Snow White - performed January 2007

By Kerry King

Director - Kerry King
Musical Director - Patience Ling

Cast

(in order of appearance)

Nanny Angelica Frageria Gloria Streames

Queen Verbena Rubus Amanda Rowe

Snow White Pheobe Day

Maid/Midwife Myrtle Chris Sadd

Maid Violet Bethany Jones

Maid Primrose Caroline Roberts

Maid Hyacinth Natasha Harvey

King Salvia Nigel Rowe

Felix Lilium Galiga Claire Warden

Helix the dog Daniel Richardson

Daisy Dock Adrian Bolton

Arum Crinitum Nigel Morton

Nelumbo (Doc) Nigel Rowe

Aspen (Grumpy) Chris Bush

Helenium (Sneezy) Alice Rowe

Mugwort (Happy) Tom Rowe

Mimosa (Bashful) Glyn Hill

Buckbean (Sleepy) Ryan Maslen

Geranium (Dopey) Gordon Prior

The Spooky Tree Steve Sadler

Voice of the Mirror John Roberts

Special thanks to The Headgate Theatre and every who has helped with this production

Production Team

Kerry King, Patience Ling, Doug Newton, Bruce Emeny, Andy Terry, Daniel Humphreys, Roger Licence, Derek Butcher, Nigel Morton, Glyn Hill, Tom Rowe, Chris Bush, Gloria Streames, Yvonne Cobbold, John Roberts, Caroline Roberts, Lester Pearse, Viv Wheatley, Val Taylor, Steve Sadler and other volunteers not mentioned.

Hyacinthus orientalis - the language of flowers

Flowers are such a delight and our lives are enhanced by their presence, people are named after them and in fact, they have a language of their own. Each of the characters in this pantomime have been given a flower name, and below you will see what each of their names mean.

Name	Meaning
Angelica Frageria	Goodness / Inspiration / Strawberry
Violet	Modesty
Primrose	Early youth
Hyacinth	Benevolence
Myrtle Hollyhock	Love / Fruitfulness
Verbena Rubus	Sorcery / Envy / Treachery
Salvia	Esteem
Daisy Dock	Innocence / Patience
Felix Lilium	Sincere / Majesty
Hedra Helix	Friendship
Arum Crinitum	Snare
Aspen	Groan
Geranium	Stupidity
Mugwort	Happiness
Mimosa	Bashfulness
Nelumbo	Wisdom
Buckbean	Quiet repose
Helenium	Tears

Reviews

It’s a long time since the Manifest Theatre Group staged a pantomime – but it has been well worth the wait. This is only the second time the Manningtree-based thespians have ventured into this type of production in nearly 30 years, but like everything else they do, it was outstanding. Although it was the Manifest’s own adaptation of the well-known fairytale, with the words written by director and producer Kerry King, it had all the essential traditional features of pantomime. There were the corny jokes, slapstick comedy, bright costumes, rhyming dialogue, plenty of singing, lot and lots of laughter and of course audience participation. In fact on Wednesday evening “dame” Daisy Dock, laughing so much at one rejoinder had to give a reminder – “we do the jokes up here!”

Adrian Bolton was magnificent as the dame, Amanda Rowe suitably evil as the queen, and Gloria Streames made a wonderful fairy godmother, while Phoebe Day and Claire Warden performed and sang well together as Snow White and the prince. Some of the biggest laughs came with the arrival of the dwarfs because that is one of the treats of a local production – seeing people in a completely different role to their everyday lives. This was a show everyone – cast and audience alike – seemed to enjoy.
Lesley Pallett