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The Runaway Match

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A new operetta devised by Claud Jenkins.
The action takes place on the way to and in The Bell and Compass Inn, Dover, on an October evening 1817.
(Second performance)

Contributors

Composer:
Claud Jenkins
Music/orchestra under the direction of:
Jerry Haywood
Book and lyrics:
David Caryll
Setting:
Barry Learoyd
Producer:
Philip Bate
Claudette Prideaux, an actress:
Kate Peress
Lord Richard, son of the Earl of Summerfield:
Bennet Fynn
John Wilkes, landlord of The Bell and Compass:
Douglas Roper
Betsy, his wife:
Doris Ingram
Sally, his daughter:
Vicki Hollands
Silas Simpkins, an ancient yokel:
Phillip Merritt
Lew Rogers, an equally ancient fisherman:
Walter Saull
Ted Hopkins (in love with Sally):
James Durban
Captain Jacques, Captain of the Hirondelle:
Joe Green
The Earl of Summerfield:
Geoffrey Saville
Lady Mary Weston, an heiress:
Zoe Comer
Lady Sophia, Lady Mary's aunt:
Esther Coleman
Martha, fisher wife:
Dorothy Anne
Sarah, a local belle:
Jean Gluckstein
Bill Watkins, a fisherman:
Roland Randel
Source: Radio Times

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