Details
One of Gilbert and Sullivan's best-loved comic operettas,
Patience wittily satirises the Victorian Aesthetic movement and the rival claims of Art and Man to win a fair lady's hand. Bunthorne the poet is madly adored by a bevy of beautiful maidens (and Lady Jane), who have thrown over their former lovers, the Heavy Dragoon Guards - but Bunthorne only has eyes for his innocent dairymaid, Patience. Matters are complicated when Patience's former boyfriend arrives on the scene and the Guards turn to Art to win back their errant fianc
Cast/Performers
Steven Page (Colonel Colverley),
Matthew Kellett (Major Murgatroyd),
Peter van Hulle (Lieut The Duke of Dunstable),
Simon Butteriss (Reginald Bunthorne - A Fleshly Poet),
Matthew Siveter (Archibald Grosvenor - An Idyllic Poet),
Natalie Davies (The Lady Angela),
Gaynor Keeble (The Lady Jane),
Caroline Kennedy (Patience - A Dairy Maid)
Creatives/Company
Music:
A SullivanLyrics:
W S GilbertCompany:
The National Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company