Thanks and
Acknowledgements
My thanks to the following
individuals:
Firstly
I would like to thank
Louise Gold
for being such a terrific performer
and a truly lovely lady
(and of course for giving her
permission for this website)
Extra
special thanks to:
Una
Brandon-Jones
(I am not stating the reasons, but to anyone
who knows her they are obvious)
Special
Thanks to:
Cassie Mayer Ltd (Ms Gold’s former agent, for their help in gaining permission &c),
in particular Josie Milton (who was especially helpful).
Ken B (an usher at The Reading Hexagon on Joseph And The
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Reading Production), for his help with
information about that elusive production).
Timothy Bentinck (for various bits of information about The Pirates Of Penzance)
Les Biggs (of Ralph Bates PCRF, for the
information and programme for Dear Ralph)
Ivan Coleman,
Photographer (for permission to use his photograph of Louise Gold, on the front
of the site)
Gareth Cork
(of TV Tome’s section on Doctors, for his help with information
about that episode of Doctors)
Kieran Creggan
(for information about Man Of La Mancha)
Kathleen Dickon and Steve-the-technician at the British Film Institute (for enabling me
to finally get to see Billy The Kid And The Green Baize Vampire)
Ray Donn of The
Entertainment Artistes Benevolent Fund: www.eabf.org.uk (For information, and permission to use that
information, about the 1977 Royal Variety Performance)
Karen Falk,
Henson Archives (for some useful information about taping dates for The Muppet
Show)
Peter Gannaway
(For various useful bits of information about The Lost Musicals)
Erica Hemenway
of www.ruthie.org (for a very good example of how to
run and maintain a website about a Star)
Christopher Hillard (Photographer and author of the book ‘Voices, Faces, Characters’
for permission to use his portrait photograph of Louise Gold, on the page about
Awards & Accolades)
Miss Carol Hughes (the editor of Words And Music magazine, for permission to
reproduce three reviews from that magazine)
David Levey (of
Fynsworth Alley, A Musicals and Muppet Buff, and, the first person who ever
said to me "You ought to write a website about Louise Gold")
Barbara Mates
(Assistant Stage Manager on My Fair Lady,
for sharing her recollections of and information about that show)
J Derrick McClure (For the translation of “Miya Sama”)
James McCully
(Webmaster at The Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, for information about Squeak! - and
permission to use The Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch’s online archive’s info on Squeak!)
Eli Francica Nava (Webmaster of The Philip Quast Guide – a splendid fansite, for her help with the details
of the additional Chichester 2003 productions “Curtain
Up!” and Final Chic Cabaret 2003).
Graham Nelson (Audience member – for information
on the
Jill Parry
(For her review of “Curtain Up!”)
Mr
Kenneth Plume (The
editor of Tibby's Bowl, for suggesting the Muppet Central/Tibby's Bowl
interview with Ms Gold, and also for his encouragement)
Sally Preisig (puppet builder on The Spooks Of Bottle Bay, for her info
on that programme)
Kevin A. J. Ranson & Anita Pashley (cast members of The Pirates Of Penzance & Anything Goes, for information about both
those shows)
Brian Tennant (For
finding various bits of theatre information in his extensive collection of
Theatre programmes)
Terry Wardrope (For information about various Stage Musicals)
Tony Whitaker (a Muppet fan, for sharing his
knowledge and interest in
Martin Yates
(Composer of The Soap Opera, for information on The Soap Opera)
Melissa Yowhan (for her review of Muppet Treasure Island, and also
for her friendship and encouragement)
. My Grateful
thanks to:
(Directly,
or indirectly they have all been helpful one way or another, though some of
them may not know it) Kynan Barker,
Thanks also
to:
Jamie
Badminton, Barb (of Kevin Kline’s Unoffical Fan Site), Billy Barkhurst, Philip
Barton, Suzanne Beby, Tracey Bedford,
The Following
people deserve a mention for being an inspiration:
Matt Bacon, Tim Barry, Nigel Bennett, Paul Bentley, Caroline Bristoll,
Alison Burridge, Hilary Brown, Nancy Carothers, Nance Cedar, Lea Chambers,
Dennis Clancy, Keiron Cooke, Philip Crammond, Karl Cranick, Meg Cummings, Dan
Dye, John Esche, Alison Franke, Ross Gamill, Sally Garnet, Max Gold, Jack
Grossman, Glenda Higley, Harry Landis, Bonnie Langford, Linda Lawson, Karen
Levin, David Low, Christine Mayer, Sarah Mercier, Joseph Molnar, Mel Moratti,
Jedidjah Julia Noomen, Sarah Novak, Xavier Obach, Louise Plowright, Emily
Posedel, Ryan Roe, Jeremy Sams, Jorge Santos, Warren Semans, Anna Sharkey,
Written Acknowledgements
Firstly I would like to acknowledge
and remind everyone that all Muppet names and characters are the
copyright of the Jim Henson Companyä .
