The Quaker Girl 1955
Dates
Monday 18th April 1955 - Saturday 23rd April 1955
Evenings at 7.30pm
Venue
The Winter Gardens Theatre, Hoylake
Producer
Jack Hughes
Musical Director
Bernard Sephton
Ballet Mistress
Laura Wickes
Book
by |
James L Tanner |
Music
by |
Lionel
Monckton |
Lyrics
by |
Adrian
Ross and Percy Greenbank |
Dramatis
Personae
Jarge ( the Village Crier ) |
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Mrs
Lukyn ( Landlady of 'The Chequers'
) |
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William ( Waiter at 'The Chequers'
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Nathaniel
Pym ( Quaker ) |
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Rachel ( his sister ) |
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Phoebe ( English maid to Princess
Mathilde ) |
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Captain
Charteris ( a King's
Messenger ) |
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Princess
Mathilde ( an exiled
Bonapartist ) |
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Madame
Blum |
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Tony
Chute |
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Jeremiah ( a Quaker - servant to
Nathaniel ) |
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Prudence
Pym |
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Toinette ( Head Fitter at 'La
Maison Blum' ) |
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Monsieur
Larose ( Chief of
Police, Paris ) |
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Diane ( a Parisienne Actress ) |
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Prince
Carlo ( affianced to Princess Mathilde ) |
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Monsiuer
Duhamel ( a Minister of
State ) |
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Ladies
of the Chorus |
Gentlemen of the Chorus |
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Pamela Corlett |
W Aldridge |
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Jean Dearden |
Colin Bain |
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Christine Edwards |
TF Bibby |
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V Green |
Eric Grindrod |
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Margaret Hale |
Hartley Jones |
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Daphne Hobkinson |
M Lavelle |
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Barbara Howard |
John Meiklejohn |
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B Jones |
John Mounsey |
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W Lancaster |
Peter Ryder |
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Jennifer Leach-Smith |
Sam Sherlock |
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Maureen Lowe |
Charles Smith |
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B Mason |
Ken Unsworth |
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Joyce Patterson |
Charles Weir |
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Brenda Roach |
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Eileen Rowntree |
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K Symons |
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Margaret Whitaker |
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H Wilson |
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E Winship |
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Dancers |
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Gloria Gibson |
P Webster |
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C Miller |
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Sheila Smith |
J Wood |
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Production Team
Hon
Accompanist |
M Leach-Smith |
Hon.
Wardrobe Mistress |
Ida Ashworth |
Hon.
Asst. Wardrobe Mistress |
G Wood |
Hon.
Stage Director |
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Hon.
Stage Manager |
Mervyn D Henderson |
Hon.
Asst. Stage Manager and Electrician |
D S Williams |
Make
up |
Arthur Burgess |
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Barbara Burgess |
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Paddy Durrant |
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A Bouskill |
Property
Mistress |
Miss M Holt |
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Miss H Rogers |
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Mrs A Barton |
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Miss P Roscamp |
The
Stage Group |
J Benton |
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N Bridge |
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MR Hatton |
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G Head |
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G Houston |
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D Johnston |
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S Jones-Robinson |
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G Spillane |
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N Steggles |
Prompter |
Brenda Woodall |
Calls |
Miss B Mason |
House
managers |
Mrs M Coard |
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W Leach-Smith |
Steward |
JT Grindrod |
Costumes |
Chas H Fox, London |
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Fashion Hire Ltd,, London |
Scenery |
Bert Loman, Manchester |
Electrical
Fittings by |
Strand Electric & Engineering Co, Manchester |
Grand
Pianoforte by |
Crane & SonsLtd |
Stands
& Dress materials in Act II |
Blacklers Stores Ltd |
Ticket
Secretary |
Arthur Worley Esq |
Programme
Secretary |
JT Grindrod |
Publicity |
J Benton Esq |
Hon
Auditor |
Raymond Law Esq CA |
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Press Reviews
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Committees and Officers
President
|
Councillor GA Coard |
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Vice-Presidents
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Miss Maud Carpenter MA |
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Miss NE Hudson MA |
Committee
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Chairman
|
Tom Williams Esq MBE |
Secretary
|
Mrs EM Bonner BA |
Treasurer
|
W Leach-Smith |
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Colin Bain Esq |
Mrs M Leach-Smith |
J Benton Esq |
W Reynolds-Jones Esq |
Mrs GA Coard |
Mrs W Reynolds-Jones |
JT Grindrod Esq |
Arthur Worley Esq |
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DS Williams Esq BA |
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Casting Committee |
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JT Grindrod Esq |
Tom Williams Esq MBE |
Miss NE Hudson MA |
Mrs ML Worley Esq |
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Social Committee
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Chairman
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Mrs F Reynolds-Jones |
Secretary
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Mrs ML Worley |
Treasurer
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Mrs FA Lancaster |
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Mrs I Ashworth |
Mrs EV Heap |
Mrs EM Bonner BA |
Mrs M Leach-Smith |
Mrs E Borrowscale |
W Leach-Smith Esq |
Mrs M Coard |
Mrs I Smith |
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Mrs G Wood |