The Gilbert and Sullivan Newsletter Archive

GILBERTIAN GOSSIP

No 7 — July 1977     Edited by Michael Walters



THE TRIAL OF MR. WELLS. G & S Society, 27 May 1977, in the Mary Sumner Hall, Westminster

This confection was written by me, and was very well received. As usual with these things I was much too nervous to enjoy it at the time, so happily I was able to get a tape taken (copies of which will be available by arrangement), and was absolutely delighted with the performances set up by the cast in what was, to all intents and purposes, a completely unrehearsed piece. Particularly outstanding were Alan Titchmarsh as Wells, the Defendant; and Roger Nicholls in the cameo role of Pietro, thought this is in no way to disparage the others, all of whom were excellent. MICHAEL WALTERS



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