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The King (Bill Kircher) and his attendants, Susan Browne, Brenda McQuillan (obscured) and Ingrid Stewart, meet GiIda's father, Franz the Miller (Antonia Lewis). Franz almost put Gilda's head on the chopping block

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And to keep Gilda (Joanne Simpson) away from Heads-off's axe was Rumpel-Stilts-Ken, shown here propositioning Gilda

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Franz and Gilda in a not-so-happy scene. Would you be happy having to spin straw into gold to stay alive?

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Like we said in the intro, the audience was enthralled. Andrea Clinton and Jane Stewart are nearest

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In a moment of weakness, the King forgot himself and did a good deed. He knighted the messenger who penetrated Rumpel's defence line and unearthed the secret of the century: Rumpel's name

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Richard Lord, Christopher Richardson and Hamish Fletcher were so captivated by the action on stage that a hand grenade would not have diverted their attention, let alone the mere blinding flash of electronic light

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Rumpel (Vaughan Robertson) is a bit brassed off when things go wrong. First they revealed his name, and then his foot went through the floor. Tough luck, Rump

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The cast with producer Len Assheton-Harbord (fourth from left, back row), story teller Janet Coote, and the president of Garrick Theatre, Molly Dickinson. On the left, in the front row, is stage manager Dan Dungan