Lucia Di Lammermoor
Libretto by Cammarano, after the novel by Walter Scott
Music by Donizetti
Directed by Jean Campbell
13 – 16 May 1970
Donizetti’s opera of a woman forced to breaking point.
Cast
Lord Henry Ashton (Enrico) – William Webster
Lucy, his sister (Lucia) – Rita Stevens
Sir Edgar Ravenswood (Edgardo) – Gordon Dyble
Lord Arthur Bucklow (Arturo) – Donald Thornton Smith
Raymond Bidebent – David Braund
Alice, Companion to Lucy (Alisa) – Elisabeth Grist
Norman, Retainer to Lord Henry (Normanno) – Derek Holdaway or Sidney Owen
Retainers, Wedding Guests, etc:
Alice Avery, Morgan Baine, Jean Campbell, Rosamond Conder, Elizabeth Freeborough, Paul Hartup, Joan Holley, Dorothy Joyce, Thomas Lucken, Kay Nowell, Betty Owen, Patricia Pawley, Kay Pearce, Marion Richards, Geoffrey Tait, Stephen Thompson, Joan Tolhurst, Hilary Walker, Ursula Warrington, Patricia Watson.
Crew
Piano – Thomas Wade
Conductor – Kenneth Campbell
Stage Manager – Martin Wood and Pamela Claisse
Stage Direction – Jean Campbell
Construction – The Guild Workshop
Lighting Designers – Bennett – Orwell Group
Costumes designed and made by – Jean Campbell
Properties – Pat Watson, Molly Pritchard, Lynn Grizzell