GILBERT & SULLIVAN’S

CODY FARNBOROUGH AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY PRESENTS

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27th Septemberto 1st October

2011

The Society President - Mr A Lloyd

Under the distinguished patronage of

The Worshipful the Mayor of Rushmoor, Councillor Alex Crawford

Life Members

Mrs. E. Adams, Mr. P. Adams, O.B.E., Mr. D. Canfield, Mrs. B. Candy, Mrs. M. Molyneux, Mr. H. Thomas

Patron - Full - Junior Members

Mr. C. Armes Mr. E. Armes Mrs. L. Armes Mr. M. Aston Mrs. J. Atlee Mr. P. Atlee Miss. A. Balston Mr. M. Baxter Miss. A. Bedford Mrs. D. Bedford Ms. C. Bolton Ms. S. Bolton Miss. S. Bottle Mr. C. Boorman Ms. B. Drake Mr. B. Busby Mrs. C. Canfield Mr. J. Canfield Mrs. S. Canfield Mrs. S. Canfield Mr. T. Canfield Mrs. C. Chamberlain Miss. J. Chapman Mr. D. Chivers Ms. L. Cross Mr. J. Dance Mrs. J. Dance Mr. M. Davall Mr. G. Davidson Ms. E. Dayson Mrs. H. Dayson Mr. T. Doherty Miss. M. Dormand

Mr. P. Findlay Ms. L. Fletcher Mrs. S. Fryer Miss. J. Galliford Mrs. A. Garrood Miss. K. Gates Miss. K. Grover Mr. F. Hammick Mrs. P. Hammick Mr. A. Harding Mr. P. Hartley Mrs. V. Higgins Mr. G. Hix Mr. S. Howard Mr. R. Johnson Mrs. A. Johnson Mrs. K. Kingham Mr. M. Lehman Mrs. E. Loader Mr. N. Lyddiatt Mr. D. Main Mrs. C. Magowan Ms. L. McBean-Willis Mr. G. McCarron Mr. E. McLoughlin Mrs. H. McLoughlin Mr. B. McMahon Mr. G. Morris Mrs. J. Mumford Mr. P. Mumford Ms. L. Paynter Mrs. G. Phillips Mr. R. Phillips

Mr. A. Piercy Ms. H. Pilkington Mrs. M. Pole-Baker Mr. H. Prall Mr. J. Prescott Mr. M. Sampson Mrs. S. Sampson Mr. T. Siddall Ms. P. Smith Mr. M. Squires Mrs. M. Squires Miss. D. Stephens Mr. P. Tapley Mrs. H. Tattershall Mr. P. Tattershall Miss. D. Taylor Mrs. L. Taylor Mr. P. Taylor Miss. V. Taylor Mrs. J. Thomas Miss. S. Thomas Mr. P. Tickner Mr. R. Tickner Mrs. A. Timpson Miss. K. Turner Mr. A. van Nieuwenhuijzen Mrs. V. van Nieuwenhuijzen Miss. A. Veneti Mr. C. Vickery Mrs. C. Walker Mr. R. Walker Mrs. C. White Mr. D. White

Mr. S. Woolford Mrs. B. Woolger Mr. R. Young

Mr. C. Balchin, J.P. Ald. R. Debenham, M.B.E. Mr. M. Evans

Mr. T. Hughes Dr. A. Macadam Ald. G. Woolger

Vice Presidents

Affiliated to the National Operatic and Dramatic Association www.noda.org.uk

PROCEEDS TO LOCAL CHARITIES Registered Charity No. 257135

Music by Arthur Sullivan Book and Lyrics by W.S.Gilbert

The Award Winning CODY FARNBOROUGH AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY

Presents

Stage Manager MIKE DAVALL

Lighting Director MELVYN FRYER

Front of House Manager CHRISTINE WHITE

Make-up Managers VICTORIA TAYLOR

JENNI WOOD

Costume Team JOYCE ATLEE

HELEN DAYSON

Box Office Managers DAWN STEPHENS

RON WALKER

Properties Manager SANDRA BOLTON

Sound Manager

IAN SUTTON

Choreographer APRIL TIMPSON

Musical Director PAUL TICKNER

Director JUNE THOMAS

27th September - 1st October 2011

Princes Hall, Aldershot

Welcome to our September 2011 production of “The Pirates of Penzance” which is a comic light opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W.S. Gilbert. It is one of their most famous and popular pieces with a number of well known and well loved songs and some wickedly funny farce and dialogue. The story is centred around Frederic, who, having reached his 21st year, is released from his apprenticeship to a band of tender-hearted pirates. He meets Mabel, the daughter of Major-General Stanley, and they fall instantly in love. However, Frederic finds out that he was born on 29th February, and so, technically, he only has a birthday each leap year. His apprenticeship indentures state that he remains apprenticed to the pirates until his 21st birthday, and so he must serve them for another 63 years! But ever a slave to his sense of duty Frederic is forced to choose between love and duty and Mabel agrees to faithfully wait for him.

Pirates was the fifth Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration and one of their best works and introduced, the much parodied ‘I am the very model of a modern Major-General,’ as well as other favourites such as ‘Climbing over rocky mountain,’ With Cat-Like Tread,’ and ‘When a ‘Felon's Not Engaged in His Employment.’

