Past Productions from the Glasgow Light Opera Club

Kiss Me Kate is a musical comedy in two acts based on "The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare. Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter. (1947).

Essentially a play within a play, the action concerns the love-hate relationship between Fred Graham and his ex wife Lilli Vanessi. This tempestuous relationship spills over onto their stage production of "The Taming of the Shrew," with hilarious consequences. Sub plots involve other love affairs and gambling debts; enter the two gangsters, who, suddenly finding themselves on stage, beseech the audience to "Brush up Your Shakespeare."

PRINCIPALS...

Fred Graham (Petruchio) - J. Campbell Kerr; Lilli Vanessi (Kate) - Lynda Yates; First Gangster - Jim Robertson; Second Gangster - Hugh Neilson; Lois Lane (Bianca) - Janice Johnson; Bill Calhoun (Lucentio) - Martin McLaren; Gremio - Alasdair Ross; Hortensio - Colin Forbes; Hattie - Liz Mitchell; Paul - Will Pollock; Harry Trevor (Baptista) - Gerald Fallon; Harrison Howell - Duncan Thomson; Ralph - Darren Campbell.

CHORUS...

Monique Alexander, Jean Beveridge, Sheena Brownlie, Elisabeth Burns, Alison Donnelly, Bridget Fallon, Rosemary Fee, Janet Gibson, Carol Hughes, Linda Kotewa, Mairi MacGregor, Barbara McFadyen, Ellen McGregor, Christine Milliken, Marion Morrison, Elizabeth Nicholson, Fiona Prior, Kate Ringland, Janet Robertson, Loretta Turnbull.

Alex Buchanan, Andrew Crawford, Richard Doak, Ernie Donaldson, Ian Gray, Steven MacIntyre, Alex McGregor, Ian Murray, Stuart Stevenson.

DANCERS...

Laura Galloway, Nicola Glover, Karen Haggerty, Joanna McAtear, Nicola Mills, Zoe Ramsay.

The chosen charity for this show was Children's Hospice Association Scotland and they benefited from a donation of £2,000.