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Being the Misadventures of Actor and Songwriter Charles Dibdin in the Hazardous World of Georgian Show Business!
(based on Mr. Dibdin's own writings and songs)
with
David Timson as Charles Dibdin
The songs arranged and accompanied by Jeremy Barlow
Directed by Auriol Smith
An 18th Century Musical Entertainment
"A one man show about the first one man
showman"
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Charles Dibdin (1745-1814) is remembered today by his lovely song 'Tom Bowling', still performed on the Last Night of the Proms. He composed well over a thousand songs, and his many hits were sung by Nelson's navy. After early success as an actor, singer and composer, he fell out with London's theatre managers (including David
Garrick), and tried his own hand at theatrical enterprise. These ventures invariably ended in financial disaster, and so he was forced to take his talents on the road; in the process he inadvertently invented the one man show.
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"May I congratulate Jeremy Barlow
and David Timson for a most enjoyable and excellent
performance. I have often wondered what Charles would have
been like as a person in that period of time and David
Timson's interpretation of him was as accurate as I would
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Robin Charles Dibdin
direct descendant |
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Jeremy Barlow
has made many recordings and broadcasts of English popular music
from the 16th to 18th centuries; The Whim of the Moment started life
as a programme on BBC Radio 3. Among well over 30 CDs is The Beggar'
Opera (Hyperion), which won an Edison Award, and English National
Songs, which includes Dibdin's 'Tom Bowling'. He has composed,
arranged and performed for many theatre productions, including much
work for the Royal Shakespeare and National Theatre companies. He
recently directed a Dibdin opera at Dartington International Summer
School of Music.
David Timson is constantly in
demand as an actor on stage and radio; he has made more than 1000
broadcasts. His many roles in Restoration and Georgian theatre
include M. Jourdain in Molière's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme and Sir
Wilful Witwoud in Congreve's The Way of the World. He is currently
working for Naxos Records, directing Shakespeare, including Twelfth
Night and Richard III.
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A fully theatricalised production in two acts (90
minutes excluding interval)
Two shorter one act shows, suitable for concert and
other venues, which focus either on Dibdin's stormy relationship
with David Garrick, or on his later career as a one-man showman and
composer of renowned sea songs (45-55 minutes).
A song recital, interspersed with some narration on
Dibdin's life (45-55 minutes)
For further details or discussion on particular
requirements, contact:
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