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Home page APPEAL The operas and other works Green Branch productions Photographs Samples from the scores Listen to extracts Sitemap of this site Links to other sites Contact details	The Entertaining of the Noble Head, Summer 1978 Cast Cole Hawlings/Alfred Watkins - Keith Lawley Katy - Wendy Dacre John - Mark Stephenson Carlia - Veronique Nelson Gwydion - Lawrence Wallington Alder - Julia Taylor Arthur - Simon Beale The Betrayer -Stephen Dunstone Orchestra: Flute, recorders,other instruments - Mark Stephenson Bassoon, recorders, other instr. - Julian Brockless Violin - Jacqueline Howell Viola - Barnaby Brown Viola and other instruments - Julian Broughton Viola and other instruments -Veronique Nelson Technical and production: Stage Manager - Bill Daly Deputy Stage Manager - Jill Coombes Wardrobe and Make-up - Angela Newill Electrics - Jonathan Badger Designed by Angela Newill Lighting designed by Jonathan Badger Costumes by Katrina Johnston Properties by Bill Daly Musical Director: Richard Evans Director: Andrew Tyrrell in association with Tim Porter Mummers play (lunchtime and afternoon performances) written and directed by Michael Dacre Acknowledgements: The Green Branch gratefully acknowledges assistance from the Vaughan Williams Trust, Southern Arts, and South West Arts. We would also like to thank Mr. Michael Hawkins of Hampshire County Council; Berni Inns; the New Inn, Gloucester; Howard Broughton; Bishop Wordsworth School, Salisbury; City Hall, Salisbury; Studio Theatre, Salisbury; The Folk House, Bristol. Passages from the works of the following poets and authors have been used in this play: James Elroy Flecker; Lady Charlotte Guest (trans. of 'The Mabinogion'); Fiona Macleod; John Masefield; Edward Thomas; Alfred Watkins; William Wordsworth. The composer would particularly like to thank Myfanwy Thomas, and Faber and Faber, for permission to use Edward Thomas's poem 'Roads'; also The Society of Authors, as literary representative of the John Masefield Estate, for permission to include excerpts from Masefield's 'Collected Poems' and 'The Box of Delights'. Back to Productions
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