Patience (1995)

Genre : Music, Comedy

Runtime : 2H 10M

Director : Cameron Kirkpatrick

Synopsis

A 1995 Opera Australia performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's classic operetta, recorded at the Sydney Opera House. Bunthorne, a poet worshiped by every lady he meets, loves only one woman: Patience. But Patience does not share the other women's fascination with Bunthorne. She loves Archibald, her childhood friend who is now also a poet.

Actors

Christine Douglas
Christine Douglas
Patience
Heather Begg
Heather Begg
The Lady Jane
Anthony Warlow
Anthony Warlow
Archibald Grosvenor
Dennis Olsen
Dennis Olsen
Reginald Bunthorne
John Germain
John Germain
Colonel Calverley
Graeme Ewer
Graeme Ewer
The Duke of Dunstable
Jennifer Bermingham
Jennifer Bermingham
The Lady Angela
Roxane Hislop
Roxane Hislop
The Lady Saphir
Neil Kirkby
Neil Kirkby
Major Murgatroyd
Toni Powell
Toni Powell
The Lady Ella

Crews

Gil Brealey
Gil Brealey
Executive Producer
Cameron Kirkpatrick
Cameron Kirkpatrick
Director
William S. Gilbert
William S. Gilbert
Writer

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