By Jupiter
Louise Gold
starred as Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons in the first Lost Musical to be
performed at Barbican Cinema 1, on 3, 10,17 and 24 May 1992. It seems
appropriate, given both her Mother's Wartime antics (heading an all female
revue troupe), and the fact that her own name (Louise), according to
some definitions, means "Famous Warrioress" that Louise should
be so cast.
Cast
Theseus - Trevor Alexander
Homer - Kevin Walton
Hercules - Mark Fredrick
Herald - Neil Rose
Soldier - Jonathan Ewart Holmes
Achilles -
Buria - Danielle Carson
Sentary - Morag Brownlie
Sentry -
Heroica - Kate Dyson
Caustica - Josephine Baird
Pomposia - Ursula Smith
Hippolyta - Louise Gold
Sapiens - Jon Glover
Antiope - Briony Glassco
Penelope - Issy Van Randwyck
Production Team
Music/Book - Richard Rogers
Lyrics/Book - Lorenz Hart
Based on Julian F Thompson's "The Warrior's
Husband"
Original Production – 2 June 1942, Shubert Theatre, Broadway, with Benay Venuta as Hippolyta
Musical Director - Mark W Dorrell
Director - Ian Marshall-Fisher
Myra Sands is one of the regulars in The Lost Musicals, along
with Louise Gold she went on to appear in: One Touch of Venus (1992 Production) | Du
Barry Was A Lady (1993 Production) | New Girl In
Town | Red Hot And Blue | Something For The Boys | Panama Hattie | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | One Touch of Venus (2000 Production) , Darling of The Day, and, Mexican Hayride. They had previously appeared in
a concert of highlights from Ratepayers' Iolanthe
& Metropolitan Mikado and have gone on to appear together on the
commercial stage in Follies, and, Oliver!;
and can be heard on the album Oliver!
(Recording).
Danielle
Carson is another regular, having
also appeared with Louise Gold in Du
Barry Was A Lady (1993 Production) and Red
Hot & Blue. They also appeared
together on the JAY/TER recording of Stop The World I Want To Get Off.
Danielle
Carson, Louise Gold, and Ursula
Smith had previously appeared together in Anything
Goes
Louise Gold and Kevin Walton were reunited later that year in Assassins, and several years later in the film Topsy Turvy
Louise Gold
and Jon Glover went on to appear in The Lost
Musicals production of Panama Hattie. They were
both voice-artistes on Spitting Image and in
that capacity feature on the album Spit In Your
Ear, and in the documentary Best
Ever Spitting Image.
It is perhaps
worth noting that at least two of the principal actors in this production, have
made somewhat noteworthy contributions to the world of pre-school-children’s
television. Jon Glover is a former presenter of BBC TV’s Play
School, and, Louise Gold has puppeteered on CTW’s
Louise Gold and Issy Van Randwyck had previously appeared together in Love Life and were later reunited in Kiss Me Kate and Hot
‘n’ Spicy 2
Issy Van
Randwyck went on to appear in Regents Park 70th Anniversary Gala,
Dress Circle Grand Reopening,
and at Shopping With The Stars 2008.
Issy Van
Randwyck’s recording credits
include: Encore The Very
Best From The Musicals , Cole
Porter - Night And Day, The
History Of The Musical, and, The Great
Musicals – Laughter And Tears.
Mark Dorrell went on to appear in Side By Side By
Sondheim 30th Anniversary Gala.
Danielle Carson’s recording credits include The Great Musicals – Dashing Heroes,
Blushing Maidens, and, Magic Of The
Musicals.
Myra Sands may have previously taken part in Thing A Thon.
Danielle
Carson, and, Issy Van Randwyck’s
recording credits include 100 Hits Musicals.
Louise Gold, and, Myra Sands went on
to take part in Camberwell Pocket Opera’s
First Fundraising Gala, for which Mark
Dorrell also played the piano.
Critics
Comments
" - a country of Amazons attractively lead by Queen
Hippolyta and Princess Antiope, strong performances by Louise Gold and Briony
Glassco respectively, _ "
