Mungojerrie (almost) saves the day!
This time, Munkustrap doesn't have an Alonzo to help him in the fight. See below for a possible practical explanation; but in character, we can go with the fact that, in this production, Alonzo comes across as barely more than a kitten. Tugger and Munkustrap are the main tribe protectors, and Tugger isn't here. Munkustrap seems to have got Demeter away from Macavity on his own (it happened just out of frame) then Bombalurina dragged her away. Mungojerrie's crouching there in front of the car, and Jenny approaches him from the left, then retreats to her spot guarding Tumblebrutus near the pipe. Alonzo isn't in view: he's sitting on the right side of the stage with Sillabub, Bombalurina, and Demeter.
But then, Demeter takes action. Seeing the fight going badly for Munkustrap, she approaches Mungojerrie where he's sitting in front of the car, and urges him to step in. He does - but of course, is immediately hypnotised.
Macavity flings him away with no apparent effort then turns back to (presumably) Munkustrap - though at the moment Jerrie goes down Jenny leaps up, moving upstage to intercept him (and both Tumble and Demeter reach out helplessly for Jerrie).
Victoria comes over to minister to the fallen Jerrie, and Macavity turns to rush for Demeter in front of the car - only to be met with a snarling Bombalurina, backed by Alonzo and Jemima. Demeter rushes away across the stage while Tumblebrutus and Jenny close in behind Macavity, followed by the rest of the tribe.
Whether Munkustrap's on his feet I don't know, since they obviously had to change the choreography of this fight. He may have stood up to get in the last few blows that Alonzo usually delivers.
This is the German tent tour (17 April 2011), and this is not how this fight usually goes. Usually Alonzo does step in for his part of the fight, even though he is Baby.
I don't have a complete cast list for this date, but part of the explanation might be the fact that that the Alonzo listed is a cover: Jason Winters, who usually plays Plato/Macavity. (I don't know who's covering Macavity, but I assume one of the swings - Adam Margilewski or Shane Dickson.) There must have been some reason why Jason couldn't take Alonzo's role in the Macavity fight - maybe some minor injury (either existing or sustained during the course of that show) which they didn't want to risk with the intense fight sequence? Or that Jason didn't cover Alonzo very often, and wasn't quite confident that he'd be able to do the lifts safely.
In any case, it gave us a Lone Hero Munkustrap, and a Mungojerrie (played by the ever-versatile Tommie Luyben) who rushes in to distract Macavity for those few crucial seconds for Munkustrap to get back to his feet.
The rest of the cast (so far as I know): Jack Rebaldi (Munkustrap), Myrthes Monteiro (Sillabub), Cornelia Waibel (Demeter), Ines Hengl-Pirker (Bombalurina), Anique Bosch (Victoria).
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