Kiss Me, Kate - 1990
by arrangement with Musicscope Ltd.
Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter
Book by Sam and Bella Spewack
Production Team
Producer - Jack Tait, assisted by S. Gordon Lang
Musical Director - S. Gordon Lang
Choreographer - Margaret Hay
Cast
Fred Graham, Actor, Producer, Writer - Colin Thomas
Harry Trevor - Peter King
Lois Lane - Claire Johnston
Ralph (Stage Manager) - Ken Lawton
Lilli Vanessi - Kate Schwab
Hatti - Elaine Anderson
Stage Doorman - Edward Peirce
Paul - Bill Ginn
Bill Calhoun - Mark Devine
First Man - Tom Johnstone
Second Man - Eric Schwab
Harrison Howell - Jim Mooney
"Taming of the Shrew" Players
Bianca (LoisLane) - Claire Johnston
Baptista (Harry Trevor) - Peter King
Gremio (First Suitor) - David Fisher
Hortensio (Second Suitor) - Bill Walker
Lucentio (Bill Calhoun) - Mark Devine
Katharine (Lilli Vanessi) - Kate Schwab
Petruchio (Fred Graham) - Colin Thomas
Servants - Bill Crudge, Jim Maxwell, Bill Struthers
Haberdasher - Bruce Arthur
Ladies of the Chorus
Hazel Armstrong, Diane Ballantyne, Alison Bennet, Elizabeth Conroy, Carol Edison,
Norma Fingland, Anneliese Gannon, Anne Harris, Wendy Hayes, Shona Jenkins,
Betty MacAulay, Rona MacGregor, Margo McTaggart, Marylin Maxwell,
Eileen Montgomery, Pauline Moscardini, Anne Serafini, Gillian Smith,
Elizabeth Sorbie, Emma Walker, Linda Watson.
Gentlemen of the Chorus
Bruce Arthur, John Cannon, lan Conroy, Robbie Crawford, Bill Crudge, David Fisher,
Bill Ginn, Jim Kirkpatrick, Robert McDermott, Jim Maxwell, Jason Munro,
Edward Peirce, Harry Sheridan, Bill Struthers, Bill Walker, Gilbert Wedgwood.
Dancers
Morag Arthur, Dorothy Bedford, Lori McElroy, Sandra Mooney, Linda Raeburn,
Dawn Smith, Gael Smith, Wendy Weir.
Performance Details
26th February - 3rd March 1990
The Village Theatre,
East Kilbride
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Synopsis of Music and Scenes
Act I
Overture - Orchestra
Another Op'nin, Another Show - Hattie, Chorus and Dancers
Why Can't You Behave - Lois
Wunderbar - Lilli and Fred
So in Love - Lilli
We Open in Venice - Katherine, Petruchio, Bianca, Lucentio and Chorus
Padua Street Scene - Dancers
Tom, Dick or Harry - Bianca and Suitors (Lucentio, Hortensio and Gremio)
I've Come to Wive it Wealthily in Padua - Petruchio and Men
I Hate Men - Katherine
Were Thine that Special Face - Petruchio and Dancers
I Sing of Love - Bianca, Lucentio and Chorus
Tarantella - Dancers
Finale - "Kiss Me, Kate" - Kate, Petruchio and Chorus
Scene 1 Stage of Ford Theatre, Baltimore
Scene 2 Corridor (Back Stage)
Scene 3 The Dressing Rooms of Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi
Scene 4 Padua
Scene 5 Street Scene, Padua
Scene 6 Backstage
Scene 7 Fred and Lilli's Dressing Rooms
Scene 8 Exterior Church
Act II
Entr'acte - Orchestra
Too Darn Hot - Paul, Men and Dancers
Where Is The Life That Late I Led? - Petruchio
Always True to You (In My Fashion) - Lois
Bianca - Bill, Girls and Dancers
Reprise - So in Love - Fred
Brush Up Your Shakespeare - Gangsters
Pavanne - Bianca, Lucentio and Chorus
Women Are So Simple - Katherine
Finale - So Kiss Me, Kate - Full Company
Scene 1 Theatre Alley
Scene 2 Before the Curtain
Scene 3 Petruchio's House
Scene 4 Corridor (Back Stage)
Scene 5 Fred and Lilli's Dressing Rooms
Scene 6 Corridor (Back Stage)
Scene 7 Before the Curtain
Scene 8 Exterior Church
Stage Manager - Graham McFadyen
Club Accompanist - Nan McKechnie
Lighting - Carrick McGhie
Property Mistress - Susan Struthers
Wardrobe Mistresses - Anna McGillivray, Margaret McFadyen
Leader of Orchestra - Andrew Wilson
Prompter - Frances Baird
East Kilbride Light Opera Club Committee
Hon. President - Hugh Gray
Hon. Vice-President - W.Gordon McNay, OBE
President - Ann M. Struthers
Vice-President - J. Bruce Arthur
Secretary - Elaine Anderson
Treasurer - Elizabeth Struthers
Committee
Robbie Crawford, Jack Tait, Barbara McElroy, Morag Arthur, Peter King, Rona McGregor.
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The curtain rises on the rehearsal for the Baltimore opening of a musical version of Shakespeare's "The Taming of The Shrew". In the show with producer-actor Fred Graham are his former wife, Lilli Vanessi, Lois Lane, a singer in whom he is interested, and Bill Calhoun who is Lois' interest. The irresponsible Bill informs Lois that he has signed Fred's name to a $10,000 IOU for gambling debts. She begs him to reform. Fred and Lilli momentarily patch up their differences as they reminisce nostalgically about other shows in which they have appeared together. Fred, has however, sent a bouquet to Lois which is delivered in error to Lilli. As "The Taming of The Shrew" gets under way, Lois as Bianca and Bill as Lucentio are distressed about Bianca's inability to marry until her older sister has been affianced. Fred, as Petruchio, arrives in search of a rich wife and although Katherine, played by Lilli, states her inalterable opposition to males, Petruchio agrees to marry her, even though she is not the wife of whom he has dreamed. Lilli discovers that her bouquet from Fred was intended for Lois, and threatens to leave the show. Her departure is prevented by two gangsters who have come to collect the IOU with Fred's signature. As the first act ends she is raging, both in character and in reality.
Petruchio, although just married to Katherine and beginning his tempestuous wedded life, begins to yearn for his life as a single man. Because of a sudden change in gang administration the gangsters tear up the now worthless IOU, and Lilli prepares to walk out of the show as Fred muses on his love for her. As the revival comes to a close Lilli unexpectedly returns and in Katherine's words expresses her intention of returning to Fred. They are united and Lois and Bill reach their own understanding.
