The Royal Variety Performance
(1982)
-The Magical World Of Musicals
- in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The
Queen Mother
Louise Gold appeared, as a member of The Pirates Of Penzance cast, at
Cast
Introduced by: David Jacobs
Performing: Tony Adams, Moira Anderson, Joe
Black, Joyce Blair, Buck’s Fizz, Jim Casey, Roy
Castle, George Cole, Lesley Collier, Kenneth Connor, Leslie
Crowther, Tim Curry, Billy Dainty, Lorna Dallas, Suzanne
Danielle, Anna Dawson, Sheena Easton, The English
National Opera Chorus, Helen Geizer, Peter Glaze, Tommy
Godfrey, Billy Gray, John Hanson, Richard Harris, Vince
Hill, Roy Hudd, Gloria Hunniford, John Inman, Jack
Jones, Karen Kay, Howard Keel, Bonnie Langford, Chris
Langham, Diane Langton, Jan Leeming, Robert Longden, Aimi
Macdonald, Ruth Madoc, Millicent Martin, Sylvester McCoy,
Ethel Merman, Pete Murray, Pirates Of Penzance, Michael
Praed, Esther Rantzen, Amanda Redman, Angela Rippon, Liz
Robertson, Anton Rogers, Peter Skellern, Don Smoothey,
Victor Spinetti, Isla St Clair, Pamela Stephenson, Richard
Stilgoe, Christopher Timothy, Topol, David Wall, Wall
Street Crash, Dennis Waterman, Bernie Winters, and, Eli
Woods
Also Appearing:
The Dancers – Alison Basham, Karen Berry, Su Hayes, Nola
Haynes, Marian Higby, Bobbie Kingley, Tanya Lee, Helen
Mason, Dawn Reddall, Debbie Stuckey, Lance Aston, Christi
Baldock, Warren Grant, Jeremy Kearney, Rhys Nelson, Nick
Raymond, Robert Wheeler, Trevor Willis, and, Gerry
Zuccarello
English National Opera Chorus – Elizabeth Boorman, Moira Clark,
Isolde Dawe, Amanda Evans, Pamela Fasso, Georgina
Holley, Elizabeth Howarth, Jacqueline Montgomery, Linda
Rands, Carol Roscoe, Eileen Shayne, Christine Thompson,
Susan Underwood, Neville Griffiths, David Henderson, Peter
Kestner, Paul Naiper-Burrows, James Richards, Mark
Richardson, John Riley-Schofield, Joseph Riordan, Garry
Sutcliffe, Gordon Traynor, James Turner, Tom Emlyn
Williams, and, Finlay Wilson
“The Pirates Of Penzance” Company – Carolyn Allen, Jackie Downey, Louise
Gold, Karen Lancaster, Gaynor Miles, Janet Shaw, Timothy
Bentinck, Graham Bickley, Keith Binns, Peppi Borza, Ken
Caswell, Mark Davis, Alan Forrester, Andrew Golder, David
Hampshire, Paul Hergarty, Simon Howe, Kevin Keighery
(that should possibly be Kevin Feighery), Paul Leonard, Clive
Packham, and, Kevin A. J. Ranson
The “Windy City” Company – Arhlene Allan, John Blythe, Tracy
Booth, Ian Burford, Simon Clark, Shaun Curry, Katherine
Dyson, Murray Ewan, Guy Gregory, David Hitchen, Barry
James, Maurice Lane, Steven Law, Benny Lee, Leonard
Lowe, Johnny M., Neil McCaul, Clive Panto, Bob
Sessions, Jeff Shankley, David Sinclair, Terese Stevens,
Christina Thornton, and, Matt Zimmerman
The Drury Lane Orchestra – Dick Abel, Kenny Baker, Alf
Bigden, Norris Bosworth, Alan Downey, Paul Frowde, Chris
Green, Dave Hancock, Cliff Hardie, John Horler, Laurie
Lewis, Henry Lowther, Don Lusher, Eddie Mordue, David
Randall, Bill Reid, Frank Ricotti, Celia Sheen, Alan
Smyth, Russ Stableford, Ray Swinfield, Jack Thirlwall,
Roy Willox, Manny Winter, and leader Jack Rothstein and
conductor Ronnie Hazelhurst
“The Pirates Of Penzance” Orchestra – Richard Blewett, Tony Bourke, Carol
Brown, Nigel Charman, Julian Fairbank, Martin Frith, Tom
Gilhooley, Malcom Gosden, Tim Hawes, Lesley Hooson, David
Miles, Andy Read, Peter Thorley, Peter Trundley, Alexa
