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Based on Green Grow the Lilacs, a stage play by Lynn Riggs, Oklahoma! brought together
for the first time composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein
II. The duo would go on to write nine Broadway musicals together, but none would
be as important for the development of American musical theatre as Oklahoma!
There high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys where Curly, a
handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, live and eventually fall in love.
Set in the early twentieth century, the musical Oklahoma! tells a simple tale about
two frustrated young people; a cowboy Curly (Doug Skilton) and a farm girl Laurey
(Linda Skilton), who are adamant they are not in love. Curly's rival is the vaguely
sinister ranch hand Jud Fry (Less Skilton) who manages to darken the otherwise light-hearted
story. As well as the main story, there is a comic subplot that involves the cowboy
Will Parker (John Parkinson) and his quest to marry Ado Annie (Tina Lawson).
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Pat Edwards, Megan Evans, Sue Percy, Primrose Jones,
Diane Butler, Sue Williams, Abbey
Jones, Fiona Jones, Eileen Skilton,
Catherine Simms, Hannah Simms, Marlene Smart,
Margaret Spiller.
Wendy Evans, Jo Lawson, Frances Butler
Performed at Trewern Community Centre
November 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th, 2009
Alun Gape, John Gordon, Keith Fantham
Tony Deacon, Derek Simms, J.R Jones,
Mike Rogers,
Bruce Lawson
