The Royal Variety Performance (1982)
-The
Magical World Of Musicals
- in
the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Louise Gold
appeared, as a member of The
Pirates Of Penzance cast, at
Cast
Introduced by:� David Jacobs
Performing:� Tony Adams, Moira Anderson, Joe Black, Joyce Blair, Buck�s Fizz, Jim Casey, Roy Castle, George Cole, Lesley Collier, Kenneth Connor, Leslie Crowther, Tim Curry, Billy Dainty, Lorna Dallas, Suzanne Danielle, Anna Dawson, Sheena Easton, The English National Opera Chorus, Helen Geizer, Peter Glaze, Tommy Godfrey, Billy Gray, John Hanson, Richard Harris, Vince Hill, Roy Hudd, Gloria Hunniford, John Inman, Jack Jones, Karen Kay, Howard Keel, Bonnie Langford, Chris Langham, Diane Langton, Jan Leeming, Robert Longden, Aimi Macdonald, Ruth Madoc, Millicent Martin, Sylvester McCoy, Ethel Merman, Pete Murray, Pirates Of Penzance, Michael Praed, Esther Rantzen, Amanda Redman, Angela Rippon, Liz Robertson, Anton Rogers, Peter Skellern, Don Smoothey, Victor Spinetti, Isla St Clair, Pamela Stephenson, Richard Stilgoe, Christopher Timothy, Topol, David Wall, Wall Street Crash, Dennis Waterman, Bernie Winters, and, Eli Woods
Also Appearing:
The Dancers � Alison Basham, Karen Berry, Su Hayes, Nola Haynes, Marian Higby, Bobbie Kingley, Tanya Lee, Helen Mason, Dawn Reddall, Debbie Stuckey, Lance Aston, Christi Baldock, Warren Grant, Jeremy Kearney, Rhys Nelson, Nick Raymond, Robert Wheeler, Trevor Willis, and, Gerry Zuccarello
English National Opera Chorus � Elizabeth Boorman, Moira Clark, Isolde Dawe, Amanda Evans, Pamela Fasso, Georgina Holley, Elizabeth Howarth, Jacqueline Montgomery, Linda Rands, Carol Roscoe, Eileen Shayne, Christine Thompson, Susan Underwood, Neville Griffiths, David Henderson, Peter Kestner, Paul Naiper-Burrows, James Richards, Mark Richardson, John Riley-Schofield, Joseph Riordan, Garry Sutcliffe, Gordon Traynor, James Turner, Tom Emlyn Williams, and, Finlay Wilson
�The Pirates Of Penzance� Company � Carolyn Allen, Jackie Downey, Louise Gold, Karen Lancaster, Gaynor Miles, Janet Shaw, Timothy Bentinck, Graham Bickley, Keith Binns, Peppi Borza, Ken Caswell, Mark Davis, Alan Forrester, Andrew Golder, David Hampshire, Paul Hergarty, Simon Howe, Kevin Keighery (that should possibly be Kevin Feighery), Paul Leonard, Clive Packham, and, Kevin A. J. Ranson
The �Windy City� Company � Arhlene Allan, John Blythe, Tracy Booth, Ian Burford, Simon Clark, Shaun Curry, Katherine Dyson, Murray Ewan, Guy Gregory, David Hitchen, Barry James, Maurice Lane, Steven Law, Benny Lee, Leonard Lowe, Johnny M., Neil McCaul, Clive Panto, Bob Sessions, Jeff Shankley, David Sinclair, Terese Stevens, Christina Thornton, and, Matt Zimmerman
The Drury Lane Orchestra � Dick Abel, Kenny Baker, Alf Bigden, Norris Bosworth, Alan Downey, Paul Frowde, Chris Green, Dave Hancock, Cliff Hardie, John Horler, Laurie Lewis, Henry Lowther, Don Lusher, Eddie Mordue, David Randall, Bill Reid, Frank Ricotti, Celia Sheen, Alan Smyth, Russ Stableford, Ray Swinfield, Jack Thirlwall, Roy Willox, Manny Winter, and leader Jack Rothstein and conductor Ronnie Hazelhurst
�The Pirates Of Penzance�
Orchestra � Richard Blewett, Tony Bourke, Carol
Brown, Nigel Charman, Julian Fairbank, Martin Frith, Tom
Gilhooley, Malcom Gosden, Tim Hawes, Lesley Hooson, David
Miles, Andy Read, Peter Thorley, Peter Trundley, Alexa
