A trilogy by PIERRE.AUGUSTIN
CARON DE BEAUMARCHAIS
1: The Barber of Seville, or All that Troublefor Nothing A comedy in four acts translated by JOHN WELLS with music composed and conducted by CARL DAVIS
Gary Bond as Count Almaviva, a Spanish Grandee, Rosina's unknown admirer
Nickolas Grace as Figaro, a barber of Seville
Dorothy Tutin as Rosina, a young woman of noble birth, Bartholo's ward
Michael Aldridge as Bartholo, a doctor, Rosina's guardian Peter Pratt as Master Basil , an organist, Rosina's singing teacher
Michael Bilton as "The Youth', Bartholo's elderly servant John Wells as Wideawake, Bartholo's other valet, halfwitted and always half-asleep Peter Acre as a notary and Arnold Diamond as an Alcade
Directed by IAN COTTERELL (R)
8.25* Interval Music
8.30* Part 2
('One Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro'onNew Year's Day at 7.30pm)