We last performed this show in 1996 and also received a NODA award of excellence for the production. We are all delighted to be able to perform this show again, 15 years later, on the 90th Anniversary of our Society. All the cast have particularly enjoyed rehearsals during the summer as we have had great fun acting out all the comedy numbers. As a member of the hapless squad of Policemen myself, I’ve found acting a bumbling Bobbie has come rather too easily!

Please come along and support our next show in March 2011, which is “Thoroughly Modern Millie” Based on the 1967 film of the same name, “Thoroughly Modern Millie” tells the story of a small-town girl, Millie Dillmount, who comes to New York to marry for money instead of love - a thoroughly modern aim in 1922, when women were just entering the workforce. Millie soon begins to take delight in the new lifestyle, but problems arise when she checks into a hotel owned by the leader of a white slavery ring in China. It promises to be a fantastic show with some great tunes and super tap dancing.

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The Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty had its official premiere at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on 31 December 1879, where the show was well received by both audiences and critics. Its London debut was on 3 April 1880, at the Opera Comique, where it ran for a very successful 363 performances, having already been playing successfully for over three months in New York.. Pirates was the fifth Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration and introduced the much-parodied Major-General's Song. The opera was performed for a century by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in Britain and many other opera companies and repertory companies worldwide. It has received several modernised productions, including Joseph Papp's 1981 production on Broadway, which ran for 787 performances, winning the Tony Award for Best Revival and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical, and spawned many imitations. Pirates remains popular today, taking its place along with The Mikado and H.M.S. Pinafore as one of the most frequently played Gilbert and Sullivan operas. The Pirates of Penzance was the only Gilbert and Sullivan opera to have its official premiere in the United States. At the time, American law offered no copyright protection to foreigners. After their previous opera, H.M.S. Pinafore, was a hit in London, over a hundred American companies quickly mounted unauthorised productions, often taking considerable liberties with the text and paying no royalties to the creators. Gilbert and Sullivan hoped to forestall further "copyright piracy" by mounting the first production of their next opera in America, before others could copy it, and by delaying publication of the score and libretto. They succeeded in keeping for themselves the direct profits of the first production of the opera by opening the production themselves on Broadway, prior to the London production. They also operated U.S. touring companies. However, Gilbert, Sullivan, and their producer, Richard D'Oyly Carte, failed in their efforts over the next decade, to control the American performance copyrights over their operas. After the success of Pinafore, Gilbert was eager to get started on the next opera, and he began working on the libretto in December 1878. He re-used several elements of his 1870 one-act piece, Our Island Home, which had introduced a pirate "chief", Captain Bang. Bang was mistakenly apprenticed to a pirate band as a child by his deaf nursemaid. Also, Bang, like Frederic, had never seen a woman before and was affected by a keen a sense of duty, as an apprenticed pirate, until the passage of his twenty-first birthday freed him from his articles of indenture. George Bernard Shaw wrote that Gilbert, who had earlier adapted Offenbach's Les brigands, drew on that work also for his new libretto. The composition of the music for Pirates was unusual, in that Sullivan wrote the music for the acts in reverse, intending to bring the completed Act II with him to New York, with Act I existing only in sketches. When he arrived in New York, however, he found that he had left the sketches behind, and he had to reconstruct the first act from memory. Gilbert told a correspondent many years later that Sullivan was unable to recall his setting of the entrance of the women's chorus, so they substituted the chorus "Climbing over rocky mountain" from their earlier opera, Thespis. Sullivan's manuscript for Pirates contains pages removed from a Thespis score, with the vocal parts altered from their original context as a four-part chorus. Some scholars (e.g. Tillett and Spencer, 2000) have offered evidence that Gilbert and Sullivan had planned all along to re-use "Climbing over rocky mountain," and perhaps other parts of Thespis, noting that the presence of the unpublished Thespis score in New York, when there were no plans to revive it, might not have been accidental. On 10 December 1879, Sullivan wrote a letter to his mother about the new opera, upon which he was hard at work in New York. "I think it will be a great success, for it is exquisitely funny, and the music is strikingly tuneful and catching." The work's title is a multi-layered joke. On the one hand, Penzance was a docile seaside resort in 1879, and not the place where one would expect to encounter pirates. On the other hand, the title was also a jab at the theatrical pirates who had staged unlicensed productions of H.M.S. Pinafore in America. To secure British copyright, a D'Oyly Carte touring company gave a perfunctory performance of Pirates the afternoon before the New York premiere, at the Royal Bijou Theatre in Paignton, Devon, organised by Helen Lenoir (who would later marry Richard D'Oyly Carte). The cast, which was performing Pinafore in the evenings in Torquay, travelled to nearby Paignton for the matinee, where they read their parts from scripts carried onto the stage, making do with whatever costumes they had on hand.

SHOW HISTORY

BIOGRAPHIES - THE PRODUCTION TEAM

Mike Davall (Stage Manager) Welcome to our production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance”. What with the swashbuckling Pirates and their battle with the arm of the Law, those somewhat inept Policemen, it should be a happy and somewhat riotous evening. All I can say is watch out for a couple of familiar Policemen!! I would like to welcome Sandra as our Properties Manager for Pirates. She has taken over from Ann Garrood who is taking a break from this job - a job that she has filled with great enthusiasm and expertise. There didn’t seem to be any props that didn’t materialize from Ann’s capable hands. I’m sure that Sandra will fulfill this role with equal aplomb and capability. Moving on to next March. We will be presenting “Thoroughly Modern Millie”, set in the 1920’s. It has great tunes and fast moving scenes, which will put the Crew through their paces. Hope to see you then.

