About the Show
First performed in 1941 and set in the pioneering days in America. Paul Bunyan is a lumberjack who never ages but grows taller every day. Paul marries and has a daughter but his wife leaves him. Later when she dies he gets his daughter back and she helps the camp cook – who decides to try and kill Paul but comes to his senses.
Sung in English
Cast
Elgan Llyr Thomas
Johnny Inkslinger
Rowan Pierce
Tiny
William Morgan
Hot Biscuit Slim
Claire Pendleton
Fido
Ella Kirkpatrick
Moppett
Lydia Marchione
Poppett
Graeme Lauren
Sam Sharkey
Trevor Bowes
Ben Benny
Adam Sullivan
Andy Anderson/Cronie
Geraint Hylton
Pete Peterson/Cronie
Paul Sheehan
Jen Jenson/Cronie
Andrew Tinkler
Cross Crosshaulson/Cronie
Robert Winslade Anderson
John Shears
David Newman
Western Union Boy
Michael Burke
Quartet of the Defeated
Morag Boyle
Quartet of the Defeated
David Newman
Quartet of the Defeated
Paul Sheehan
Quartet of the Defeated
Paul Sheehan
Solo Lumberjacks
Ronald Nairne
Solo Lumberjacks
Pablo Strong
Solo Lumberjacks
Claire Mitcher
Wild Geese
Rebecca Stockland
Wild Geese
Susanna Tudor-Thomas
Wild Geese
Joanne Appleby
Young Trees
Amy Sedgwick
Young Trees
Pablo Strong
Young Trees
Creatives
Benjamin Britten
Author
W H Auden
Lyrics
English National Opera
Producer
Matthew Kofi Waldren
Conductor
Jamie Manton
Director
Camilla Clarke
Design
Jasmine Ricketts
Choreographer
Marc Rosette
Lighting
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