Turpin, and musical director Martin Koch
Peter Skellern�s Musicians � Alun Davies, Chris Gradwell, David Purser, and, Ray Simmonds
Production Team
Producer � Louis Benjamin
Director � Norman Maen
Choreographers � Lud, Chris Power, and, Alan Harding
Additional Choreography � Norman Maen
Running Order
Act 1
Before the arrival of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother The Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra under the direction of Ronnie Hazelhurst: The National Anthem
The Royal Welcome - Richard Harris
�Beginners Please...� - Choreographed by Chris Power
Oh What A Beautiful Morning -� (Oklahoma!, Drury Lane, 1947) � Howard Keel
Strike Up The Band � (Of Thee I Sing, Broadway, 1930)
Another Opening, Another Show - (Kiss Me Kate, Coliseum, 1951)
From This Moment On� - (Kiss Me Kate, Coliseum, 1951)
Clap Yo� Hands � (Oh Kay, His Majesty�s, 1927)
Prepare Ye The Way Of The Lord � (Godspell, Wyndhams, 1972)
Before The Parade Passes By � (Hello Dolly, Drury Lane, 1965)
Has Anybody Seen Our Ship � (Tonight At 8:30, Phoenix, 1936)
���� - Anna Dawson, Tony Adams, Helen Geizer, and The Dancers
The Pirate King (Pirates Of Penzance, Drury Lane 1982)
�Underneath The Arches� � Roy Hudd, Christopher Timothy, Joe Black, Peter Glaze, Tommy Godfrey, Billy Gray, and, Don Smoothey
Richard Stilgoe
Bess You Is My Woman Now - (Porgy & Bess, Stoll, 1952) � Lesley Collier & David Wall (by kind permission of the General Administration, Covant Garden), Choreographed by Norman Maen.
David Jacobs introduces Great Musical Numbers � Choreographed by Alan Harding
Tell Me Pretty Maiden - (Floradora, Lyric Theatre, 1899) � Joyce Blair, Suzanne Danielle, Karen Kay, Aimi Macdonald, Ruth Madoc, Isla St Clair, Kenneth Connor, Leslie Crowther, Billy Dainty, John Inman, Pete Murray, and, Bernie Winters
Something Better Than This � (Sweet Charity, Prince of Wales, 1967)
If This Isn�t Love - (Finian�s Rainbow, Palace, 1947)
One Alone � (The Desert
Song, Drury Lane, 1927) � John Hanson
Anything You Can Do � (Annie Get Your Gun, Coliseum, 1947) � Gloria Hunniford, Jan Leeming, and, Esther Rantzen
Edelweiss � (Sound Of Music, Palace, 1961) � Vince Hill
Elegance � (Hello Dolly, Drury Lane, 1965)
Can�t Help Lovin� That Man � (Showboat, Drury Lane, 1928) � Diane Langton
And Her Mother Came Too �
(Prince of Wales, 1921) � Leslie Crowther
My Dearest Dear � (Dancing Years, Drury Lane, 1939) � Lorna Dallas
Good Old Bad Old Days (Prince of Wales, 1972)
Brush Up Your Shakespeare � (Kiss Me Kate, Coliseum, 1951) � Dennis Waterman & Anton Rogers
If I Were A Rich Man �
(Fiddler On The Roof, Her Majesty�s, 1967) � Topol
Nothing Like A Dame � (South Pacific, Drury Lane, 1951)
I Could Have Danced All Night � (My Fair Lady, Drury Lane, 1958) � Liz Robertson Lerner
Brotherhood Of Man � (How To Succeed In Business, Shaftsbury, 1963) � Company
Act 2
Tarantara � (The Pirates Of Penzance, Drury Lane, 1982) � Tim Curry, Pamela Stephenson, George Cole, Bonnie Langford, Sylvester McCoy, Michael Praed, and, Chris Langham
�In The Shadows Of Eros The Broken Blossoms� � (Crazy Gang � London Rhapsody, Palladium, 1937)
Anything Goes � (Anything Goes, Palace, 1935)
I Get A Kick Out Of You � Peter Skellern
76 Tronbones � (Music Man, Adelphi, 1961) � Howard Keel, The Massed Trombones Of The Guards Division
A �Music-Hall� Memory � Jim Casey son of Jimmy James, Roy Castle & Eli Woods.
