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 16th ~ 22nd November.
Directed by Julia Rymer.
Come
on board for this heartfelt musical about the life and loves of the
passengers travelling across the Atlantic on that fateful maiden voyage.
Advance Box Office 01491 573 887
Theatre Box Office: 01491 575 698
from 1st November 2008
Story & Book by Lyrics & Music by
Peter Stone Maury Yeston
I am delighted to say the cast of Titanic are on-board and already
doing HAODS proud, with MD Tim Cumper steering them through the
wonderful melody and harmony lines of this magnificent musical score.
Yes, singing rehearsals are underway throughout the summer months and
you are more than welcome to come down to a rehearsal to see us at work
(and because we have just a few roles yet to cast there is even an
opportunity for you to join us ~ give me a ring for details on 07786
620 623); in fact we would love you to hear the music, celebrate the
heroes and heroines, and learn more about the facts behind the legend
of our leading lady. Titanic ~ The musical is a company show and the
team ‘on-stage’ will need support from the production team ~ we can’t
do it without you, so if you would like to be involved (wardrobe,
backstage, publicity etc) then how about getting in touch. See you
soon?
Julia Rymer (Director)
The sinking of the Titanic in the early hours of
April 15th 1912 remains the quintessential disaster of the Century. A
total number of 1,517 souls, men women and children, lost their lives,
with just 711 surviving the horror of that fateful night. The fact that
the world's finest, largest, strongest ship "the largest moving object
on earth", infact called the "unsinkable" ship should be lost during
its maiden voyage, is so incredible that, had it not actually happened,
no author would have dared to contrive it.
The catastrophe had social ramifications that went far beyond the
night's events. The accommodation of the ship , divided into 1st, 2nd
and 3rd Classes, mirrored almost exactly the class structure, (Upper,
Middle and lower) of the English speaking world. But when the wide
discrepancy between the number of survivors from each of the ship's
classes was revealed - all but two of the women in 1st class were
saved, with only 155 women and children from 2nd and 3rd class when all
the rest drowned - there was a new, long-overdue scrutiny of the social
system and it's values. It would not be an exageration to state that
the 19th Century, with its social strictures, its extravagant codes of
honour and sacrifice, ended that night.
The Musical play Titanic examines the causes,
conditions and characters involved in this ever-fascinating drama. This
is the factual story of the fateful voyage, her officers, crew and
passengers. But as has happened so many times before, the ship will
not merely serve as a backdrop against which fictional, melodramatic
narratives are recounted. The central character of this production is Titanic herself.
There were many blunders that contributed to the destruction of the Titanic,
including the lack of lifeboats - There were only 22 and there should
have been 54 - in order to make more room for the first class
passengers on deck. The fact that designer Thomas Andrews - no doubt
influenced by the owner of the White Star Line, Bruce Ismay, had only
extended the watertight bulkheads as far as C deck, once again to
provide roomier accommodation for the priveleged upper classes.
At 11.40 on Sunday April 14th, the sea was calm the night moonless,
the water and air both near freezing, the lookout spotted a massive
iceberg, too late, the binoculars were missing from the crowsnest -
another blunder. The crew tried desperately to turn the ship to evade
the iceberg, but she reacted a little too slowly and scraped the side
of the berg beneath the waterline, slicing her open like a tin of
sardines, breaching six of her watertight compartments. From that
moment, the ship was doomed. It was only a matter of two and a half
hours - in fact, from the time the overture starts, to the end of this
production, is the length of time it took for the legend to slip
beneath the water. When the end came, the stern of the ship rose to a
height of two hundred feet, twenty stories above the ocean's surface,
she stood that way for a brief few moments, on end, almost
perpendicular, with over a thousand screaming people clinging
desperately to her lunging rails, then she plunged straight down. In a
matter of seconds, the largest moving object on earth had disappeared.
This moving, yet uplifting musical play takes the real characters
with their hopes and aspirations and brings them to life once again
through Maury Yeston's remarkable score. It is a true celebration of
this remarkable ship, the ship of dreams, Titanic
Julia.
TITANIC
CHARACTER ROLES.
1st
Class Passengers.
J
Bruce Ismay The Owner Powerful & arrogant late 30’s+
Thomas
Andrews Harland & Wolff Designer late 30’s+
Isador
Straus Millionaire – owner of Maceys store. Late 60’s
Ida
Straus Married to Isador Late 60’s
John
J. Astor Millionaire. mid/late 40’s
Madeleine Astor Young bride of John J. late teens.
Benjamin Guggenheim American millionaire.
Mme
Aubert Guggenheim’s attractive mistress
Mrs C
Cardoza Mysterious millionaires. 40’s+
John B
Thayer
Marion
Thayer
Jack
Thayer 7 to 9 years
George
Widener
Eleanor Widener
J H
Rogers
The
Major
Edith
C Evans
Frank
Carlson American
2nd
Class Passengers.
Alice
Beane Aspires to 1st class status 30’s+
Edgar
Beane Long suffering husband 30’s+
Charles Clarke British, Middle Class.. 30’s
Caroline Neville British Aristocrat. 30’s+
3rd
Class Passengers.
Kate
McGowan Irish – strong determined. 20’s.
Jim
Farrell Handsome Irishman. mid 20’s/30’s.
Kate
Mullins Irish – aspires to a new life. 20’s/30’s.
Kate
Murphy Irish – aspires to new life. 20’s/30’s.
Crew
Captain E J Smith Captain of the Titanic late 50’s+
William Murdoch First Officer
Charles Lightoller Second Officer mid 30’s
William Pitman Third officer
William Hitchens Quartermaster
Harold
Bride Radio Operator mid 20’s +
Henry
Etches Snr 1st Class Steward 40’s.
Frederick Barrett The Stoker mid 20’s +
Frederick Fleet The Lookout. mid 20’s+
Wallace Hartley Bandleader.
The
DaMicos Dancers x 4 Dance ‘The Rag’
Bellboy early to late teens. Some dialogue.
Company Crew; passengers; hotel staff, etc. All required to
sing.
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