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Production photographs of a touring production of the newly revised version of Paul Bunyan by the English Music Theatre

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Production photographs of a touring production of the newly revised version of Paul Bunyan by the English Music Theatre

DateJun 1976-Jun 1978

DescriptionThe production opened at Snape Maltings as part of the Aldeburgh Festival on 4 and 5 Jun 1976. The cast were: Narrator/Ballad Singer Russell Smythe, Voice of Paul Bunyan Paul Maxwell, Western Union Boy Peter Savidge, Hel Helson Donald Stephenson, Sam Sharkey Paul Arden-Griffiths, Ben Benny John Rath, Fido Catherine Sydee, Moppet Lynn Barber, Poppet Brenda Mclean, Johnny Inkslinger Neil Jenkins, John Shears Michael Bauer, Hot Biscuit Slim Philip Doghan, Tiny Iris Saunders. Other parts (The Defeated, Frontier Women, Swedes, Lumberjacks, Trees, Wild Geese, Helson's Cronies, Heron, Squirrel, Wind, Moon and Beetle) were taken by: Sheila Brand, Frances Carr-Boyd, Rachel Cook, Jillian Crowe, Janice Hooper-Roe, Judith Jeffrey, Brenda McLean, Wendy Pashley, Judith Rees, Catherine Sydee, Anna Vincent, Anthony Attwell, David Bartleet, Christopher Booth-Jones, Michael Bulman, Glyn Davenport, Justin Lavender, Martin McEvoy, John Rath, Peter Savidge,Paul Whitmarsh. The English Music Theatre Orchestra was conducted by Steuart Bedford. Producer: Colin Graham Associate Director: Roger Williams, Designer: Margaret Harris, Lighting designed by John B. Read.
On tour in 1976 to Sadler's Wells, London (1-4, 25 Sep), Christ's Hospital, Horsham (4-6 Nov), Northcott Theatre, Exeter (8,9 Nov), Arts Centre Warwick University (11-13 Nov), Festival Theatre Malvern (15,16 Nov) Darlington Civic Theatre (18-20 Nov), Gaumont Theatre Doncaster (22-24 Nov), Sherman Theatre University College Cardiff (26,27 Nov), Nuffield Theatre Southampton University (29, 30 Nov), Gardner Centre Brighton (2-4 Dec), Gordon Craig Theatre Stevenage (6-8 Dec), returning to Snape Maltings (10, 11 Dec) there were some cast alternatives: Narrator Peter Lyon,Voice of Paul Bunyan Michael Follis,Tiny Judith Rees, Inkslinger Paul Whitmarsh, Slim Anthony Attwell, Shears Glyn Davenport, Fido Sheila Brand, Moppett Janice Hooper-Roe, Jenson Peter Savidge, Telegraph Boy Martin McEcvoy. Nicholas Kraemer became principal conductor with pianists David Parry, Stephen Westrop, percussion Anne Collis/Peter Hamburger, Guitar George Fenton/Dave Cook.
In 1978 the production visited the Rokoko-Theatre Schwetzingen (12, 14, 15 May) with Steuart Bedford as conductor and at the McRobert Centre Stirling (19,20 May) and Theatro della Pergola, Florence (22,23,25, 28 Jun) with Nicholas Kraemer.

