5th November 1989 to 11th November 1989

The Show | Dramatis personę | The Production Team | The Orchestra

 

Otherwise known as "The Merryman and his Maid".

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Sir Richard Cholomondley, Lieutenant of the Tower

William Bowen

Colonel Fairfax, under sentence of death

John Heath

Sergeant Meryll, of the Yeoman of the Guard

Michael James

Leonard Meryll, his son

Mick Wilson

Jack Point, a strolling jester

David Berridge

Wilfred Shadbolt, Head Jailer & Assistant Tormentor

Barry Sawyer

The Headsman

Tim Richardson

First Yeoman

Patrick Dyer

Second Yeoman

Alan French

Citizens

Jim Burgess, David Burgess

Elsie Maynard, a strolling singer

Margaret Johnstone

Phoebe Meryll, Sergeant Meryll's daughter

Clare Basinger

Dame Carruthers, Housekeeper to the Tower

Josephine Jenkin

Kate, her niece

Joanne Branch

Chorus of Yeoman of the Guard, townspeople, citizens, etc

Lesley Addington, Sarah Burbridge, Jane Byrne, Hilary Chapman, Eve Davies, Helen Davies, Katy Davies, Sue Denham, Janet Eaton, Jane Farrar, Jane Forster, Sandra Goodall, Claudia Green, Gillian Knifton, Yioda Panayiotou, Rosie Piggott, Sarah Richards, Betty Rose, Anna Rundle, Jane Ryan, Carla Spencer, May Teague, Karen Thorpe, Susan Tunnicliffe, Mary Webb, Joanne Westrop, Phyllida Whinney

Dick Dean, Roy Craske, Vic Dutton, Len Evans, Arthur Harris, Robert Harris, David Mills, Clive Newton, Philip Orton, Frank Powis, Patrick Snowden, Bill Whittuck, Dave Walker

Producer

Brian McKay

Musical director

Neil Buick

Rehearsal accompanists

Neil Buick, Elaine Brickman

Lighting

Keith Eaton, Mike Bean, Claire Eaton, Dave Mead

Sound

Tony Ayre

Technical co-ordinator

Ken Warminger

Stage manager

Alan Baker

Assistant stage manager

Nicola Whinney

Stage crew

John Briggs, Mark Hornby, Tony Leggatt, Chris Male, Peter Martin-Flavin, Mark Pearson

Wardrobe

Mary Myers, Barbara Bostock, Margaret Baker, Janet Briggs, Maureen Phillips, Audrey Taylor

Ticket secretary

David Berridge, Jean Wingfield

Transport

Mike Chapman

Front of House management

Tony Gordon, Stan Owen

Business manager

Geoffrey Bostock

Prompt

Lesley Duggan, Jean Wingfield

Programmes & stewards

Jeannie Owen

Make up

Anne Butterworth, Eileen Coates, Joanna Dunstan

Properties

Lesley Duggan

Flowers

"Mostly Roses", St Albans

Scenery

Stage Sets, London

Producer's secretary

Jean Wingfield

Costumes

A. W. Homburg, Leeds

Violins

Jenny Wigram, Geoffrey Barker, Marion Brister, Sue Greengrass, Claire March, Garth Covey-Crump, David Glenister, Jennifer Purvis, Neil Symonds

Violas

Tony Wigram, Sheila Moreby

Celli

Lynn Howells, Bernice De Smet

Double bass

David Milstead

Woodwind

Jenny Barker, Penny Manning, Garry Manning, Marion Crouch, Stephen Greengrass

Horns

Michael Carey, Richard Williams

Trumpets

Tim Welch, Graham Weeks

Trombones

Mike Griffiths, Michael Savage

Timpani & percussion

David Moreby

 

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