The Gondoliers |
Autumn 1954 |
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Our first ever show, back in November 1954, was Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers.
It seems to have been well-received - a news cutting from the time reports that "Arthur Lucas, the famed D'Oyly Carte tenor, who saw the show on the first night, enjoyed it so much that he went back to see it again on Saturday. The house was full but one of the society's officers gave up his seat to him."! |
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CAST
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The Duke of Plaza-Toro (a Grandee of Spain)
Luiz (his Attendant) Don Alhambra del Bolero (the Grand Inquisitor) Marco Palmieri Guiseppi Palmieri Antonio Francesco Giorgio Annibale The Duchess of Plaza-Toro Casilda (her daughter) Gianetta Tessa Fiametta Vittoria Giulia Inez (the King's Foster Mother) |
Edgar Bull Ian Haigh Robert Lambert Howard Brebner Kenneth Stallard John Catton Fred Aldred Peter Taylor Leonard Manly Pauline Parsley June Pickard Joan Mullett Mary Bull Lyn Auchterlonie Dinah Rogers Villia Harper Ruby Harper |
Chorus of Contadine, Gondoliers, Attendants etc.
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Mesdames Andrews, Barclay, Brooks, Clark, Earnshaw, Gibson, Gofton, Gunn, Lockton, Love, Palfrey, Sherman, Stewart, Venn, Warn, Williams.
Messrs. Aldred, Barclay, Catton, Cartwright, Chapman, Gardiner, Haigh, Herbert, Hirst, Lake, Manly, McCabe, Pickard R., Pickard P., Rogers, Taylor, West. Masters Tony Blair, John Graves. |
CREW
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Producer
Choreographer Musical Director Accompanists Stage Manager Make-up Artists Properties |
Winifred Spruce
Kathleen de Vadder Kathleen Cann Regine Brebner Jessie Douton Grace Gibb Margery Graves Winifred Spruce Emmie Bradfield Kathleen Field Elsie Jones |
Wardrobe Mistresses
Assistant Stage Manager Stage Lighting Costumes Scenery House Manager Box Office Artificial Flowers by |
Dorothy Burgess
Ruby Harper Valerie Stallard Kathleen Field E. Griffiths F. Mullett P. Mullett B.J. Simmons Capes of Chiswick John Parsley Beatrice Macintosh Maud Venn |
