Die Fledermaus

Autumn 1965

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Autumn 1965 saw the Society put on Richard Strauss's opera Die Fledermaus, with book and lyrics by Phil Park and music adapted and arranged by Ronald Hanmer.

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CAST

Rosalinda Eisenstein, a gay charming lady
Gabriel Eisenstein, Rosalinda's husband
Adele, Rosalinda's maid
Doctor Falke, 'the Bat'
Alfred, an opera singer
Frank, Governor of the Prison
Prince Orlofsky, Blasé Millionaire
Ida, sister of Adele
Doctor Blint, a lawyer
Frosch, a bibulous police sergeant
Ivan, Orlofsky's Majordomo
Mitzi, one of Rosalinda's housemaids

Audrey Rayner
Alex Buchanan
Jennifer Puddefoot
John White
Len Manly
Keith Browne
Grant Graves
Sally Leech
John Williams
Vernon Rayner
Vernon Rayner
Diana Hopwood

Chorus of footmen, maidservants, guests, warders etc.

Lesley Browne
Elizabeth Dyall
Jennifer Harris
Diana Hopwood
Barbara Kendall
Gillian Kendall
Christine Murphy
Mary Nicholson
Dorothy Pine
Jean Hubbard
Annette Schiller
Thora Sherman
Maud Venn
Colin Bartlett
Peter Butcher
Robin Desbois
Peter Graves
Richard Hempstead
Laurie Knight
David Leech
Ken Stallard

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CREW

Producer
Musical Director and Conductor
Stage Manager
Wardrobe

Costumes by
Make-up
Material for stage drapes kindly presented by

Winifred Spruce
Margery Graves
Cyril Pilcher
Under the direction of Winifred Spruce
Morris Angel
Trixie Lewis

Frank Worth

Stage Lighting
Stage Lighting Fittings
Properties
House Manager
Box Office
Flowers
Scenery

Tony Blair
Strand Electric Co. Ltd.
Richard Pamplin
Richard Graves
Sydney Sherman
Maud Venn
Designed by Richard Graves and executed by him, Cyril Pilcher, Roger Knight, Ken Thomas and David Butcher, assisted by other members of the Scenery Club

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ORCHESTRA

First Violins

Second Violin
Viola
Cello

Tony Polding (Leader)
Pauline Adby
Clive Bennett
Audrey Twine
Michael Cannadine

Flute
Clarinet
Bassoon
Percussion
Piano

Marion Browne
Susan Alcock
Colin Beak
Barry Knight
Margaret Gray

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PHOTOS

Coming soon!