry
Housewives and the charity concerts Chicago
& Company and Broadway To Brighton
Louise Gold, Teddy Kempner,
and Asheligh Sendin
went on to appear in the Lost Musicals production of Something For The
Boys.
Louise Gold and Ashleigh Sendin had previously appeared together in Anything Goes.
Asheligh Sendin, Louise Gold and James Vaughan went on
to appear in the Lost Musicals production of Of Thee I Sing.
Louise Gold and James Vaughan went on to appear in the Lost
Musicals productions of: Du Barry Was A Lady (1993 Production) ,
Panama Hattie, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and 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.
Myra Sands is another regular of The
Lost Musicals, having appeared with Louise Gold in: By Jupiter they went on to appear together in: 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 also
appeared together on the commercial stage in Follies
The Imperial Theatre in New York was also the
original venue for the Gershwin musicals Let ‘Em Eat Cake (which Louise Gold appeared in a
staging of on of BBC Radio 3) and Oh Kay (which Louise
Gold starred in a concert staging of at Barbican Cinema 1).
Kevin Amos went on to be an MD on Comedy Tonight
Links about One
Touch Of Venus (1992 Production)
The Lost Musicals Charitable TrustTM: http://www.lostmusicals.org/
-. The site includes photographs from
a number of past productions, including one of Michael Cantwell and Louise Gold
in One Touch Of Venus (1992 Production).
Muppet Central/Tibby's Bowl Interview with
Louise Gold http://www.muppetcentral.com/articles/interviews/gold.shtml
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