Trial by Jury (2015)

21 April	Pirates of Penzance Batley Town Hall
22 April	Pirates of Penzance Batley Town Hall
23 April	Pirates of Penzance Batley Town Hall
24 April	Pirates of Penzance Batley Town Hall

From Gilbert's Bab Ballads:
"The Judges Song"
Our 67th production and the sixth time we've produced "Trial By Jury". As on all the previous productions, this was a double bill with "HMS Pinafore".

Take a look at our previous productions of "Trial by Jury".

2003 1993 1984 1974 1966
"Trial by Jury" is the earliest work by Glbert & Sullivan still performed today. Their very first joint enterprise, Thespis (written as for the Christmas Season in 1871), has disappeared.
The bare bones for Trial appeared in the 11th April 1868 edition of Fun, a magazine to which Gilbert was a regular contributor. In 1875, Richard D'Oyly Carte commissioned Gilbert & Sullivan to produce a short opera. By then, Gilbert had turned the original idea into a full-scale libretto which proved the perfect basis for Sullivan's music.

Producer/Director : Stephanie Roe
Musical Director : Nicholas Whitaker

Cast


The Learned Judge:	Richard Buxton
Counsel for the Plaintiff:	Carol Parkinson
The Defendant:	Leon Waksberg
Foreman of the Jury:	David Hall
Usher:	Robert Thurman
The Associate:	David Parker
The Plaintiff:	Liz Blount
The Bridesmaids:	Helen Carbutt, Lyndsey Hall,Martina O'Rourke, Catherine Roberts, Deirdre O'Shea, Alison Burton