The Tsar and The Carpenter

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T023027221 (BAC00) Greenwich Studio Theatre is supported by GLC Ltd, 'still working for London'.Company Greenwich Studio Theatre. Adapted by Julian Forsyth. Director Margarete Forsyth.
31 Aug 00 to 2 Sep 00	BAC (Battersea Arts Centre), Inner London :: V168 listing details L02025924427

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Opera or Operetta :: A workshop adaptation of the most popular comic opera in the German repertoire, the story of Peter the Great's hilarious apprenticeship as ship's carpenter in 17th century Holland. Lortzing's glorious melodies provide a subtly ironic background to clashes in culture and temperament between the autocratic Russian tsar and the stubbornly democratic Dutch, and enrich this classic comic tale of love, diplomacy, the quest for knowledge and the enduring problem of Russia's relations with the West