Peter Stattersfield, composer of musicals – exercise 1

1. [Multiple choice]

Who composed the music for ‘The World of Sweeney Todd’?

Answers for Quiz [1].

• 1. Alan Johnson
• 2. Jimmy Garbutt
• 3. Peter Stattersfield (correct)

2. [Multiple choice]

What is the name of the building mentioned which was being knocked down?

Answers for Quiz [2].

• 1. The Playhouse
• 2. The Palace Theatre (correct)
• 3. The People’s Theatre

3. [Multiple choice]

What was found in the old theatre?

(the wardrobe – the costume department or the costumes of a theatre or film company
The person responsible for costumes and wigs in the theatre is called ‘the wardrobe mistress’. The props master / props mistress is responsible for supplying props – i.e. protable objects used on the set / stage in a film or play.
flats = upright sections of stage scenery
script = the written text of a play, film or broadcast
a score – a written representation of a musical composition showing all the vocal and instrumental parts
)

Answers for Quiz [3].

• 1. some wigs
• 2. some flats
• 3. some stage make-up
• 4. a script (correct)
• 5. some useful costumes for the wardrobe
• 6. various very useful props
• 7. a full set of Shakespeare’s plays
• 8. a score for a musical version of ‘Sweeney Todd’
• 9. some scripts

4. [Multiple choice]

How long was the theatre production going to run for?

(run for – entertainment – to continue being performed
eg The pantomime’s running for 8 weeks. Smetana’s opera ‘The Secret’ is having a 6-month run in Manchester this year.
A run is the continuous length of a musical / theatre production.
In the event the show was such a runaway success that the run was extended for two more weeks, with people still being turned away.
a runaway success = a sudden great success
)

Answers for Quiz [4].

• 2. A month.
• 3. A couple of weeks.
• 4. As long as it had audiences interested in seeing it.
• 4. A week. (correct)

5. [Multiple choice]

Who wrote the music down?

(Alan Johnson transcribed the music. Maurice Hutchinson built the set (i.e. scenery).
transcribe – put thoughts, speech, music or data into written or printed form)

Answers for Quiz [5].

• 1. Bill Scott.
• 2. Jimmy Garbutt.
• 3. Peter Stattersfield.
• 4. Ken Appleby.
• 5. Alan Johnson. (correct)
• 6. Maurice Hutchinson.

6. [Multiple choice]

Who wrote the lyrics?

(Jack Percy acted Sweeney Todd.)

Answers for Quiz [6].

• 1. Peter Stattersfield and Jack Percy.
• 2. Bill Scott and Alan Johnson.
• 3. Alan Johnson and Lionel Bart.
• 4. Bill Scott and Ken Appleby. (correct)
• 5. Ken Appleby and Peter Stattersfield.

7. [Multiple choice]

Who couldn’t actually play the piano?

(Lionel Bart (1930-1999) was an English composer of songs and musicals, of which the best-known is ‘Oliver’.)

Answers for Quiz [7].

• 1. Bill Scott.
• 2. Lionel Bart. (correct)
• 3. Peter Stattersfield.
• 4. Alan Johnson.

8. [Multiple choice]

Peter Stattersfield was

Answers for Quiz [8].

• 1. self-taught on the piano. (correct)
• 2. a lecturer in Newcastle University’s music department.
• 3. classically trained in music.
• 4. a professional composer and performer with a long stage career already behind him.

9. [Multiple choice]

Who later acted in ‘When The Boat Comes In’ on the BBC?

(Eric Stabler designed the set. Bill Scott directed the production.
Jack Percy acted Sweeney Todd. Jimmy Garbutt became a professional actor.
)

Answers for Quiz [9].

• 1. Eric Stabler.
• 2. Bill Scott.
• 3. Jack Percy.
• 4. Jimmy Garbutt. (correct)

10. [Multiple choice]

Who sings “Don’t eat that, it’s cannibal pie!”?

(ghoulish – ghastly, macabre)

Answers for Quiz [10].

• 1. Sweeney Todd’s accomplice, Mrs Lovett.
• 2. Some ghoulish figures. (correct)
• 3. Bill Scott and Ken Appleby.