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MUGSS 1964or The Peer and The Peri Performed at The Renold Theatre, UMIST  Cast
- The Lord Chancellor
- Clifford M. Crewe
- Earl of Mountararat
- Micheal Foley
- Earl Tolloller
- Brian Harding
- Private Willis (of the Grenadier Guards)
- David Cocker
- Strephon (a Shepherd)
- Ian K. Price
- Queen of the Fairies
- Lesley Iveson
- Iolanthe (a fairy, Strephon's mother)
- Pamela M. Barker
- Celia (a fairy)
- Margaret Hesselgreaves
- Leila (a fairy)
- Diana A. Roberts
- Fleta (a fairy)
- Paddy Wickett
- Phyllis (a ward in Chancery)
- Margaret Broadhurst
- Sprite
- Sonja Kristiansen
- Chorus of Fairies
- Claire Beresford, Francess Collins, Shirley Convy, Janice Golder, Judy Iddon, Susan Jaynes, Denise Johnson, Elizabeth King, Noreen Malloy, Margaret Mather, Janet McGregor, Wendy McHugh, Sheila O'Brien, Pamela Redmore, Sylvia Renshaw, Patricia Richards, Jane Stiles, Sarah Smith, Ann Street, Judith Wardle, Shirley Weston
- Chorus of Peers
- J.Atkinson, A. Blair, J. Browne, D. Butler, D. A. Clough, D. Crouch, T. Daniels, P. Fawcett, C. Fox, J. Greene, P. Gregory, A. Guymer, P. Gopsill, D. Hall, G. Hanley, J. O. K. Humphries, M. J. Langford, P. Moody, E. Philips, D. C. Pratt, P. J. Richards, R. Smith, B. Sorsby, H. Totty, M. Walters, T. Wagg, M. Wanklyn, T. Whittaker
 Production
- Director
- Clifford Walker
- Musical Director
- David Garforth
- Stage Director
- John Cobb
- House Manager
- Neville J. Mason
- Choreographer
- Kathleen Coles
- Chorus Master
- Brian Harding
- Lighting
- Dennis King
- Wardrobe
- Margaret Horsman
- Make-Up
- Margaret Broadhurst, Judith A. Williams, Paddy Wickett, Gaye Fawcett, David H. Mason
- Business Manager
- David C. Pratt
- Tickets
- Diana A. Roberts
- Gentlemen's Costumes
- S. B. Watts and Co
- Ladies' Costumes
- Diana A. Roberts
 Notes
ACT I - An Arcadian Landscape ACT II - Palace Yard, Westminster - The Society would like to make acknowledgement to Miss Bridget D'Oyly Carte for the two original songs and dialogue by W.S. Gilbert. We would like to thank the Manchester College of Science and Technology for the use of the Renold Theatre. In the interests of continuity there will be no encores during the performance.  Music
Complete recordings of this show (and all from 1964 onwards) can be purchased on CD from Mike Harris, our Society Archivist ReviewsTom Wildern from (unknown source) said: No-one, since the copyrights ran out, has so completely disregarded the traditional D'Oyly Carte form of presentation as Cliff Walker in this production for Manchester University Gilbert and Sullivan and Light Operatic Society at the Renold Theatre. Some of the changes in this new-look "Iolanthe" are dictated by the absence of scenery but most of them by a director with an original turn of mind. Thus we have modern dress with Phyllis in Cathy Gale leather skirt and kinky boots, and Strephon taking his seat in Parliament in bowler hat and morning suit with umbrella. There are two new-old songs. "My Bill is now being Read for the Second Time" was cut out after the New York premiere in 1882. The lyrics were found in the British Museum and Musical Director Garforth has written new music. It is all stimulating for the mainly student audiences which will pack the theatre for the rest of the week but in the over-all picture it is still Messrs Gilbert and Sullivan who shine through thanks to excellent work by a cast of 60. Best singer was Margaret Broadhurst as Phyllis and the player with the most authentic flair for a Savoy Opera character, Clifford Crewe as the Lord Chancellor.. |
