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The "folk opera" Going for a
Soldier was
written around
1979 with words by Denzil
Dudley and music by Jeff
Parton. It tells the (fictional)
story of three young men
who are recruited into the
64th (2nd Staffordshire)
Regiment at the time of the
Napoleonic Wars.
Plans for a production
featuring Muggins Fancy
sadly never materialised,
but the show was taken
up by Ray Johnson's "Stoke
Original
Theatre" company,
who performed the it
successfully at several
festivals, culminating in a
run on the Edinburgh Festival
Fringe. Jeff has adapted
"Going for a Soldier" as
a
one-man show, which he
has performed at several
Festivals.
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