22nd April 1957 to 27th April 1957

The Show | Dramatis personæ | The Production Team | The Orchestra

 

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Derek Lanscombe, Commander of the Rebel Cutter, Curlew

John Crossfield

Lord Milverton, his father, Lord Lieutenant for King James

Frederick Deeks

Sir Stephen Crespigny , Royal Commissioner for King James

Peter Jenkyns

Captain Percy Jerome

David Berridge

Septimus Bunkle, an innkeeper

Albert Nixon

Solomon Hooker, Derek Lanscombe's servant

Robert Hammond

Sam, a fisherman

Richard Glover

William, Prince of Orange

Frederick Reed

Sergeant

Eric Whetton

Lady Elizabeth Weston

Doris Smith

Abigail, Lady Mary's maid

Joan Uff

Lady Dorothy

Tessa Wilson

Maid

Iris Biggs

Lady Mary Trefusis, "Snow Bunting" or The Rebel Maid

Mary Whitcombe

Guests, courtiers, serving maids, villagers, soldiers, fisherman etc

Heather Auckland, Dorothy Barnes, Ruth Beck, Barbara Buckley, Ann Carrington, Joyce Chandler, Josephine Cook, Dorothea Deeks, Marie Gray, Christine Hammond, Valerie Houghton, Eileen Jarvis, Patricia Martin, Gina Moles, Gillian North, Margaret Olivant, Suzanne Revitt, Audrey Shea, Vera Shelford, Sylvia St. Clair, Dorothy Tabraham, José Thomas, Valerie Woods, Doreen Young

Gerald Banwell, Peter Boyle, Ralph Brunskill, Ian Butcher, Frank Chandler, Patrick Clifford, Michael Covey-Crump, Robert Fitzsimmons, William Gilchrist, John Jarman, Barry Mitchell, James McClenahan, Michael Welshman,  David Wilson

Producer

Matthew Culley

Musical director

Lewis Covey-Crump

Deputy musical director

Peter Jenkyns

Costumes & make up

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

Scenery

Stage Scenery Limited

Stage manager

Derrick Challis

Rehearsal pianist

Elsie Lavers

Publicity manager

George Goodhead

Electrician

Frank Lee

Wardrobe mistress

Maud Chandler

  Assisted by

Lily Mee

Dances arranged by

Heather Mansfield

House manager

John Gray

Programmes and stewards

Kathleen Cockle

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Violins

Sidney Rumbelow, Alfred Alcock, Joyce Covey-Crump, Derek Hoyle, Margaret Kime, Paul Lucock

Violas

Elsie Lavers, Doreen Amey

Cello

Grace Coles

Double bass

William Tewson

Woodwind

Vera Brunskill, Michael Lucock, Roland Booth, Haydn Roberts, David Hinton, Geoffrey Walker, William Fairchild

Horns

Cyril Taylor

Trumpets

John Barnes, Barry Smith

Harp

Oswald Cowlishaw

Percussion

John Tournay

 

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