Taunton Thespians Archive - past productions

Vivat! Vivat Regina!
by Robert Bolt

Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre, Taunton, 10th – 14th March 1987
Cast
Mary Queen of Scots Hilary Marshall
Claud Nau Dennis Holman
William Cecil Robin Bush
Elizabeth I of England Maggie Bundey
Robert Dudley Tony Bundey
John Knox Patrick Sanders
David Rizzio John Tyler
Lord Morton Stephen Morley
Lord Bothwell Hugh Bazley
Sir Francis Walsingham Stuart Symonds
De Quadra Ken Stark
Davison Murray Hawkins
Henry Stuart; Lord Darnley Richard Brown
Lord Mor; Prisoner David Beach
Ruthven; Ormiston; Jailer John Fisher
Lindsey; Doctor David Fox
Tala; Laird John Burbery
Brewer; Laird Harry Sheridan
Jailer; Laird John Coombes
Archbishop Steven Bartlett
Bagpiper Jo Jones
Court ladies Angela Morley, Jacqui Rockett, Maria Prisco, Michelle Hodges
Backstage
Directed by Pat Hudson
Stage Manager Bob Hudson
Stage director Janet Dodd
Deputy Stage Manager Sue Shaxon
Lighting Design Robin Saffrey
Lighting Operators Helen Charles & Mark Hole
Sound Technical Bob Hudson
Sound Operator Robin Saffrey
Properties Sue Berry
Wardrobe Julie MacLatchy
Set Design & Construction Patrick Sanders
Assisted by Margaret Sanders & George Lashbrook
Black Gang Terry Hudson, Steve Keane & Hugh McInally
Acknowledgments
For cast & production photographs Delmar Studio
For hand designed posters Bernard Gay
For erecting publicity billboards George Lashbrook
For publicity assistance Iris Pearson
For supplying costumes Bristol Old Vic
For supplying wigs Wig Creations of London