April Timpson (Choreographer) April joined CFAOS in 2005 for 42nd Street. Since then she has danced in many of the shows and even played the Fiddle on the roof, in “Fiddler on the Roof”. April gained her ISTD teaching qualifications for Modern, Tap and Ballet having trained at The Centre for Performing Arts, Charlton and has been running her own dance school since 2003. She is married with two children and her daughter is assisting the lighting team. Having choreographed for FJAOS for 4 years and travelled down to Graffam to choreograph for “My Fair Lady”, she is delighted to be choreographing “Pirates of Penzance”.

Paul Tickner (Musical Director) This is Paul’s 5th show as Musical Director with CFAOS but only his 2nd attempt at G&S. Having spent many years playing G&S selections on various band stands round the country as a horn player with the RCT Staff Band, it is good to hear how this fine music is supposed to sound. After this production Paul is taking some time out to concentrate on “Behind the bike sheds” the sequel to his hugely successful first musical “Stand by your beds”

June Thomas (Director) “The Pirates of Penzance” is one of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas most frequently performed and remains a firm favorite of June. She has enjoyed enormously directing this show and feels sure our audiences will enjoy it also. June has a musical background, having had a mother, father and grandfather who were all talented musicians. She started acting at an early age but soon realised that her interest was in singing, so she took singing lessons and entered many Music Festivals, winning awards in the Operatic, Oratorio and madrigal classes. She then combined the two interests by joining a local Operatic society and taking leading roles. Over the years her interest has not wavered, but suitable parts became fewer and fewer, and so when it was suggested that she might like to direct shows, she (with some trepidation) agreed to ‘give it a go’. This is the second time June has directed “The Pirates of Penzance” and is looking forward to directing “The Sound of Music” for this company in March 2013 which she hopes you will enjoy also.

CAST

Characters

Other Daughters

Alex Balston, Sam Bottle, Laura Cross, Emma Dayson, Lucy Paynter

Pirates

Tim Canfield, Tony Doherty, Paul Findlay, Mike Lehman, Norman Lyddiatt, Leah McBean-Willis, Graham McCarron, Eric McLoughlin, Brian McMahon,

Tony Siddall, Arie Van Nieuwenhuijzen, Darren White

Police

Susan Canfield, Mike Davall, Graham McCarron, Eric McLoughlin, Geoff Morris, Jane Mumford,

Robert Phillips, Darren White

Servants and Housekeepers

Joyce Atlee, Helen Dayson, Bronwen Drake, Giga Phillips, Hannah Pilkington, Kelly Turner, Annie Veneti

Major-General Stanley ..................................................................... Haydn Thomas The Pirate King ..................................................................................... Rob Tickner Samuel, his Lieutenant .......................................................................... Mark Aston Frederic, the Pirate Apprentice .......................................................... Peter Hartley Sergeant of Police ................................................................................ Tim Canfield Mabel...................................................................................................... Danni Taylor Edith .................................................................................................. Dawn Stephens Kate .........................................................................................................Siân Thomas Isabel ............................................................................................. Melanie Dormand Ruth, a Practical Maid of all work .............................................. Charlie Magowan

MAJOR-GENERAL STANLEY - Haydn Thomas With more than eighty shows and fifty years as a CFAOS member behind him, Haydn is delighted to be still up there onstage performing with an enthusiastic and talented group of players. Not only that, but the show also gives him the opportunity to ‘reprise’ the enjoyable role of the Major-General which he last played in 1996. The part is one of over sixty principal roles that he has been fortunate to perform for the Society, the characters portrayed having ranged from emperors to tramps and which have included his favourite roles of Arthur in “Camelot”, the King in “The King And I” and Professor Higgins in “My Fair Lady”. Haydn is a former Business Manager and Chairman who has recently been awarded Life Membership of the Society and also the 50 Year Service Award of The National Operatic and Dramatic Association.

BIOGRAPHIES - THE PRINCIPALS

THE PIRATE KING - Rob Tickner Rob hasn’t got a character name in this show. He does what it says on the tin! Nevertheless, he is thoroughly enjoying swashing his buckle, over-acting and running about the stage kissing all the girls!! Rob joined CFAOS in 2005 for “Singin’ in the Rain”, where he was required to run up walls as ‘Cosmo Brown’. Acrobatics on stage then became his speciality, that was until March last year when he broke his wrist snowboarding, so back flips are now a thing of the past, sadly. Instead he has turned his hand to tongue-twisting lead roles in Gilbert & Sullivan operettas and is loving it! In 2009 he played Ko Ko in “Taking the Mick-a-doo” and had a great time. He says that The Pirate King is even more fun to do and takes his inspiration for the role from Kevin Kline, who played the role back in the 1980’s.

