Rasputin the Musical Revolution
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Rasputin the Musical Revolution
The characters rich in potential: the enigmatic Russian peasant monk Rasputin, whose philosophy was that to achieve salvation one should sin excessively first, and whose strange mystical healing powers had shades of the Jesus factor; the weak and powerless Tsar and Tsarina. hypnotized and manipulated by the monk; Prince Felix, Rasputin’s protagonist, controller of the secret police and wealthiest man in the world; and Lenin, mesmerizing the masses in the streets.
by David Tydd
Harry Vogelsanger presentation of a musical in two acts, with music, story and design by David Tydd, lyrics and dialog by David Lucas, produccd by Tydd and Pat Shaw, directed ond designed by Stephen Hopkins. Musical director, Mike Wade; lighting, Peta Rooney; costumes. Maria Fowler; sound, Jands Concert Prods; choreographer, Pamela French; production director, Keith Percival; production supervisor, Don Spencer. Opened Aug. 22, 1987 at The State Theatre, Sydney Australian.
David Tydd
Born in Sydney in 1959, David Started learning the piano at the age of 4 years. He Grew up in a musical family and learnt music from the famous teacher Lila Chalmers who herself an associate of the legendary Arthur Rubinstein, In Addition, he studied dramatic art from an early age.
David received his first major public accolade at the age of 12, when he was awarded first in the state in A.M.E.B. Examinations in Pianoforte. His musical talents were further recognised when he was awarded numerous other prizes at various Eisteddfods. For Drama, David received a number of first prizes including the Captain Cook Award. In Addition to his musical and dramatic career, David had also written poetry, some of his poems being published in editions of “Verses by Young Australians”.
David Started his university education studying archaeology and anthropology however, he changed direction and pursued mathematical studies. He graduated in 1983 with a computer science Degree, and it was during this period that David commenced the three years’ writing of Rasputin.
Background
Grigory Efimovich Rasputin was born in about 1871 in Pokrovskoye, in the province of Tobolisk in Siberia. His real name was Novykh, the name Rasputin being conferred upon him by the local villagers due to his debauched behaviour. His name freely translates to ” the debauched one” or “Grigory the rake”
As a young man, Rasputin was influenced by a heretical religious sect, which had adopted as its belief that sinning was a necessary prerequisite to salvation, His creed was that to live was to love and every evil deed was immediately punished in this world; thus, unless a man sinned there was nothing for which to pardon him, and that sin was therefore the path to grace.
At the age of twenty, Rasputin Married and became a farmer, however shortly afterward, he went on a mysterious pilgrimage to Mt Athos in Greece and returned to Pokrovskoye 2 years later as a mysterious and holyman. After an earlier visit to St. Petersburg in 1903, he returned in 1905 to become a well know figure in St Petersburg Society.
Despite his strong history of profligate behaviour Rasputin’s reputation for holiness grew Daily. He also became know as a healer, fascinating elements of St Petersburg Society with such feats as his miraculous cure of the Grand Duke Nicholas’s dog and cure of St Vitus Dance in a jeweller’s son. Two Montenegran Grand Duchesses, members of the large segment of St. Petersburg high society, which was entertaining itself with delving into mysticism and the occult, were particularly interested in Rasputin’s abilities and it was through them that Rasputin was eventually introduced to the Imperial Family.
In the presence of the Imperial Family, Rasputin consistently maintained the posture of a humble, circumspect and holy peasant and when he demonstrated an ability to ease the suffering of the Trarevitch Alexis (Probably by a technique of hypnosis), he was welcomed into the Imperial Family as a close and trusted friend.
Cast
Grigorii Rasputin……………..Jon English
Tsar Nicholas II…………..Robbic Krupski
Tsarina Alexandra………….Karyn O’Neill
Prince Felix Yussopov…………Terry Serio
Tsarevitch Akxis……………Nigel Travers
Princess Tatiana …………..Simone Hardy
Princess Anastasia……Danielle Spencer
Lenin………………………Angry Anderson
Stalin…………………………Darell Hopson
Russian Holy Man/
Civil Servant………………….Andrew Doyle
Russian Holy Man/Doctor…..Warren Jones
Russian Holy Man/Spy ……….Seon Blake
Spies….Jo-Anne Cahill, Jonothon Rosten,
Anthony Wong
General………………………….Darren Holt
Cabinet Minister ……………….Dein Perry
Nurse………………….Raquel Suarstzman
Butler………………………..Glenn Dumbrell
With: Drew Anthony, Helen Anton, Aaron James Cash, Stephen Clarke, Michelle Curtis, Ramon Doringo, Meaghan Frances, Joanna Hicks, Vesna Hindley-Noble, Yvonne Hopson, Renee Isaacs, Caroline Kaspar, Manny Katts, Elizabeth Mavric, Kathryn Morrison, Delia Robins, Lisa Schembri. Tiaho Selwyn, Caryn Shipp, Lisa Wright.
Musical Numbers
Act One
Overture
Purification
Heaven Or Hell
God’s Doctor
Take A Photo
I Wish I Still Believed in Love
Brave New Way
Thankyou God
Palace
Royal Waltz
Prince And Peasant
Pomp And Circumstance
Romanoff Ice Cream
Chosen One
Tutti
Act Two
Prophecy
Power
An Eye For An Eye
Possesed
Chiaruscuro
Heroes And Villains
The World Is At War
Turn Off The Nightmare
Short on Bullets
Tsar Too Far Away
A Dream Worth Living For
Party Of The Century
Russia
Creative
Music, Book and Design by David Tydd
Lyrics and Dialog by David Lucas
Produced by David Tydd and Pat Shaw
Directed by Stephen Hopkins
Musical Director Mike Wade
Lighing Peta Rooney
Costumes Maria Fowler
Sound Jands Concert Prods
Choregrapher Pamela French
Production Director Keith Percival
Production Supervisor Don Spencer
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Category: Musical
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