Books Used:
The Art Of The Muppets. By Henson Associates, first
published in 1980 by Muppet Press and bantam book. ISBN 0-553-01313-0
Bart! - The Unuthorised Life & Times ins and
outs Ups And Downs Of Lionel Bart. By David Roper, first published in 1994 by Pavilion Books Limited,
ISBN 1 85793 330 3
Jim Henson The Works. By Christopher Finch, first
published in 1993 by Random House. ISBN 0-679-41203-4
No Strings Attached - The Inside Story Of Jim
Henson’s Creature Shop. By Matt Bacon, first published in 1997 by Virgin. ISBN 1-85227-669-X
Of Muppets and Men - The Making Of The Muppet
Show. By
Christopher Finch, first published in 1981 by Michael Joseph Ltd. ISBN 0 7181
2112 0 (Note, the details on this book, such a publisher info and ISBN may
vary)
The Story of Unity Theatre. By Colin Chambers, first published
in 1989 by Lawrence and Wishart Ltd, ISBN 0 85315 587 9
Tooth & Claw - The Inside Story Of Spitting
Image. By Lewis
Chester, first published in 1986 by Faber and Faber, ISBN 0-571-14557-4
Voices, Faces, Characters - by Christopher Hillard, published
in 2001, by Cavilier Productions,
Webpages
consulted (amongst many others):
- Internet Movie Data Base
- Bill Sherman’s Unofficial Muppet Homepage
- Sue Rose and Chris Vaughn’s unofficial
Webguide To Muppet People And Productions.
- Muppet Central, In particular "Loud,
Left-handed and Lovely - An interview with Louise Gold".
- See
also Offsite Links.
I would also like to acknowledge the numerous
critics and such like who I have quoted. I would particularly like to
single out: Benedict Nightingale, Helen Taylor and most
especially Aline Waites
They are all
mentioned individually in the texts, but the other
critics are:
Peter Andrews, Tim Ashley, Harold Atkins, Claire Armitstead, Harold
Atkins, Mark Barlow, Kate Bassett, Claire Bayley, Sarah Beaumont Belinda Beckett,
Jason Best, Michael Billington, Hilary Bonner, Lizz Brain, Georgina Brown,
Chris Buchanan,richard Buskin, Robert Butler, Gordon Carruthers, Paul Chand,
Susannah Clapp, Quentin Clark, Tim Connor, Maddy Costa Michael Coveney,Robert
Crowe, Nick Curtis, Robert Cushman, Lynn Daly, Iain Darroch, Michael Darvell,
Nicholas de Jongh Colin De Suinn, Thorn Dibdin, Colin Donald, Christopher
Edwards, Harry Eyres, Charles Godfrey-Faussett, Peter Filichia, Mark Fisher,
Peter Gannaway, Lyn Gardner, Liz Gilbey, Robert Gore-Langton, John Gross, Nancy
Groves, Bill Hagerty, Mary Harron, Graham Hassell, Malcom Hay, Sarah Hemming,
Robert Hewison, Phil Hewitt, Jim Hiley, Clive Hiroshhorn, Jane Holly, Nigel
Howard, Rosalie Horner, David Howe, Martin Hoyle, Carol Hughes, Kenneth Hurren,
Donald Hutera, Sue Jameson, Barrie Jerram, Sam Jones, Kate Kellaway, Francis
King, Jeremy Kingston, Rhonda Koenig, Alex Krasreil, Richard Loup-Nolan,
Alistair Macaullay, Sam Marlowe, Patrick Marmion, John Martland, Lisa Martland,
Jane McCarthy, Sheridan Morely, Fiona Mountford, David Munro, David Murray,
David Nathan, Maureen Paton, John Peter, Richard Perry Timothy Ramsden, Robin,
Ray, Simon Reade, Mary Redman, Mary Redman William Russell, Val Sampson, Mark
Sanderson, Edward Seckerson, Michael Sell, Ken Sephton, Julian Shea, Mark
Shenton, Gary Shipton, Eric Shorter, Ian Shuttleworth, Denise Silvey, Mark
Smithers, David Sonin, Charles Spencer, Mark Styen, Jane Sullivan, Tom
Sutcliff, Paul Taylor, John Thaxter, David Thomas, Anthony Thorncroft, Robin
Thorner, Jack Tinker, Vicky Tinker, Tom Vallance, Gerard Van Werson, Sara
Villers, Terry Wardrope, Paula Webb, Carol Woddis, and, Matt Wolf.
I would like to acknowledge having made a lot
of use of The London Theater Record, and various back copies of The
Stage, and various Theatre Programmes, to trace the details of
various Stage Shows.
I would like to acknowledge the various
admirable Poets and Lyricists who’s lines may have found their way on to the
site, they are: Lionel Bart, Irving Berlin, Una Brandon-Jones,
I hope have covered everything and everyone,
Emma D Shane