SAMUEL - Mark Aston Mark’s first show with CFOAS was “Best Little Whore House in Texas”. Since then he has performed in many shows both with this society and other societies where he played Ernst Ludwig in “Cabaret” and Perchik in “Fiddler on the Roof”. His most recent performance was Reg - the want to be stripper in “The Full Monty” who could not go all the way. ‘I still own the very tasteful leopard skin thong that was used in the show’, says Mark, ‘it has pride of place in my underwear drawer’. Mark would like to thank the production team for giving him this opportunity and especially his wife Helen and daughter Lauren for their support and letting him grow a pirate like beard. In his spare time Mark is a hardened supporter of the mighty Newcastle Falcons rugby team, enjoys watching motor sport and his favourite show related joke is, ‘Why are pirates called pirates? Because they Arrrrrrrrr’.

FREDERIC - Peter Hartley Peter has had an interest in the performing arts most of his lifetime, having been involved in many musical groups which include the Surrey Heath Youth Orchestra (Royal Albert Hall Schools Proms 1997), Berkshire Youth Choir (Sainsbury's Youth Choir of the Year 2000), and CAMUS Productions (The 43 Club, 2009). His first show with CFAOS was “Jesus Christ Superstar” playing the role of Simon Peter and he can't wait to add the part of Frederic to that. Peter enjoys a wide variety of hobbies and interests, including playing the piano and cello, voiceover recordings and computers. His long term ambition is to gain a pilot’s license, so he can fly from his local Blackbushe Airport. In the mean time however, Peter is looking forward to appearing in shows with CFAOS for many years to come.

SERGEANT OF POLICE - Tim Canfield Tim has enjoyed playing a split personality, being a Pirate for Act 1 and a Policeman for Act 2, the opportunity to stray to both sides of the law – and dress up in more than one costume! Tim is one of our CFAOS regulars, last seen in a principal role as Ethan Girard in “The Full Monty” (perhaps too much was seen at times!). Tim joined his family on stage for children’s roles in “Robert & Elizabeth”, “The King & I”, “Oliver!” & “Carmen”. Since then a varied succession of dancing, singing and acting cameos have been punctuated with other lead roles such as Cornelius Hackl in “Hello Dolly”, Bobby Child in “Crazy for You”, Bill Snibson in “Me and My Girl” and Will Parker in “Oklahoma”. Tim has also been the artwork designer for the society for the past 14 years, and is the creator and editor of our website. If you haven’t yet visited the site then please do so, with all the latest news and a wealth of historical detail and photos stretching back to the 1920s its packed full of information, just log on to www.cfaos.co.uk.

MABEL - Danni Taylor Danni first joined CFAOS in 2005 at the age of 16 for “42nd Street” and since then has since played a number of principal roles for the society including 'Josephine' in “HMS Pinafore”, 'Philia' in “A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum”, and 'Tuptim' in “The King and I”. “The Pirates of Penzance” marks Danni’s return to the society after university where she graduated top of her class with a First Class BA Honours degree in Contemporary Performance. She is now putting her passion for theatre to good use lecturing in performing arts at Farnborough College of Technology and is excited to be joined, in this production, by one of her colleagues and also one of her students! In addition to teaching Dani is also a classically trained musician playing the flute, piano and, of course, singing and is pleased to be giving her vocal chords a good work-out in this fun and exciting show.

BIOGRAPHIES - THE PRINCIPALS (CONTINUED)

RUTH - Charlie Magowan Charlie is thrilled to be making her debut with CFAOS in Pirates. Encouraged by an inspirational music teacher, Ruth was the first ever part she played (aged 10) in a school production, and she has longed to reprise the role as an adult. Charlie has played a variety of fun parts including: Phoebe “Yeomen of the Guard”, Widow Corney “Oliver!”, Tzeitel “Fiddler on the Roof”, Patricia “Crazy for You” and most recently Ching Ho “Thoroughly Modern Millie”, which involved speaking and singing in Cantonese and Mandarin. When not sailing the ocean blue or pouring the pirate sherry, Charlie works for the Forestry Commission at Alice Holt Forest teaching children of all ages about trees, wildlife and how to build dens. She is also nursery maid to two small pirates of her own.

KATE - Siân Thomas Siân is delighted to be playing the part of Kate in this production, especially as she played the same part fifteen years ago! She has very much enjoyed skipping around with her eight ‘sisters’, misbehaving and generally ‘hamming it up’, but can claim to be the only one of them who is a ‘legitimate’ daughter to the Major-General, played by her dad, Haydn! Siân’s parents joined CFAOS in 1961, so from a very early age she was surrounded by the excitement of putting on shows. She was champing at the bit to be in one of CFAOS’s shows, but had to wait until she was ten years old, for “Kismet”. Apart from a few stints abroad, Siân has been involved with almost every show since. Along the way she feels fortunate to have played some fantastic characters, among them: Calamity Jane; Charity in “Sweet Charity”; Gigi; Velma Kelly in “Chicago” and Miss Hannigan in “Annie”.

