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26th April 1954 to 1st May 1954 |
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The Show | Dramatis personę | The Production Team | The Orchestra |
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Otherwise known as "The Merryman and his Maid". For the detailed synopsis click here. |
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Sir Richard Cholomondley, Lieutenant of the Tower |
Frank Powis |
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Colonel Fairfax, under sentence of death |
Dennis Hodgson |
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| Sergeant Meryll, of the Yeoman of the Guard |
Frank Chandler |
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| Leonard Meryll, his son |
Harold Calverley |
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| Jack Point, a strolling jester |
Peter Jenkyns |
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| Wilfred Shadbolt, Head Jailer & Assistant Tormentor |
Albert Nixon |
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| The Headsman |
John Hare |
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| First Yeoman |
Reginald Sprague |
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| Second Yeoman |
Eric Whetton |
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| Citizen |
Alan Coates |
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Elsie Maynard, a strolling singer |
Eileen Tapster |
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| Phoebe Meryll, Sergeant Meryll's daughter |
Kathleen Beattie |
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| Dame Carruthers, Housekeeper to the Tower |
Vera Shelford |
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| Kate, her niece |
Audrey Moos |
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| Chorus of citizens |
Heather Auckland, Jennifer Austin, Dorothy Barnes, Maud Chandler, Mary Claisen, Vivian Ellis, Marie Gray, Valerie Houghton, Wendy Hutchinson, Stella Jarman, Gwendoline Kerslake, Joan Loyd, Olive McDermott, Iris Mee, Anita Mills, Gina Molls, Jennifer Mycock, Margaret Olivant, Dorothy Osborne, Suzanne Revitt, Diana Salter, Anne Smith, Doris Smith, Dorothy Tabraham, Mary Whitcombe, Tessa Wilson, Doreen Young |
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| Chorus of Yeoman of the Guard, Gentlemen, citizens, etc |
Ken Andrews, David Chant, Alan Coates, Frederick Deeks, Richard Glover, George Goodhead, Gwilym Griffiths, John Hare, Peter Hodge, John Jarman, Morrie Morris, Bertram Mycock, Walter Rodford, Reginald Sprague, Edward Turton, Eric Whetton |
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Producer |
Michael Newling Ward |
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Musical director |
Lewis Covey-Crump |
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| Deputy musical director |
Peter Jenkyns |
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| Rehearsal pianist |
Vera Brunskill |
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| Stage manager & electrician |
Bernard Sissens |
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| Wardrobe mistress |
Margaret Mycock |
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| Assisted by |
Kathleen Goodhead, Maud Chandler |
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| House manager |
W. W. V. Cockle |
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| Publicity manager |
D. Buxbaum |
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| Prompt |
Merle Dickson |
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| Programmes & stewards |
Kathleen Cockle |
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| Floral decorations |
Phyllis Bosdet |
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| Make up |
Bert |
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| Scenery |
Stage Scenery Limited |
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| Stage furniture |
Old Time Furnishing Co. |
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| Costumes & make up |
B. J. Simmons & Co. (1941) Limited |
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Violins |
Stuart Foord, Sidney Rumbelow, Peter Boyle, Joyce Covey-Crump, Mona Hunt, Mione Lashmar, George Simpson |
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Violas |
Elsie Lavers, Robert Lindsay, Michael Winkler |
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Celli |
Grace Coles, Robert King |
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| Double bass |
Rex Woodley |
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| Woodwind |
Vera Brunskill, David Hinton, Elizabeth Ogden, Haydn Roberts, Mark Ball, Naomi Stray |
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| Horns |
Cyril Taylor, Clement Peters |
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Trumpets |
George Peck, Barry Smith |
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| Trombones |
George Allen, Alfred Furness |
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| Timpani, drums etc |
William Briggenshaw |
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