Maybe Next Time � (Cabaret,
Palace, 1968) � Sheena Easton
Comedy Tonight � (A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Strand, 1963)
Finale Please � Choreographed by Lud
It�s Not Where You Start � (See-Saw, Broadway, 1973)
Once A Year Day � (Pyjama
Game, Coliseum, 1955) � Helen Geizer
And This Is My Beloved � (Kismet, Stoll, 1955) � Moira Anderson
You�ll Never Walk Alone � (Carousel, Drury Lane, 1950) � Buck�s Fizz
Windy City � (Windy City, Victoria Palace, 1982) � Dennis Waterman, Anton Rogers, Diane Langton, Victor Spinetti, Amanda Redman, and, Robert Longden
What I Did For Love � (Chorus Line, Drury Lane, 1976) � Jack Jones
One � (Chorus Line, Drury Lane, 1976) � Angela Rippon, and, The Dancers
42nd Street � (
Ethel Merman
God Save The Queen
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Normally The Royal Variety Performance is
presented at The London Palladium. However, 1982 was one of those years when
it was staged at the second choice venue, of
As well as those billed just as �The Pirates Of Penzance cast, George
Cole, Tim Curry, Bonnie Langford, Chris Langham, Sylvester
McCoy,
Meanwhile, Rhys
It is perhaps worth noting that Theatre Royal Drury Lane has witnessed many historical occurrences, in particular connected with royalty, including assassination attempts on two of the King George�s.
Louise Gold had infamously appeared on a Royal Variety five years previously at The London Palladium in The Royal Variety Performance (1977).
Neil McCaul and Clive Panto went on to appear in Billy The Kid And The Green Baize Vampire.
Graham Bickley�s recording credits include: The Best Of Broadway Musicals , Encore The Very Best From The
Musicals and Great Duets From
The Musicals , Cole Porter - Night
And Day, and, Simply Musicals.
Matt
Zimmerman went on to appear in Anything Goes (stage show) and Let �Em Eat Cake, his recording credits include:
Anything Goes (recording) - Website Recommended Album, Cole
Porter - Night And Day and The
History Of The Musical.
The Drury
Lane Theatre Orchestra�s
recording credits include The History
Of The Musical.
Diane
Langton�s Recording credits
include: Cole Porter - Night And Day
and Defiant Dames , she went on to appear in Follies.
Liz Robertson�s recording credits include: Cole Porter - Night And Day and Noel/Cole: Let�s Do It (Recording).
Liz
Robertson went on to appear in: Chicago & Company, A Time To Start Living, Noel/Cole: Let�s Do It, Side By Side By Sondheim, Regents Park 70th Anniversary Gala,
and, Happily Ever After. She has also gone
on to organise Shopping With The Stars
2008, and appear at Shopping
With The Stars 2009.
Millicent Martin, Lorna Dalls, and, Liz Robertson went on to appear in Side By Side By Sondheim 25th Anniversary
Gala, and, Side By Side By Sondheim 30th
Anniversary Gala.
Lorna
Dallas and Bonnie Langford
went on to appear in Broadway To Brighton.
Lorna
Dallas went on to appear in Kids At Heart, Happily
Ever After, and on the BBC Radio quiz Let�s Do The Show Right Here
Diane
Langton went on to appear in: Chicago & Company, and, Follies, her recording credits include Cole Porter� - Night And Day and Defiant Dames.
Diane
Langton, Millicent Martin,
Victor Spinetti, and, Richard Stilgoe may have gone on to appear
in Comedy Tonight.
Chris
Langham�s writing credits include
Muppet Show Music Album, and, The Muppets Go To The Movies.
Louise Gold and Chris Langham had previously appeared in The All Time Get Around Sometimes Play Together Every Other Friday Night Vaudeville Show.
Louise Gold and Pamela Stephenson went on to do voices
for Spitting Image, on which Louise Gold
was also Leading Puppeteer, and for which Chris Langham did some
writing.
Shaun Curry went on to appear in Mrs Cole�s Music Hall.