EDITH - Dawn Stephens Pirates is Dawn's sixth show with CFAOS and becoming the role of daughter Edith has been a fun and, on occasions, mischievous experience during rehearsal season! Dawn’s first show with CFAOS was as a child in “Street Scene” back in 1991; she then moved away from the area and spent the next 10 years training as a Ballroom and Latin American dancer, successfully competing in regional and national competitions. Wanting to reignite her love of musical theatre, Dawn returned to CFAOS for “Annie” in March 2009 as a dancer and chorus member, she also enjoyed playing a cameo role as one of the Boylan Sisters. The role of Tzeitel “Fiddler on the Roof” in 2010 marked Dawn’s first principal role with CFAOS. Always looking for new challenges, Dawn has relished the opportunity of learning tap dancing and ballet over the past year (thanks go to April Timpson!) and after much encouragement from close friends, has finally started training towards her ISTD Ballroom teaching degree.

ISABEL - Melanie Dormand Despite this only being Melanie's second appearance with CFAOS, she has been 'treading the boards' for many years previously with another local society, (CAMUS) where she enjoyed performing in such shows as Oliver; playing the role of Nancy, and Kiss me Kate as the vivacious Lois Lane (a particular favorite)! When not enjoying the company of her new friends at CFAOS, Melanie works as a Marketing Manager at a local Security organisation which takes her to far off destinations like Abu Dhabi, Holland and Birmingham! Melanie lives in Church Crookham with her wonderful fiancé, Alex, who are currently planning for their wedding, taking place next September in Marwell Zoo!

BIOGRAPHIES - THE PRINCIPALS (CONTINUED)

THE CAST

ACT 1

Pour, oh pour, the pirate sherry ........................ Samuel and Chorus of Pirates

When Fred'ric was a little lad .......................................................... Ruth

Oh, better far to live and die...I am a pirate king!

Pirate King and Chorus of Pirates

Oh! false one, you have deceiv'd me ................................. Frederic and Ruth

Climbing over rocky mountain ............................................. Chorus of Girls

Stop, ladies, pray ........................... Edith, Kate, Frederic, and Chorus of Girls

Oh, is there not one maiden breast? ..................... Frederic and Chorus of Girls

Poor wand'ring one ............................................ Mabel and Chorus of Girls

What ought we to do? .................................. Edith, Kate, and Chorus of Girls

How beautifully blue the sky .................... Mabel, Frederic, and Chorus of Girls

Stay, we must not lose our senses...Here's a first-rate opportunity to get married with

impunity

Frederic and Chorus of Girls and Pirates

Hold, monsters ............................ Mabel, Major-General, Samuel, and Chorus

I am the very model of a modern Major-General ......... Major-General and Chorus

Finale Act I

Mabel, Kate, Edith, Ruth, Frederic, Samuel, King, Major-General, and Chorus

There will be an interval of 20 mi

The Coast of Cornwall, near

ACT 2

Oh, dry the glist'ning tear ..................................... Mabel and Chorus of Girls

Then, Frederic, let your escort lion-hearted ........... Frederic and Major-General

When the foeman bares his steel

Mabel, Edith, Sergeant, and Chorus of Policemen and Girls

Now for the pirates' lair! ....................................... Frederic, Ruth, and King

When you had left our pirate fold (A paradox) ............. Ruth, Frederic, and King

Away, away! My heart's on fire! .............................. Ruth, Frederic, and King

All is prepar'd; your gallant crew await you ....................... Mabel and Frederic

Stay, Fred'ric, stay...Oh, here is love, and here is truth ........ Mabel and Frederic

Sorry her lot ............................................................................. Mabel

No, I'll be brave...Though in body and in mind (Reprise of When the foeman bares his steel)

Mabel, Sergeant, and Chorus of Police

Sergeant, approach! ................ Mabel, Sergeant of Police, and Chorus of Police

When a felon's not engaged in his employment ...... Sergeant and Chorus of Police

A rollicking band of pirates we .......... Sergeant and Chorus of Pirates and Police

With cat-like tread, upon our prey we steal

Samuel and Chorus of Pirates and Police

Hush, hush, not a word!

Frederic, King, Major-General, and Chorus of Police and Pirates

Finale, Act II ........................................................................ Ensemble

inutes between Acts One and Two

r Penzance, the Victorian Era

THE STORY

ACT ONE

On the coast of Cornwall, at the time of Queen Victoria's reign, Frederic, a young man with a strong sense of duty, celebrates, amidst the pirates, the completion of his twenty-first year and the apparent end of his apprenticeship ("Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry"). The pirates' maid of all work, Ruth, appears and reveals that, as Frederic's nursemaid long ago ("When Frederic was a little lad"), she had made a mistake "through being hard of hearing": she had misheard Frederic's father's instructions and apprenticed him to a pirate, instead of to a ship's pilot. Frederic has never seen any woman other than Ruth, and he believes her to be beautiful. The pirates know better and suggest that Frederic take Ruth with him when he returns to civilisation. Frederic announces that,