Turpin, and musical director Martin Koch
Peter Skellern’s Musicians – Alun Davies, Chris Gradwell, David
Purser, and, Ray Simmonds
Production Team
Producer
– Louis Benjamin
Director – Norman
Maen
Choreographers
– Lud, Chris Power, and, Alan Harding
Additional
Choreography – Norman Maen
Running Order
Act 1
Before the arrival of Her Majesty, Queen
Elizabeth, The Queen Mother The Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra under the
direction of Ronnie Hazelhurst: The National Anthem
The Royal Welcome - Richard Harris
“Beginners Please...” - Choreographed by Chris Power
Oh
What A Beautiful Morning
- (Oklahoma!, Drury Lane, 1947) – Howard
Keel
Strike
Up The Band – (Of Thee
I Sing, Broadway, 1930)
Another
Opening, Another Show -
(Kiss Me Kate, Coliseum, 1951)
From
This Moment On - (Kiss Me Kate, Coliseum, 1951)
Clap
Yo’ Hands – (Oh Kay,
His Majesty’s, 1927)
Prepare
Ye The Way Of The Lord
– (Godspell, Wyndhams, 1972)
Before
The Parade Passes By –
(Hello Dolly, Drury Lane, 1965)
Has
Anybody Seen Our Ship –
(Tonight At 8:30, Phoenix, 1936)
- Anna Dawson, Tony Adams, Helen
Geizer, and The Dancers
The
Pirate King (Pirates Of
Penzance, Drury Lane 1982)
“Underneath The Arches” – Roy Hudd, Christopher Timothy, Joe Black, Peter
Glaze, Tommy Godfrey, Billy Gray, and, Don Smoothey
Richard Stilgoe
Bess
You Is My Woman Now -
(Porgy & Bess, Stoll, 1952) – Lesley Collier & David Wall
(by kind permission of the General Administration, Covant Garden),
Choreographed by Norman Maen.
David
Jacobs introduces Great Musical Numbers – Choreographed by Alan Harding
Tell
Me Pretty Maiden -
(Floradora, Lyric Theatre, 1899) – Joyce Blair, Suzanne Danielle,
Karen Kay, Aimi Macdonald, Ruth Madoc, Isla St Clair,
Kenneth Connor, Leslie Crowther, Billy Dainty, John
Inman, Pete Murray, and, Bernie Winters
Something
Better Than This –
(Sweet Charity, Prince of Wales, 1967)
If
This Isn’t Love -
(Finian’s Rainbow, Palace, 1947)
One
Alone – (The Desert
Song, Drury Lane, 1927) – John Hanson
Anything
You Can Do – (Annie Get
Your Gun, Coliseum, 1947) – Gloria Hunniford, Jan Leeming, and, Esther
Rantzen
Edelweiss
– (Sound Of Music,
Palace, 1961) – Vince Hill
Elegance – (Hello Dolly, Drury Lane, 1965)
Can’t
Help Lovin’ That Man –
(Showboat, Drury Lane, 1928) – Diane Langton
And
Her Mother Came Too –
(Prince of Wales, 1921) – Leslie Crowther
My
Dearest Dear – (Dancing
Years, Drury Lane, 1939) – Lorna Dallas
Good
Old Bad Old Days
(Prince of Wales, 1972)
Brush
Up Your Shakespeare – (Kiss
Me Kate, Coliseum, 1951) – Dennis Waterman & Anton Rogers
If
I Were A Rich Man –
(Fiddler On The Roof, Her Majesty’s, 1967) – Topol
Nothing
Like A Dame – (South
Pacific, Drury Lane, 1951)
I
Could Have Danced All Night – (My Fair Lady, Drury Lane, 1958) – Liz Robertson Lerner
Brotherhood
Of Man – (How To
Succeed In Business, Shaftsbury, 1963) – Company
Act 2
Tarantara – (The Pirates Of Penzance, Drury
Lane, 1982) – Tim Curry, Pamela Stephenson, George Cole, Bonnie
Langford, Sylvester McCoy, Michael Praed, and, Chris
Langham
“In
The Shadows Of Eros The Broken Blossoms” – (Crazy Gang – London Rhapsody, Palladium,
1937)
Anything
Goes – (Anything Goes,
Palace, 1935)
I Get A Kick
Out Of You – Peter Skellern
76
Tronbones – (Music Man,
Adelphi, 1961) – Howard Keel, The Massed Trombones Of The Guards
Division
A
“Music-Hall” Memory – Jim
Casey son of Jimmy James, Roy Castle & Eli Woods.
