Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter
Musical Director
Nic Cope
Choreography by
Gill Morgan & Michael De Silva
Cast (in order of appearance)
Fred Graham / Petruchio ..............
Harry Trevor / Baptista............................
Lois Lane / Bianca ...........................
Ralph .................................................
Lilli Vanessi / Katherine ...................
Gremio .................................................
Hortensio ............................................
Hattie .............................................
Paul ....................................................
Bill Calhoun / Lucentio ......................
First Man .....................................
Second Man .................................
Stage Doorman ...............................
Harrison Howell ...................................
Allyn Richardson
Ken Shaw
Lesley Phillips
Ashley Bates
Christine Jones
Gary Bates
Nick Coard
Suzanne Parrot
Mike Davies
Michael Hurd
Edmund Bennett
Nigel Thornbory
Anthony Bevan
John Jowett
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Wantage Stage Musical Company
The story is a play within a play which follows the lives of actor producer Fred Graham and his temperamental co-star ex-wife, Lilli Vanessi in a production of Shakesperare’s “The Taming of The Shrew”. Porter’s brilliant score borrows freely from Shakespeare’s dialogue for lyrics in the musical numbers ‘on-stage’ but uses more modern language when the action is ‘back-
Stage Manager
Andrew Lockley
Book by Sam & Bella Spewack
Lois Lane (Lesley Phillips)
Fred Graham (Allyn Richardson)
Gangsters (Edmund Bennet
& Nigel Thornbory)
Chorus - “We open in Venice”
Bill (Michael Hurd) & Chorus - “Bianca”
Chorus - “Too Darned Hot”
Ralph (Ashley Bates) & Chorus - “Too Darned Hot”
Lois Lane (Lesley Phillips)
Fred & Lilli
(Allyn Richardson
& Christine Jones)
Lilli Vanessi (Christine Jones)
Lois Lane (Lesley Phillips)
Petrucio (Allyn Richardson) & Chorus
Chorus & Katherine (Christine Jones)
Gangsters (Edmund & Nigel)
Lilli Vanessi (Christine Jones)
Gangsters
(Nigel & Edmund )
Lois Lane (Lesley Phillips)
Harrison Howell (John Jowett)
Fred Graham (Allyn Richardson)
Harrison Howell (John Jowett)
Gangsters (Edmund & Nigel)
Lois Lane (Lesley Phillips) & Chorus
Fred, Gangsters, Harrison, Lilli