although it pains him to do so, such is his sense of duty that, once free from his apprenticeship, he will be forced to devote himself to their extermination. He points out that they are not very successful pirates, since, being orphans themselves, they allow their prey to go free if they too are orphans. Frederic notes that word of this has got about, so captured ships' companies routinely claim to be orphans. Frederic invites the pirates to give up piracy and go with him, so that he need not destroy them, but the Pirate King notes that, compared with respectability, piracy is comparatively honest ("Oh! better far to live and die"). The pirates depart, leaving Frederic and Ruth. Frederic sees a group of beautiful young girls approaching the pirate lair, and realizes that Ruth lied to him about her appearance ("Oh false one! You have deceived me!"). Sending Ruth away, Frederic hides before the girls arrive. The girls burst exuberantly upon the secluded spot ("Climbing over rocky mountain"). Frederic reveals himself ("Stop, ladies, pray!") and appeals to them to help him reform ("Oh! is there not one maiden breast?"). One of them, Mabel, responds to his plea, and chides her sisters for their lack of charity ("Oh sisters deaf to pity's name for shame!"). She sings to him ("Poor wand'ring one"), and Frederic and Mabel quickly fall in love. The other girls contemplate whether to eavesdrop or to leave the new couple alone ("What ought we to do?"), and eventually decide to "talk about the weather," although they steal a glance or two at the affectionate couple ("How beautifully blue the sky"). Frederic warns the girls of the pirates nearby ("Stay, we must not lose our senses"), but before they can flee, the pirates arrive and capture all the girls, intending to marry them ("Here's a first rate opportunity"). Mabel warns the pirates that the girls' father is a Major-General ("Hold, monsters!"), who soon arrives and introduces himself ("I am the very model of a modern Major-General"). He appeals to the pirates not to take his daughters, leaving him to face his old age alone. Having heard of the famous Pirates of Penzance, he pleads for their release on the ground that he's an orphan ("Oh, men of dark and dismal fate"). The soft-hearted pirates are sympathetic and release the girls ("Hail, Poetry!"), making Major-General Stanley and his daughters honorary members of their band ("Pray observe the magnanimity").

ACT TWO The Major-General sits in a ruined chapel on his estate, surrounded by his daughters. His conscience is tortured by the lie that he told the pirates, and the girls attempt to console him ("Oh dry the glist'ning tear"). The Sergeant of Police and his corps arrive to announce their readiness to go forth to arrest the pirates ("When the foeman bares his steel"). The girls loudly express their admiration of the police for facing likely slaughter at the hands of fierce and merciless foes. The police are unnerved by this, and remain around (to the Major-General's frustration) but finally leave. "Have mercy on us!"Left alone, Frederic, who is to lead the group, pauses to reflect on his opportunity to atone for a life of piracy ("Now for the pirate's lair"), at which point he encounters Ruth and the Pirate King. It has occurred to them that his apprenticeship was worded so as to bind him to them until his

twenty-first birthday – and, because that birthday happens to be on 29 February (in a leap year), it means that technically only five birthdays have passed ("When you had left our pirate fold"), and he will not reach his twenty-first birthday until he is in his eighties. Frederic is convinced by this logic that he must rejoin the pirates, and thus he sees it as his duty to inform the Pirate King of the Major-General's deception. The outraged outlaw declares that their "revenge will be swift and terrible" ("Away, away, my heart's on fire"). Frederic meets Mabel ("All is prepared"), and she pleads with him to stay ("Stay Frederic, stay"), but he explains that he must fulfill his duty to the pirates until his 21st birthday in 1940. He promises to return then and claim her. They agree to be faithful to each other until then, though to Mabel "It seems so long" ("Oh here is love and here is truth"), and Frederic departs. Mabel steels herself ("No, I'll be brave") and tells the police that they must go alone to face the pirates. They muse that an outlaw might be just like any other man, and it is a shame to deprive him of "that liberty which is so dear to all" ("When a felon's not engaged in his employment"). The police hide on hearing the approach of the pirates ("A rollicking band of pirates we"), who have stolen onto the grounds, meaning to avenge themselves for the Major-General's lie ("With cat-like tread"). The police and the pirates prepare for the fight ("Hush, hush! not a word"). Just then, the Major-General appears, sleepless with guilt, and the pirates also hide, while General Stanley listens to the soothing sighing of the breeze ("Sighing softly to the river"). The girls come looking for him ("Now what is this and what is that"). The pirates leap to the attack, and the police rush to the defence; but the police are easily defeated, and the Pirate King urges the captured Major-General to prepare for death. The Sergeant plays his trump card, demanding that the pirates yield "in Queen Victoria's name"; the pirates, overcome with loyalty to their Queen, do so. Ruth appears and reveals that the orphan pirates are in fact "all noblemen who have gone wrong". The Major-General is impressed by this and all is forgiven. Frederic and Mabel are reunited, and the Major-General is happy to marry his daughters to the noble pirates after all.

THE STORY (CONTINUED)

Flute ........................................................................................ Helen Wallis Oboe ................................................................................ Barry Collisson Clarinet 1 ........................................................................ Martyn Hayward Clarinet 2 .................................................................................. Zoë Belbin Bassoon ................................................................................. Paula Burton Horn ..................................................................................... Austin Pepper Trumpets ................................................................ Lawrence Warburton Trombone ................................................................................ Paul Dodge Drum Kit ............................................................................. Derek Vickers Violin 1 & leader ............................................................... Tessa Welford Violin 1 .................................................................................... Juliet Balch Violin 2 ................................................................................... Jane Hunter Viola ..................................................................................... Carol Jenkins Cello .................................................................................. Lynda Marsom String Bass .................................................................... Jonathan Williams

