Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)

Overview

Not The Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) is a comic oratorio based on Monty Python's Life of Brian, which retells the tragic tale of Mandy, impregnated by a Roman soldier, giving birth to Brian, a reluctant revolutionary of the People's Front of Judea who falls in love with Judith, gets mistaken for a Messiah and is arrested by the Romans and sentenced to be crucified. It ranges in reference from Handel, through a naughty Mozart duet, to the Festival of Nine Carols, Bob Dylan, and the classic finale "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life".

Cast

Eric Idle

Baritonish / Stan / Loretta / Bob Dylan / Ben

Michael Palin

Mrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / Bevis

Terry Jones

Workingman / Mexican / Mountie

Terry Gilliam

Not an Individual / Mexican / Mountie

Carol Cleveland

Sheep Lady / Mexican / Bevis' Girlfriend

N/A

William Ferguson

Brian Cohen - Tenor

N/A

Shannon Mercer

Judith - Soprano

Rosalind Plowright

Mandy Cohen - Mezzo

Christopher Purves

Reg / Bigus Dickus - Bass

Neil Innes

Mexican / Mountie

John Du Prez

Conductor

N/A

André Jacquemin

Mountie