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The Parliament of Fowls, Autumn 1982

by Julian Broughton


Cast
Dove - Veronica Brisley
Formel - Rachel Thomas
Nature - Clare Griffel
Goose - Norma Minors
3rd Eagle - Philip Curtis
Falcon - Barney Parsons
1st Eagle - Simon Vaughan
2nd Eagle - Grant Smith
Cuckoo - Stephen Gisby
Duck - Richard Lloyd-Morgan

Ensemble
Conducted by the composer

Flute - Wendy Davies
Clarinet - Anne McLeod
Clarinet - Caryl Alexander
Oboe - Margaret Peirson
Horn - Richard Cowdy
Bassoon - Joanna Rodhouse
Violin - Nicola Davies
Violin - Bob Baker
Viola - Debbie Hamilton
Cello - Sarah Yard
Double Bass - Jo Bell
Guitar -Sergio Martinez
Percussion - Ian Gardiner

Technical and Production
Stage Manager - Bill Daly
Electrics - Jonathan Badger
Wardrobe - Vanessa Woods
Wardrobe Assistant - Vivien Holliday

Properties by Bill Daly
Costume Design by Vanessa Woods
Lighting by Jonathan Badger

Poster - Vanessa Woods
Programme - Bill Daly

Director: St. Clair Hardy

The Concert Programme
1. Consort Songs (originally for voice and viols)

The Dark is my Delight - Anon.
Venus Bird’s - Bennet
In a Merry May Morn - Richard Nicholson

Glare Griffel (Mezzo-soprano), Nicola Davies (Violin), Julian Broughton (Viola), Debbie Hamilton (Viola), Sarah Yard (Cello)

2. Full Fathom Five (Shakespeare) - Julian Broughton

Norma Minors (Contralto), and string quartet

3. Hark how the Songsters of the Grove, & 0 the Sweet Delights of Love - Purcell

Veronica Brisley (Soprano), Glare Griffel (Mezzo-soprano), Julian Broughton (Piano)

4. The Wakeful Nightingale - Weldon
Timely Admonition - Arne

Veronica Brisley (Soprano)

5. Folk Song Arrangements - Britten

The Salley Gardens
The Foggy Foggy Dew
Little Sir William
O Waly, Waly
Oliver Cromwell

Richard Lloyd—Morgan (Baritone)

Acknowledgements
The Green Branch would like to thank: The Bristol Waldorf School for rehearsal space and office facilities, W.B. & U.A. Broughton for financial assistance, Francis Pott and Wendy Davies for help with part-copying, Sue Pulford for help with transport, Studio Theatre Salisbury for loan of daggers, and all those who have helped in various ways with this production.


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