ORCHESTRA

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THE PRODUCTION TEAM

Director: June Thomas Assistant Director: Charlotte Walker Musical Director: Paul Tickner Choreographer: April Timpson Stage Manager: Mike Davall Assistant Stage Managers: Robert Phillips Martin Sampson Stage Crew and Setup weekend: David Barnes Clive Bolton Graham Davidson Lisa Fletcher Andy Piercy Jim Prescott Steven Williams Scenery Transport Manager: Andy Harding Lighting Director: Melvyn Fryer (Prism) Lighting Designer/Operator: Stuart Armes Lighting Assistant: Nicole Timpson Sound Manager: Ian Sutton (Omega Productions) Prompt: Carrie Canfield Rehearsal Pianists: Derek Canfield Ruth Hepworth Graham Hix Box Office Managers: Dawn Stephens Ron Walker Front of House Manager: Christine White Make-up Managers: Victoria Taylor Jenni Wood Make-up Team: Alison Bedford Diane Bedford Kimberley Nichols Costume Team: Joyce Atlee Helen Dayson Seamstresses: Karen Grover Properties: Sandra Bolton Sophie Fryer Lynda Taylor Ann Garrood Stage Door Keeper: Peter Taylor Photographs: George Riddell Publicity Manager: Richard Young Publicity Team: Lisa Fletcher Mike Lehman Lucy Paynter Siân Thomas Rob Tickner Richard Young Website: Tim Canfield “Pirates” and “Thoroughly Modern Milie” Artwork: Tim Canfield Programme: Chris Armes Costume Supplier: Berenice Stage Costume Hire, Ashton under Lyne Scenery: Prosceneium Ltd, Rochdale Publicity Banners: SignFX Programme and Handbill Printing: Midas Press, Southwood

Future productions from the

Cody Farnborough Amateur Operatic Society

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE 27th - 31st March 2012

BEHIND THE BIKE SHEDS* 24th - 29th September 2012

*Behind The Bike Sheds is in association with Paul Ticker Cody is pleased to be supporting this show for Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice

The sound of music 18th - 23rd March 2013

Full details about our society and forthcoming productions can be found on our website at:

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About NODA Patron: The Lord Lloyd-Webber

The National Operatic and Dramatic Association (NODA), founded in 1899, is the main representative body for amateur theatre in the UK. It has a membership of some 2500 amateur/community theatre groups and 3000 individual enthusiasts throughout the UK, staging musicals, operas, plays, concerts and pantomimes in a wide variety of performing venues, ranging from the country's leading professional theatres to village halls. Members have access to a wide range of benefits. NODA is divided into eleven national Regions, each headed by a Region Councillor who sits on the Council (the ruling body of the Association), supported by a network of Regional Representatives and other volunteers. These volunteers are the vital link to the grass roots of the Association, the amateur theatre companies themselves. The Association is administered from its Headquarters in Peterborough, with a knowledgeable and friendly staff able to deal with virtually any enquiry relating to amateur theatre. There is a broad spectrum of ages involved with amateur theatre nationwide, from a burgeoning number of youth groups to adult companies, which meet the needs of all levels of both performers, whether dramatic or musical, and enthusiasts involved backstage, front of house or in administration.

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CODY FARNBOROUGH AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY

A BRIEF HISTORY Cody Farnborough Amateur Operatic Society is a charitable organisation, which has raised over £60,000 for local charities in its long history. Formed in 1920 originally as the RAE Dramatic and Operatic Society, its first musical production was an operetta with a Chinese theme, “The Golden Amulet”, which was performed in the old RAE Concert Hall. Sadly proving uneconomical to maintain, this was demolished in 1929.

The Society was lucky enough to be granted the use of the Farnborough Town Hall until 1940, when it was taken over completely as a Civil Defence Centre. During this period, the association with the town of Farnborough grew to the extent that in 1935 the Society was reconstituted as the ‘Farnborough and Royal Aircraft Establishment Amateur Operatic Society’.

With the loss of the Town Hall in 1940, the Society was again without a home but a saviour appeared in the unlikely person of Mr Garcia, the lessee of the Theatre Royal, Aldershot. During the very first production (“The Mikado”) the Air Raid Warning sounded and Pooh-Bah kneeling before the Mikado said ‘Your Majesty, I have to announce that the sirens have just gone off’. The audience responded with one of the most prolonged rounds of applause the Society has ever received. Needless to say the show went on!

The large stage of the Theatre Royal enabled the Society to expand its repertoire of musicals, with an average of 5,500 people seeing each production, and it was with some regret that the Society had to say goodbye to the Theatre Royal at the end of the war. However, the new RAE Assembly Hall became available in 1944 and the Society returned to its original home. This ushered in a long period of stability when the Society staged a wide range of shows, many of them quite ambitious for such a small stage.

1973 saw the transfer of productions to the Princes Hall when it opened in Aldershot, offering a much larger hall with a big stage and auditorium.

In more recent years, the Society has performed critically acclaimed shows such as Kurt Weill's “Street Scene”, “Jesus Christ Superstar”, “Crazy for You”, “Sweeney Todd”, “Chess”, “Copacabana”, Essgee’s production of “HMS Pinafore”, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”, “The King and I” and “Fiddler” which won the Society its most recent NODA (National Operatic and Dramatic Association) Award for Production Excellence. During this period the Society has also won a number of awards for its programmes.

