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Merrie England

Written by Basil Hood
Music by Edward German
By arrangement with Chappell & Co

Producer: Vera Garbutt
Musical Director: Leon Young

Performed at the Queen's Hall
12 - 16 May 1953

Cast
Earl Of Essex Percy Hill
Sir Walter Raleigh John Heritage
Walter Wilkins Ernest Pettitt
Silas Simkins Harold Rigby
Long Tom Ken Wood
Big Ben Bill Shepherd
The Queen's Fool Raymond Beard
A Butcher John Smith
A Baker Jimmy Paul
A Tinker Edwin Bambridge
A Tailor Walter Russell
A Lord Jasper Streeter
A Soldier Albert Goatcher
First Royal Page Sylvia Woolgar
Second Royal Page Pauline Bell
Queen Elizabeth Kathleen Marsh
Miss Bessie Throckmorton Constance Brewer
"Jill-all-Alone" Pamela Tutt
May Queen Enid Wilderspin
Marjory Olive Rapley
Kate Winifred Templeton
Lady In Waiting Pauline Markwell
Dancer Josephine Ryan
Heralds G Beal, C Gell
Ladies In Waiting I Anstee, A Edwards, Y Shinn
Lords L Howard, R Smith, A Templeton
Egytian Girls Mesdames Anstee, Rapley,  Misses A Edwards, A Potter, Y Shinn, J Ryan
Soldiers A Snell, R Aucock, M Wynniatt
Townsfolk Mesdames Beal, Bray, Goodsell, Heritage, Humphries, Marmery, Mulligan, Paul, Purbrook, Ryan , Russell, Misses Berry, Bartholomew, Cheal, Goatcher, Harris, Hill, Humphreys, Potter, Piper, Richardson, Ryan, Shilton, Snell, Messrs Bell, Beard, Neal, Watts, Winchester

Assisted by

Stage Manager & Lighting William Allen
Rehearsal Pianist G Purbrook
Wardrobe Mrs Brewer & Mrs Goatcher
Scenery & Costumes B & H Drury Ltd
Prompt Mrs J Heritage
Call Boys Margaret Earp, Clara Morrison

 

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