The Merry Widow

Autumn 1971
Autumn 1971 saw the Society put on Victor Léon and Leo Stein's The Merry Widow, with music by Franz Lehár adapted and arranged by Ronald Hanmer and new book and lyrics by Phil Park.

CAST

Anna (Madame Glavari), the Merry Widow
Danilo (Count Danilovitsch), Attaché at the Pontevedrian Embassy in the Paris
Baron Zeta, Pontevedrian Ambassador in Paris
Valencienne, the Ambassador's Wife
Camille (Count de Rosillon)
Njegus, Baron Zeta's Factotum
St. Brioche  ) Diplomat Guests at the
Cascada      ) Embassy
Kromov, an Attaché
Olga, wife of Kromov
Bogdanovitsch  ) 
Pritsch               ) Attachés
Sylvia        )
Praskovia  ) Lady Guests at the Embassy
Lolo              )
Dodo            )
Jou-Jou         )
Frou-Frou     ) 'Grisettes' at Maxim's
Clo-Clo         )
Margot         )

Betty Redwood

Roger Munn

Alex Buchanan
Audrey Portway
Robert Mulcahy
Keith Browne
Grant Graves
Peter Graves
Peter Butcher
Betty Mumford
Chris Allen
Richard Crampton
Christine Hubbard
Gill Kendall
Susan Hilliard
Elisabeth Davies
Susan Jeremy
Sally Butcher
Anne Mortimer
Janet Allen
Chorus and Dancers
Janet Allen
Pat Bailey
Christine Beckett
Lesley Browne
Sally Butcher
Elisabeth Davies
Marian Hewitt
Susan Hilliard
Susan Jeremy
Anne Mortimer
Caroline Nash
Angela Pack
Dorothy Pine
Hilary Thomson
Maud Venn
Frank Cornish
Robin Desbois
Dick Nicholls
George Mather
Mitch Theobald
Alan Wingham

CREW

Producer
Musical Director and Conductor
Choreographer
Stage Manager
Wardrobe
Costumes
Make-up
Flowers
Clara Thubrun
Margery Graves
Audrey Portway
Douglas Portway
Friends of the Society
Charles H. Fox Ltd.
Freddie Davis
Maud Venn
Stage Lighting
Stage Lighting Equipment
Furniture
Properties


House Manager
Box Office
Scenery
Ron Durio
Strand Electric Co. Ltd.
The Old Times Furnishing Co.
Iris Bowman
Bobbie Hilling
Trixie jeremy
Leslie Carpenter
Sydney and Thora Sherman
Designed by Richard Graves and made by him, Pat Bailey and Douglas Portway

ORCHESTRA

First Violins

Second Violin
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
Robert Cooper (leader)
Freda Pratt
Justin Jones
John Shaw
Michael Cannadine
Richard Brown
Flute
Clarinet
Percussion
Piano
Marion Lewis
Betty Connor
Rex Bigwood
Margaret Gray

PHOTOS

Coming soon!