The Ratepayer’s Iolanthe
An extravagant concoction of parody of Gilbert and Sullivan, Mrs Thatcher and Ken Livingstone. Launched as a political self-defensive squib by the Greater London Council, to try to stop its closure. Mrs Thatcher is presented as a usurping and predatory Fairy Queen trying to get Red Ken off the GLC and into parliament to be useless among Labour back benchers.
Cast & Crew
Cast
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | Doug Fisher |
|---|---|
| Phyllis | Gay Soper |
| Queen of the Fairies | Gaye Brown |
| Red Strephon | Denis Nelson |
| Saatchi 1 | David Firth |
| Saatchi 2 | Gay Soper |
Crew | |
| Adaptation | Alistair Beaton |
| Adaptation | Ned Sherrin |
| Costumes | Daphne Dare |
| Director | Ned Sherrin |
| Lighting | Benny Ball |
| Musical Director | John Owen Edwards |
| Musical Staging | Lindsay Dolan |
| Sound | Derek Zeiba |
- Added by Michael Hope.
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