Silas Marner
Director: Alison Cooper
Musical Director: Ian Stone
Performances: 9-12 November 2016
A unique new musical by Storm Productions, adapted from the original Victorian novel by George Eliot. Set in the early 19th century, it tells of the falsely accused weaver Silas, who, rejected by his fiancée and outcast by his religious fellowship, leads a solitary existence driven by his work and the accumulation of gold which becomes his only solace. The unexpected father/daughter relationship which develops between Silas and an abandoned child brings joy, friendship and respect back into his life. In the musical the story is retold in the late 19th century by a landlady and her son, to a traveller who has taken shelter at the inn.
This is a fairly dark tale but with an underlying theme of hope and redemption in a vivid portrayal of a sheltered rural community and its suspicion and mistrust of the unfamiliar.
Written by Phil Ryan and David Ford, with additional music by Denny Bertin
Cast (in order of appearance)
Traveller | Roger Wilman |
Tom | Stuart Finlayson |
Landlady | Sarah Haswell |
Silas | Peter Thomas |
Sarah | Julie Bickerdike |
Preacher | David Longes |
William Dane | Stephen Tickell |
Landlord | Colin Bousfield |
Dunsey Cass | Julian Warner-Edney |
Godfrey Cass | Neil Mayall |
Molly | Lorraine Lawrence |
Dolly Winthrop | Jane Seymour |
Eppie | Lucie Francis |
Nancy Lammeter | Fiona Radford |
Aaron | Rob Richmond |
Villagers |
John Bryant, Diana Barnsley, Jane Johnson, |
Production Team
Sound & Lighting | David Ames |
Set construction | Martin Allitt, Brian Cooper, Neil Mayall Stephen Tickell, Julian Warner-Edney, Neil Williams |
Set painting | Alison and Brian Cooper |
Costume & Props | Alison Cooper |
Make-up | Julie Bickerdike |
Front of House | Virginia King |
Programme & publicity | Stephen Tickell |
Box Office | Linda Slater |
Review by Jon Fox on behalf of NODA
Photos by Mick Mercer