Maybe
Next Time – (Cabaret, Palace,
1968) – Sheena Easton
Comedy
Tonight – (A Funny
Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Strand, 1963)
Finale Please
– Choreographed by Lud
It’s
Not Where You Start –
(See-Saw, Broadway, 1973)
Once
A Year Day – (Pyjama
Game, Coliseum, 1955) – Helen Geizer
And
This Is My Beloved –
(Kismet, Stoll, 1955) – Moira Anderson
You’ll
Never Walk Alone –
(Carousel, Drury Lane, 1950) – Buck’s Fizz
Windy
City – (Windy City,
Victoria Palace, 1982) – Dennis Waterman, Anton Rogers, Diane
Langton, Victor Spinetti, Amanda Redman, and, Robert
Longden
What
I Did For Love –
(Chorus Line, Drury Lane, 1976) – Jack Jones
One – (Chorus Line, Drury Lane, 1976) –
Angela Rippon, and, The Dancers
42nd
Street – (
Ethel
Merman
God
Save The Queen
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Normally
The Royal Variety Performance is presented at The London Palladium.
However, 1982 was one of those years when it was staged at the second choice
venue, of
As
well as those billed just as The Pirates Of Penzance cast, George
Cole, Tim Curry, Bonnie Langford, Chris Langham, Sylvester
McCoy, Michael Praed and Pamela Stephenson were also members
of The Pirates of Penzance
cast, and were in The Pirates Of Penzance
(Gala Preview).
Meanwhile,
Rhys
It
is perhaps worth noting that Theatre Royal Drury Lane has witnessed many
historical occurrences, in particular connected with royalty, including
assassination attempts on two of the King George’s.
Louise Gold
had infamously appeared on a Royal Variety five years previously at The
London Palladium in The Royal
Variety Performance (1977).
Neil McCaul
and Clive Panto went on to appear in Billy The Kid And The
Green Baize Vampire.
Graham Bickley’s recording credits include: The
Best Of Broadway Musicals , Encore The Very Best From The
Musicals and Great Duets From
The Musicals , Cole Porter - Night
And Day, and, Simply Musicals.
Matt Zimmerman went on to appear in Anything Goes (stage show) and Let ‘Em Eat Cake, his recording credits include:
Anything Goes (recording) - Website
Recommended Album, Cole Porter
- Night And Day and The History Of
The Musical.
The Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra’s recording
credits include The History Of The
Musical.
Michael Harris’s
recording credits also include: Encore The Very Best From The
Musicals.
Diane Langton’s Recording credits
include: Cole Porter - Night And Day
and Defiant Dames , she went on to appear in Follies.
Liz Robertson’s recording credits
include: Cole Porter - Night And Day
and Noel/Cole: Let’s Do It
(Recording).