Today the Society enjoys the patronage of QinetiQ (formerly DERA). In 2001 the members decided that it would be appropriate to change the Society’s name to ‘Cody Farnborough Amateur Operatic Society’ in order to reflect its continued links with its historical home.

Chairman Mr. D. White Vice Chairman Mrs. S. Fryer Treasurer Mr. J. Canfield Business Manager Mr. C. Armes Secretaries Mrs. C. Canfield Miss. J. Galliford Publicity Manager Mr. R. Young

Box Office Managers Ms. D. Stephens Mr. R. Walker Librarian Mr. P. Taylor General Committee Mr. E. McLoughlin Mr. M. Sampson Mr. H. Thomas Mrs. C. Walker

OFFICERS & COMMITTEE 2011 / 2012

The Society gratefully acknowledges the valuable support received from Life Members, Vice Presidents, Patrons, Programme Sellers, Stewards and all those who have contributed to the production. Special thanks are

due to the Princes Hall Manager and his staff for their help and co-operation.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1921 The Golden Amulet 1922 The Pirates of Penzance 1923 Patience 1924 The Mikado The Yeomen of the Guard 1925 Les Cloches de Corneville 1926 The Gondoliers 1927 The Pirates of Penzance 1929 The Rebel Maid 1930 The Geisha 1931 H.M.S. Pinafore The Yeomen of the Guard 1932 Iolanthe 1933 Patience 1935 The Mikado 1936 The Gondoliers 1937 Ruddigore 1938 Les Cloches de Corneville 1939 The Yeomen of the Guard 1940 The Pirates of Penzance 1941 The Mikado 1942 A Waltz Dream 1943 The Desert Song 1944 The Vagabond King The Gondoliers 1945 Good Night, Vienna Iolanthe 1946 The Rebel Maid 1947 The Yeomen of the Guard 1948 H.M.S. Pinafore 1949 The Mikado 1950 The Pirates of Penzance 1951 The Arcadians 1952 The Quaker Girl 1953 A Country Girl 1954 Rose Marie 1955 Waltz Time 1956 The Desert Song 1957 The Gondoliers 1958 The Vagabond King 1959 The Gypsy Baron 1960 Iolanthe 1961 White Horse Inn 1962 Brigadoon 1963 Night in Venice 1964 South Pacific 1965 Show Boat 1966 The Land of Smiles 1967 Oklahoma! 1968 Merrie England 1969 Orpheus in the Underworld 1970 Chu Chin Chow 1971 Camelot 1972 Die Fledermaus 1973 Fiddler on the Roof 1974 Kismet 1975 The Music Man 1976 The Merry Widow Robert and Elizabeth 1977 Le Belle Hélène The King and I 1978 Kiss Me Kate My Fair Lady 1979 Rose Marie Half a Sixpence 1980 Carousel Oliver! 1981 Carmen Brigadoon 1982 Die Fledermaus The Most Happy Fella

1983 Guys and Dolls Annie Get Your Gun 1984 Show Boat The Yeomen of the Guard 1985 Camelot Orpheus in the Underworld 1986 Oklahoma! The Desert Song 1987 White Horse Inn South Pacific 1988 Kismet The Pajama Game 1989 My Fair Lady Cabaret 1990 The Merry Widow Variety Showcase 1991 Gigi Street Scene (Premiere) 1992 Fiddler on the Roof The Gypsy Baron 1993 High Society * Sweet Charity [1] 1994 The Mikado Hello Dolly 1995 * Jesus Christ Superstar [1] Kiss Me Kate 1996 * The Pirates of Penzance [1] * Carousel [1] 1997 Orpheus in the Underworld Chicago 1998 Calamity Jane Carmen 1999 Crazy for You * Sweeney Todd [1] 2000 Guys and Dolls South Pacific 2001 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Oliver! 2002 Die Fledermaus Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 2003 * Chess [1] * Cabaret [2] 2004 Me and My Girl * Oklahoma! [2] 2005 42nd Street Singin’ in the Rain 2006 * Copacabana [1] Oh What A Lovely War [2] 2007 * H.M.S. Pinafore (Essgee) [1] [2] * A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum [1] [2] 2008 * The King and I [1] [2] * Annie Get Your Gun [2] 2009 Annie * Taking The Mick-A-Doo [2] 2010 * Fiddler on the Roof [1] [2] The Full Monty 2011 Jesus Christ Superstar

PAST PRODUCTIONS

* NODA AWARD WINNING [1] Production [2] Programme

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NOTICE TO PATRONS

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PRODUCTION

27TH - 31ST MARCH 2012

If you have enjoyed this performance why not join our Society? Applications for vice presidents, patrons, full and junior members are always welcome. As well as performing on stage you may wish to consider scenery construction, stage crew, costume or make-up. Auditions for our next show “Thoroughly Modern Millie”, will be held on Sunday 16th October 2011 at Velmead Junior School from 2 - 6pm and you can apply by telephoning our Secretary for Jesus Christ Superstar, Mrs Carrie Canfield, on 01252 614413, or by e-mail at secretary@cfaos.co.uk or by completing the slip below. I am interested in joining the Cody Farnborough Amateur Operatic Society. Please send me further details of the following: Vice President or Patron Scenery Construction Costume/Make-up

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