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Albert & I

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1972 - London West End - The love story of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, I AND ALBERT played at London's Piccadilly Theatre. Lyrics: Lee Adams; book by Jay Presson Allen, playwright (THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE - also film version).

Although Strouse and Adams researched I AND ALBERT for nearly 5 years, London audiences and critics did not take kindly to their efforts. A cast album didn't appear until 1981, when the performers were re-assembled for the last time.

Direction: John Schlesinger, award-winning theatre and film director (SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY, MIDNIGHT COWBOY, DARLING, et al).

Info taken from http://www.charlesstrouse.com/shows/index.html

ACT I 1837—55

Victoria …………………………………….………………….…..……………Polly James

Duchess of Kent………..……………………………………….…… Elisabeth Wade

Doctors…………………..….…… Michael Bevis, Brian Ralph, David Webb

Bishops…........................ Martin Dell, George Raistrick, David Tate

Baroness Lehzen .................................……………….Silvia Beamish

Lord Melbourne ………………….……………………………………..Lewis Fiander

Footman….………………….…………………………………………..Michael Boothe

Charity Worker …………………………………………….……………Raewyn Blade

Street Drinker ……………………………………………………….Norman Warwick

Boy Convicts ...Simon Kent or Robert King Cohn Garner or Dorian Healy

Lord Palmerston……………….………………………………………Aubrey Woods

Secretary .. ……………………………………………………………………..Brian Ralph

The Cabinet .. Michael Bevis, Martin Dell, George Raistrick Peter Spraggon David Webb

Lord Paget…………………………………………………………………… Jeffery Taylor

Russian Grand Duke ………………………………………………………… Jan Colet

Prince Albert . …………………………………………………….. Sven-Bertil Taube

Prince Ernest ……………………………………………………….. Christopher Guard

Reporters . …………..…… Christopher Guard , Brian Lighthill George Raistrick

Lady Caro……………………………………………………………………… Raewyn Blade

                     The Foreign Office….. Peter Spraggon Dudley Stevens David Tate Jeffery Taylor

Royal Children in 1851

Bertie… Ludovic Keston or Edward Kemp

Affie….. Simon Kent or Robert King

Vicky………..Alison Holloway or Sarah Brightman

Alice ……………Emma Gladstone or Hilary Dawson

Footman ………………………………Dan Klein

Paxton…………………………….Norman Warwick

Lord Mayor………………………... Martin Dell

INTERVAL  15 minutes

The people of England, the Empire and certain Foreigners Bob Appleby Silvia Beamish Michael Bevis Raewyn Blade  Michael Boothe Jan Colet Martin Dell Christopher Guard Ann Horn Olwen Hughes Gillian Jason Dan Klein Brian Lighthill Lesley Manville Nelda Quilliam George Raistrick Brian Ralph Barbara Rhodes Peter Spraggon Dudley Stevens David Tate Jeffery Taylor Elisabeth Wade Norman Warwick David Webb Rosemary Williams

ACTII .1857 -97

Fritz…………………………………..…………..………….. Jan Colet

Vicky 1857 ………………….………………..…… Olwen Hughes

Doctàr Clark………………………….………………Michael Bevis

Doctor Jenner. ………………..………..…………..David Webb

Doctor Watson …………………..…………….…..….Brian Ralph

Doctor Holland ………………………………………………Dan Klein

Bertie in 1861………………………………..Christopher Guard

Actress…………………………………………..…..Barbara Rhodes

Nurse……………………………………………………………… Ann Horn

Baby……………….……….……Rebecca Saire or Carla Donnelly

Alice In 1861………………………………………………..Gillian Jason

Bertie in 1873 …………………………………………George Raistrick

1st Soldier .................................................Bob Appleby

2nd Soldier ...............................................Jeffery Taylor

Sergeant ..................................................ter Spraggon

Captain  ........................................................David Webb

Consul  ........................................................Martin Dell

Sir Henry Ponsonby ......................................... Michael Bevis

Palace Guard   ............................................ Michael Boothe

Annie…………................................................….. Barbara Rhodes

Nurse Latham ............................................Nelda Quilliam

Alex in 1875  ........................... Kim Williams or Hilary Dawson

Gladstone......................................................... Aubrey Woods

Disraeli    ....................................................Lewis Fiander

West........................................................ Peter Spraggon

Footmen .................................Michael Boothe & Brian Lighthill

Princess Victoria Melita in 1897 . ..................Rosemary Williams

Princesses in 1897…................................... Lesley Manville

Emma Gladstone or Carla Donnelly

Rebecca Saire or Tracey Perry

Sally Brelsford or Dawn Tolhurst

Children

Sally Brelsford Sarah Brightman Hilary Dawson carla Donnelly Cohn Garner

Emma Gladstone Dorian Healy Alison Holloway Edward Kemp Simon Kent

Ludovic Keston Robert King Tracey Perry Rebecca Saire Dawn Tolhurst

Kim Williams

 Jay Allen acknowledges with gratitude the use of material from Elizabeth Longford’s biography “Victoria RI”.

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