Liz Robertson went on to appear in: Chicago & Company, A Time To Start Living, Noel/Cole: Let’s Do It, Side By Side By Sondheim, Regents Park 70th Anniversary Gala,
and, Happily Ever After. She has also gone
on to organise Shopping With The Stars.
Millicent Martin, Lorna Dalls, and, Liz Robertson went on to appear in Side
By Side By Sondheim 25th Anniversary Gala, and, Side By Side By Sondheim 30th Anniversary
Gala.
Lorna Dallas and Bonnie Langford
went on to appear in Broadway To Brighton.
Lorna Dallas went on to appear in Kids At Heart, Happily
Ever After, and on the BBC Radio quiz Let’s Do The Show Right Here
Diane Langton went on to appear in: Chicago & Company, and, Follies, her recording credits include Cole Porter - Night And Day and Defiant Dames.
Diane Langton, Millicent Martin,
Victor Spinetti, and, Richard Stilgoe may have gone on to appear
in Comedy Tonight.
Chris Langham’s writing credits include
Muppet Show Music Album, and, The Muppets Go To The Movies.
Louise Gold and Chris Langham
had previously appeared in “a burlesque show with some of the
Muppet-company”
Louise Gold and Pamela Stephenson
went on to do voices for Spitting Image, on
which Louise Gold was also Leading Puppeteer, and for which Chris
Langham did some writing.
Shaun Curry went on to appear in Mrs Cole’s Music Hall.
Paul Leonard
and Louise Gold have gone on to appear in The Water Babies, and, Final Chic Cabaret 2003.
Louise Gold and Sylvester McCoy have
gone on to appear in Noises Off.
Roy Hudd has gone on to appear in A Midsummer Nights Dream, and guested
on the radio on Ned Sherrin’s Review Of Revue.
Barry James, Liz Robertson,
and. Anton Rogers may have gone on to appear in Will-Aid.
Millicent Martin, and, Anton Rogers
went on to appear on television in Julia And
Company.
Jack Jones’s recording credits
include Jerome Kern The First 100
Years.
Anton Rogers, Neil McCaul, and,
Dennis Waterman went on to appear on television on A Week In The West End.
Neil McCaul went on to appear in Red Hot & Blue, and, 110 In The Shade.
Christopher Timothy went on to appear in Doctors.
Tony Adams
has gone on to appear in Chitty
Chitty Bang Bang at The London Palladium.
Lorna Dallas,.
Richard Harris, Topol, and, Matt Zimmerman’s recording
credits include: The
Greatest Musicals of the 20th Century.
Martin Koch went on to become Musical
Supervisor for Mamma Mia, and in that
capacity was interviewed on television in ABBA - The
Reunion.
Kenneth Connor’s
television credits went on to include Allo Allo.
Tommy Godfrey’s film credits include The Great Muppet Caper.
Tim Curry went on to play another
Pirate in the film Muppet Treasure
Island.
David Jacobs went on to perform
at Hubert Gregg’s Memorial
Service.
Louise
Gold, Christopher Langham, and, Norman Maen had all previously worked
on The Muppet Show.
Graham
Bickley, Richard Harris,
and, Diane Langton’s recording
credits include The Great Musicals - Wonderful Tales.
Norman Maen, and, Chris Langham had featured in the
documentary Of Muppets And Men.
Graham Bickley, Lorna Dallas, and, Richard Harris’s recording credits include The Great Musicals – Glamour And Majesty.
The English
National Opera Chorus, and, Richard
Harris’s recording credits include Centre
Stage Showtime!.
Graham Bickley, and, Lorna Dallas’s recording credits
include The Great Musicals –
Dashing Heroes, Blushing Maidens.
Lorna Dallas, Diane Langton, and, Liz Robertson’s recording credits
include The Great Musicals – Laughter And
Tears.
Diane
Langton has gone on to appear, along with Louise Gold, in Mary Poppins.
Martin
Frith went on to play for Anything Goes
(stage show).
David Randall went on to play
for Next Door’s Baby.
Links about The
Royal Variety Performance 1982
The Royal Variety’s website: http://www.eabf.org.uk/rvp1.htm
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