The talented and professionally-trained actors of the Barrow Savoyards took on the classic satirical opera Patience or Bunthorne’s Bride in a memorable 1989 production.
Performed in February that year at the Civic Hall, the show is a comic opera in two acts with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert.
ACT: The cast of Patience performed by the Barrow Savoyards pictured in 1989
The opera is a satire on the aesthetic movement of the 1870s and 1880s in England.
The starring roles went to David Marcus as the titular Reginald Bunthorne, Eileen Lithgow as Patience, and Neil Metcalfe as Archibald Grosvenor.
TITLE: Title role performed by Eileen Lithgow as Patience (a dairymaid)
Marcus’ character fell in love with Patience but found a rival for her affections in the form of Grosvenor.
The show was well received by audiences and critics for the music and humour.
PERFORM: Neil Metcalfe as Archibald Grosvenor (an idyllic poet)
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