The Brent Walker Patience (1982)
Cast
Colonel Calverley | Donald Adams |
Major Murgatroyd | Roderick Kennedy |
Duke of Dunstable | Terry Jenkins |
Reginald Bunthorne | Derek Hammond-Stroud |
Archibald Grosvenor | John Fryatt |
Lady Angela | Shirley Chapman |
Lady Saphir | Shelagh Squires |
Lady Ella | Patricia Hay |
Lady Jane | Anne Collins |
Patience | Sandra Dugdale |
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Alexander Faris
Camera Director: Dave Heather
Stage Director: John Cox
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Derek Hammond-Stroud & Patricia Hay OperaWorld PAT10V |
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This video production, part of the Brent Walker series,
was borrowed almost move-for-move from the English National Opera production that dated
from the 1970s. In fact, the Bunthorne here, Derek Hammond-Stroud, played Bunthorne on
the Metropolitan Opera stage when ENO brought the production to New York in the mid-1980s.
Because it is based on a tried-and-true production, this video turns out to be one of the better
entries in the Walker series. I'm not a fan of Hammond-Stroud's irritating histrionics, but it
was a signature role for him, and obviously popular with audiences.
Issue History
Date | Label | Format | Number | Comments |
1982 |
Brent Walker Productions |
VHS PAL |
[unnumbered] |
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1986 |
Woolworth |
VHS PAL |
S1003 |
1991 |
BraveWorld Video |
VHS PAL |
STV 2048 |
1994 |
Polygram Video |
VHS PAL |
6325163 |
1996 |
Opera World |
VHS NTSC |
PAT10V |
1999 |
Roadshow |
VHS PAL |
102027 |
2002 |
Acorn Media |
DVD |
AMP-5351 |
Available only in a 10-disc boxed set (cat. AMP-5483)
including the entire Brent Walker series, excepting Trial
and Cox and Box. |