Performance

Venue	The King's Head Theatre
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	12th June 2013
To	16th June 2013
When	22:00
The King's Head Theatre (V235)
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Date of change: 12 Jun 13 - T01112603573

The Wandering Scholar

Work:: The Wandering Scholar (S1208782288)

Production:: (T01112603573)

A simple farmer's housewife finds freedom while her husband is in the fields. Priests and scholars abundant, she has plenty to choose from. Based on one of the tales from Helen Waddell's The Wandering Scholars, this mischievous 13th century tale of lust, desire and almond cake is re imagined in the 1950's. New company Opera Les Fauves presents a bawdy reinvention of this little known opera, just 25 minutes, by Gustav Holst and arranged by Benjamin Britten.

Producer	Fiona Gent
Company	Opera Les Fauves
Director	Toby Jones
Conductor	Danyal Dhondy
Costume	Hannah Spearing
Performer	Eleanor Ross
Performer	Richard Moore
Performer	David Menezes
Performer	Dionysius Kyropoulos

Listing:: L01867022926

Production details

A simple farmer's housewife finds freedom while her husband is in the fields. Priests and scholars abundant, she has plenty to choose from. Based on one of the tales from Helen Waddell's The Wandering Scholars, this mischievous 13th century tale of lust, desire and almond cake is re imagined in the 1950's. New company Opera Les Fauves presents a bawdy reinvention of this little known opera, just 25 minutes, by Gustav Holst and arranged by Benjamin Britten.

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