Performance

VenueThe King's Head Theatre
TownInner London
CountyGreater London
From4th December 2007
Opened7th December 2007
To13th January 2008
WhenTue-Sat 19:30. Sat Mat 16:30. Sun Mat 16:00
PricesFrom £20.00. To £20.00.
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Rough Music

Rough MusicT0661610856
Rough Music opens in London in 1892. In a court of law two women are unfairly tried and convicted. The third case begins: the trial of Jessie Sanders. We see her story. Jessie is a young northern girl from a harsh and oppressive background. All she wants is to escape and she sets her sights on London. Fleeced by a con-woman, she takes work in a factory, where she learns to use her wits to avoid the advances of the boss who tries to seduce her. She gets to sing in a pub and finds her true vocation: to make her way in the world as an entertainer. Along the way she encounters a succession of would-be lovers, a troupe of strolling players who perform illegally and a woman passing as a man who unwittingly sets off the 'rough music' of the title. Weaving expertly between comedy and drama the play draws upon the rich variety of forms of popular entertainment of the day: popular songs, cheap novelettes, penny gaffs, stand-up comedians and melodrama.
Book by Sylvia Freedman


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Company

Producer King's Head Theatre
Producer Stars + Angels Entertainment Group
Director John Adams
Design Norman Coates
Lighting Chris Ellis
Costume Gary Page
Performer Bryony Afferson (Jessie Sanders)
Performer Laura Kate Gordon (Chad Haynes)
Performer Mary Jo Randle (Mrs Sanders / Jane / Grace)
Performer Richard Syms (Mr Sanders / The Great Monticello)
Performer Shaun Hennessy (Mr Gibson / Merryweather)
Performer Michael Irving (Judge / Philpotts / Sidney / Pike)
Performer Richard Mark (Jack Wilson)
Performer Jonathan Ryan (Billy Sanders / Wilbert / Fred)
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