Louise Gold and Sylvester McCoy have gone on to appear
in Noises Off.
Roy Hudd has gone on to appear in A Midsummer Nights Dream, and guested
on the radio on Ned Sherrin�s Review Of Revue.
Barry James, Liz Robertson, and. Anton Rogers
may have gone on to appear in Will-Aid.
Millicent
Martin, and, Anton Rogers
went on to appear on television in Julia And
Company.
Jack Jones�s recording credits include Jerome Kern The First 100 Years.
Anton
Rogers, Neil McCaul, and, Dennis
Waterman went on to appear on television on A Week In The West End.
Neil McCaul went on to appear in Red Hot & Blue, and, 110 In The Shade.
Christopher
Timothy went on to appear in Doctors.
Tony
Adams has gone
on to appear in Chitty
Chitty Bang Bang at The London Palladium.
Lorna
Dallas,. Richard
Harris, Topol, and, Matt Zimmerman�s recording credits
include: The Greatest Musicals of
the 20th Century.
Martin Koch went on to become Musical Supervisor for Mamma Mia, and in that capacity was interviewed on television in ABBA - The Reunion.
Kenneth Connor�s television credits went
on to include Allo
Allo.
Tommy Godfrey�s film credits include The Great
Muppet Caper.
Tim Curry went on to play
another Pirate in the film Muppet Treasure Island.
David Jacobs went on to perform at Hubert Gregg�s Memorial Service.
Louise Gold, Christopher
Langham, and, Norman Maen had
all previously worked on The Muppet Show, on which musician Kenny Baker may have been a trumpet
player on (well there was a trumpet player of that name in the band for that
programme)
Graham Bickley, Richard Harris, and, Diane
Langton�s recording credits include The Great Musicals - Wonderful Tales.
Norman Maen, and, Chris Langham had
featured in the documentary Of Muppets And Men.
Graham Bickley, Lorna Dallas, and, Richard Harris�s recording credits
include The Great Musicals � Glamour And
Majesty.
The English National Opera Chorus, and, Richard
Harris�s recording credits include Centre
Stage Showtime!.
Graham Bickley, and, Lorna Dallas�s
recording credits include The
Great Musicals � Dashing Heroes, Blushing Maidens.
Lorna Dallas, Diane Langton, and, Liz Robertson�s recording credits
include The Great Musicals � Laughter And
Tears.
Diane Langton has gone on to appear, along
with Louise Gold, in Mary Poppins.
Martin Frith went on to play for Anything Goes (stage show).
David Randall
went on to play for Next Door�s Baby.
Graham Bickley, and, Richard Harris�s recording
credits include Magic Of The Musicals.
Neil McCaul, along with Liz Robertson
went on to take part in A Celebration Of
The Life And Work Of Dick Vosburgh.
Richard Harris�s recording credits include The
Best Of The Musicals, and, Let�s Go
On With The Show � Hit Songs From The West End & Broadway.
Gloria Hunniford, Martin Koch, Sylvester McCoy, and, Anton Rogers may have gone on to take part in Thing A Thon.
Roy Castle,
and, Diane Langton�s recording
credits include 100 Hits Musicals.
Graham Bickley, Lorna Dallas, and, Diane Langton�s recording credits
include The Great Musicals - From
Broadway to Hollywood.
Neil McCaul went on to appear in Angry Housewives , which Maurice Lane eventually choreographed, and which Diane Langton did not appear in (because she was injured).
Liz
Robertson, and, Christopher Timothy�s
radio credits include The Radio 2 Arts Programme Chichester
Festival 1994.
Louise Gold subsequently returned to Theatre
Royal Drury Lane in Oliver!.
Tim Curry,
Louise Gold, and, Chris Langham went on to appear in the
documentary I Love The Muppets.
Lorna Dallas, and, Liz Robertson went on to take part in CLIC�s
18th Birthday Celebration.
Graham Bickley, and, Louise Gold went on
to appear in Mexican Hayride.
George Cole, and, Dennis Waterman
went on to appear in the documentary ITV�s
50 Greatest Shows.
Choreographer Chris Power may possibly be the same
person who was the studio director of ITV�s
50 Greatest Shows.
Links about The Royal Variety Performance 1982
The Royal
Variety�s website: http://www.eabf.org.uk/rvp1.htm
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