Performance

VenueFinborough
Other spaces: The Finborough
TownInner London
CountyGreater London
From17th June 2007
Opened18th June 2007
To2nd July 2007
WhenJun 17, 18, 24, Jul 1, 2 at 20:00
PricesFrom £11.00. To £11.00.
What is currently on at Finborough (V199)

The Boatswain's Mate

The Boatswain's MateT01594742973
Written in 1914 and unseen in London for more than 50 years, The Boatswain's Mate is Smyth's fourth and most obviously feminist opera. A witty and inventive battle of the sexes, it features a feisty heroine - supposedly based on Emmeline Pankhurst - who outwits her suitors in a series of entertaining and resourceful deceptions. Mrs Waters is a wealthy widow whose first husband has left her with a country pub and a determination never to remarry. When the retired boatswain George Benn devises a scheme to win her hand by 'saving' her from a burglar whom he has in fact paid to break in, he reckons without her bravery and quick-wittedness.
Book by W.W. Jacobs
Music Ethel Smyth
Lyrics Ethel Smyth


Archive :: production:T01594742973, opera or operetta:S1345666954, venue:V199

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Company

Producer Primavera Productions (in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre)
Director Tom Littler
Conductor Timothy Carey
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