Crispino e la comare
Ricci Brothers
Cast
Don Asdrubale di Caparotta: Pat Sheridan
Contino del Fiore: Bonaventura Bottone
Crispino Tacchetto: Sesto Bruscantini
Annetta: Lucia Aliberti
Mirabolano: Gianni Socci
Fabrizio: David Beavan
Donna Giusta, la Comare: Ruth Maher
Bortolo: Peter O'Leary
A Crier: Martin Shopland
Lisetta: Colette McGahon
Crispino's Children: Eoin Colfer, Deirdre Brogan, Katherine Miller, Fergal Coffey
Trumpeter: Seamus Mahony
Drummer: Jimmy Busher
Creative Team
| Conductor | James Judd |
| Director | Sesto Bruscantini |
| Set Design | Tim Reed |
| Costume Design | Tim Reed |
| Lighting Design | Graham Large |
| Continuo | Courtney Kenny |
| Chorus Master | Alan Cutts |
The Plot
Crispino is a poor cobbler who cannot make ends meet. He is helped by a fairy who encourages him to start practicing medicine, though he cannot even read. He is successful with the fairy's help but cannot bear prosperity gracefully and mistreats his wife. The fairy makes him aware of his faults and the cobbler's family is happily reunited.