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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 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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