11th May 1953 to 16th May 1953

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Otherwise known as "The King of Barataria".

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The Duke of Plaza-Torro, a Grandee of Spain

Peter Jenkyns

Luiz, his attendant

Frank Chandler

Don Alhambra Del Bolero, The Grand Inquisitor

Bertram Mycock

Marco Palmieri

Venetian Gondoliers

Dennis Hodgson

Antonio

Eric Whetton

Guiseppe Palmieri

Frederick Deeks

Giorgio

Walter Rodford

Annibale

George Goodhead

The Duchess of Plaza-Toro

Vera Shelford

Casilda, her daughter

Mary Whitcombe

Gianetta  Contadine

Eileen Tapster

Tessa

Kathleen Beattie

Fiametta

Gwendoline Kerslake

Vittoria

Dorothy Tabraham

Guilia

Marie Gray

Inez, the King's foster mother

Doreen Young

Chorus of Contadine

Dorothy Barnes, Shirley Christmas, Mary Claisen, Marie Gray, Valerie Harding, Wendy Hutchinson, Stella Jarman, Gwendoline Kerslake, Iris Mee, Audrey Moos, Doris Smith, Dorothy Tabraham, Constance Tournay, Tessa Wilson, Doreen Young

Chorus of Gondoliers, Men-at-Arms, Heralds & Pages

Laurie Beattie, John Chandler, David Chant, Matthew Culley, Richard Glover, George Goodhead, Peter Hodge, Robin Hodgson, John Jarman, Hugh Maguire, Morrie Morris, Walter Rodford, Reginald Sprague, Edward Turton, Eric Whetton

Producer

Michael Newling Ward

Musical director

Lewis Covey-Crump

Costumes

J. B. Simmons & Co. (1941) Limited

Scenery

Stage Scenery Limited

Make up

Bert

Rehearsal pianist

Elsie Lavers

Stage manager

Bernard Sissens

Prompt

Alice Garnham-Fisher

Electrician

Harold Westell

Wardrobe mistress

Margaret Mycock

  Assisted by

Kathleen Goodhead, Maud Chandler

House manager

W. W. Sharp

Ballet mistress

Cynthia Hoare

Programmes and refreshments

Kathleen Cockle

Violins

Stuart Foord, Peter Boyle, Joyce Covey-Crump, Stephen Fitzjohn, Mona Hunt, William Simpson

Violas

Elsie Lavers, Robert Lavers

Celli

Grace Coles, John Montague

Double bass

John Pickering

Woodwind

Vera Brunskill, Denis Brearley, Haydn Roberts, John Davison, Paul Waller

Horns

Cyril Taylor, Clement Peters

Trumpets

George Peck, Barry Smith

Trombones

George Allen, Alfred Furness

Timpani

William Briginshaw

 

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