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Item	PHPN/13/3/1	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Prologue: In the forest – Opening Chorus	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/2	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Prologue: In the forest	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/3	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Prologue: In the forest, final Chorus	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/4	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Prologue: In the forest, final Chorus	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/5	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Ballad Interlude	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/6	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Ballad Interlude	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/7	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Ballad Interlude 2a	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/8	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Ballad Interlude 2a	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/9	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 1 scene 1 A clearing in the forest: Preliminary Chorus to the Quartet of Four Swedes	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/10	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan Act 1 scene 1 A clearing in the forest: Quartet of Four Swedes	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/11	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan Act 1 scene 1 A clearing in the forest: The Swedes identify themselves to Bunyan	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/12	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan Act 1 scene 1 A clearing in the forest: Quartet of Four Swedes	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/13	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan Act 1 scene 1 A clearing in the forest: The Swedes fight	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/14	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 1 scene 1 A clearing in the forest: No.7 The Cooks' Duet	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/15	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan Act 1 scene 1 A clearing in the forest: No.7: The Cooks' Duet	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/16	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 1 scene 1 A clearing in the forest: No.7 The Cooks' Duet	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/17	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 1 scene 1 A clearing in the forest: Johnny Inkslinger meets Bunyan	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/18	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 1 scene 1 A clearing in the forest: Johnny Inkslinger meets Bunyan	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/19	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 1 scene 1: Rehearsal of the Blues	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/20	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 1 scene 2 The Camp: Lumberjacks protest about the food	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/21	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 1 scene 2 The Camp: Lumberjacks protest about the food	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/22	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 1 scene 2 The Camp: Lumberjacks protest about the food	Sep1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/23	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 1 scene 2 The Camp: Slim's Song	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/24	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 1 scene 2 The Camp: Slim's Song	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/25	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 1 scene 2 The Camp: after Slim's Song	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/26	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 1 scene 2 The Camp: 13. Bunyan's Return	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/27	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 1 scene 2 The Camp: 14. Inkslinger's Song	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/28	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 1 scene 2 The Camp: 14. Inkslinger's Song	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/29	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 1 scene 2 The Camp: 14. Inkslinger's Song	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/30	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 1 scene 2 The Camp: 14. Inkslinger's Song	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/31	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 1 scene 2 The Camp: No.15 Tiny's Entrance	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/32	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 1 scene 2 The Camp: 15a Tiny's Song	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/33	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 1 scene 2 The Camp: 15a Tiny's Song	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/34	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 1 scene 2 The Camp: 15a Tiny's Song	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/35	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 1 A Clearing: No 18a Shears' Song	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/36	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 1 A Clearing: 19. Farmers' Song	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/37	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 1 A Clearing: 19 Farmers' Song	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/38	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 1 A Clearing: 20. The Mocking of Hel Helson	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/39	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 1 A Clearing: 20. The Mocking of Hel Helson	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/40	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 1 A Clearing: 20. The Mocking of Hel Helson	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/41	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 1 A Clearing: 21: Fido's Sympathy	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/42	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 1 A Clearing: 21: Fido's Sympathy	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/43	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 1 A Clearing: 22: Cats' Creed	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/44	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 1: A Clearing: No. 22 Cats' Creed	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/45	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 1: A Clearing: Love Duet	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/46	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 1 A Clearing: Love Duet	Sep1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/47	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 1 A Clearing: Love Duet	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/48	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 1 A Clearing: Love Duet	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/49	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 1 A Clearing:The Funeral	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/50	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 1 A Clearing: Hel Helson confronts his cronies	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/51	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 1 A Clearing: Hel Helson confronts his cronies	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/52	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 1 A Clearing: Hymn	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/53	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Ballad Interlude	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/54	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 2: No 25 The Christmas Party: Salute to Tiny	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/55	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 2: No 25 The Christmas Party	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/56	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 2: No 25 The Christmas Party: Hel Helson's speech	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/57	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 2: No 25 The Christmas Party: John Shears' speech	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/58	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 2: No 25 The Christmas Party: Cheering John Shears	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/59	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 2: No 25 The Christmas Party: Inkslinger reads the Telegram	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/60	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 2 No 25 The Christmas Party: Inkslinger and the Telegram	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/61	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 2: No 25 The Christmas Party: Celebrating Inkslinger's good news	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/62	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 2 No 26 Bunyan's Farewell	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/63	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 2 No 27 Litany	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/64	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 2 No 27 Litany	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/65	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 2 No 27 Litany	Sep 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/66	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 2: No 27 Litany	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/67	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Act 2 scene 2: No 27 Litany: The end of the opera	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/68	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Scene set for Act 2 scene 1	Jun 1976-Jun 1978
Item	PHPN/13/3/69	Production photograph of Paul Bunyan: Scene set for Act 2 scene 2	Jun 1976-Jun 1978