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1954-THE DESERTSONG1955-SHOW BOAT1956-ANNIE GETYOURGUN1957-WILD VIOLETS
1957-BRIGADOON
1958-WHITE HORSE INN1959-0KLAHOMA1960-CAROUSEL
THEPRESTON MUSICAL COMEDY SOCIETY
PRESENTS(By arrangement with Entertainment Holdings Ltd., London)
Book by JAMES T. TANNER Lyrics by ADRIAN ROSS Music byand EMILE LITTLER and PERCY GREENBANK LIONEL MONCKTON
at the
QUEEN'S HALL, PRESTONMONDAY TO SATURDAY
9th to 14th March1970
NIGHTLY at 7.15 p.m. PROMPT
MATINEE: THURSDAY & SATURDAY AT 2.0 p.m. PROMPT
Producer: HARRY CROSSLEY
Musical Director: D. KEITH HALL, L.R.A.M.
Choreography: PEGGY WILSON and BRENDA HOLGATEHouse Manager: Miss K. R. SLATER
1966-THE DESERTSONG
1967-ANNIE GETYOURGUN
1968-ROSE MARIE
1969-MY FAIR LADY
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1961-THE KING AND I
1962-S0UTH PACIFIC1963-THE LILAC DOMINO1964-THE STUDENTPRINCE1965-THE MERRY WIDOW
Affiliated to the National Operatic and Dramatic Association
Box Office Open Daily from 10.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. Telephone: Preston 53452After 5 p.m. Preston 53409
Mr. HARRY CROSSLEYProducer
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Miss PEGGY WILSONChoreographer
The QUAKER GIRLProduction Team
Mr. D. KEITH HALL, L.R.A.M.Musical Director
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Miss BRENDA HOLGATEAssistant Choreographer
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"I'm a Quaker's daughter"CLARE WHITEHEAD as Prudence
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"The lads call me Tony"TERRY BRAMLEY as Tony Chute
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"Watching for my lover to appear"
LORNA HOWGATE as Princess Mathilde
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"Tell your mistress I am here"EDDIE REGAN as Captain Charteris
"If it is chic - it is Maison Blum"KAY PEACOCK as Madame Blum
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"Jeremiah is inclined to things of lightness"ROBERT SAUNDERS JONES as Jeremiah
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"Do you like me better than those French girls rMARILYN BRANDWOOD SPENCER as Phoebe
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PRESTON MUSICAL COMEDY SOCIETY, 1970
C{In Order
(By arrangement with E~
Miss ANNE WINDER
JARGE (Village Crier) .Mrs. LUKYN (Landlady of "The ChequersWILLIAM (Waiter at "The Chequers Inn")NATHANIEL PYM (A Quaker) .RACHEL (His Sister) .PHOEBE (Maid to Princess Mathilde) .CAPTAIN CHARTERIS (A King's MessePRINCESS MATHILDE (An Exiled BonaMADAM BLUM {Proprietress of "La MaisTONY CHUTE (Attache at the AmericanJEREMIAH (A Quaker, Servant to NathanPRUDENCE PYM (A Quakeress, Niece toTOINETTE (Head Fitter at "La Maison BMONSIEUR LAROSE (Parisian Chief ofDIAN E (A Parisian Actress) : .PRINCE CARLO (Affianced to Princess r.IMONSIEUR DUHAMEL (A Minister of S
Ladies of the Chorus
Chorus Leader
K. ANDERTONT. ASHWELLD. BROTHERTONJ. CLANCYB. CONROYG. CRANEE. COWBURNT. DAINTYP. HALEA. HOWARDH.JACKSONB. KAYC. KENYONM.MARWOODP. MORTONJ. PATTERSONC. RAINFORDN.SHANNONF. SMITHS. THOMPSONJ. WESTRAYJ. WHITESIDEK. YATES
Entire Production byHARRY CROSSLEY
SVNOPS
An Englis
Madam Blum's
The Pre CaTime:
Scenery by Scenic Display, BradfordCostumes by S. & B. Watts, ManchEProperties by Gimberts Ltd., PrestwilSpecial Sound and Amplification forPrincipal Ladies' Hairstyles created aDressers to Female Principals-Mrs.Dresser to Male Principals-Mr. R. I
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Musical Numbers
ACT 11. OVERTURE2. OPENING CHORUS and SOLO Mrs. Lukyn and FiJlI Ensemble3. QUAKER CHORUS Ouakers and Ensemble4. "0 TIME, TIME" Mathilde5. "WONDERFUL" ..........•............................. Mathilde and Charteris6. "A RUNAWAY MATCH" ...•................ Mathilde, Phoebe, Charteris and Tony7. "A QUAKER GIRL" Prudence8. "A BAD BOY AND A GOOD GIRL" Prudence and Tony9. "TIP-TOE" Mathilde, Prudence, Blum, Phoebe, Charteris, Tony and Full Ensemble
10. "JUST AS FATHER USED TO DO" Jeremiah and Female Ensemble11. FINALE, ACT I Principals and Full Ensemble
ACT 212. OPENING CHORUS and SOLO Toinette and Female Ensemble13. "OR THEREABOUT" Phoebe and Female Ensemble..-14. "ON REVIENT DE CHANTILLY" Full Ensemble15. "COME TO THE BALL" Prince Carlo and Full Ensemble16. "A DANCING LESSON" Prudence and Tony17. "BARBIZON" Mathilde, Phoebe, Blum, Charteris and Jeremiah18. FINAte, ACT II Principals and Full Ensemble
ACT 3
19. "COULEUR DE ROSE" Prince Carlo and Full Ensemble20. "MR. JEREMIAH ESQUIRE" Jeremiah and Phoebe21. "TONY FROM AMERICA" , .. ',' Prudence22. "THE FIRST DANCE" Prudence and Tony23, FINALE, ACT III Principals and Full Ensemble
The National Anthem will be played prior to the Overture at all performances
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE ORCHESTRA
Violins: A. E. Nicholls (Leader), C. D. Beaumont (Deputy Leader), B. Merrifield, G. N. Hide,V. Easton. Viola: J. Burgess. Cello: C. C. West. Bass: L. Holme. Clarinets: J. Ryan,F. Little. Flute: C, W. Pearson. Oboe: J. A. Smith. Trumpets: E. Morgan, C. RigbyTrombone: J. Hort. Horn: A. Fairley. Percussion: J. J. Wild. Piano: Olga Woodruff.
In accordance with modern theatre customs, NO flowers or presents will be handed over thefootlights. Flowers and presents may be left with Programme Sellers or any member of theFront of House Staff.
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A Sixty-year StoryWe sometimes feel that our chosen medium, the light musical theatre, is the
most difficult and risky of all the stage entertainment arts. The potential audiencecontains its hard core of devotees..of course, but they are by no means enoughto pay the bills for a big-scale production. They must be reinforced by largenumbers of folk who sometimes come and sometimes don't, whose decision isswayed by so many unaccountable personal predilections that, to a society likeours, every production is an act of faith - a gamble on the unpredictable.
For instance, in what other branch of the theatre do so many people vaguelyexpect every show to be "new"? No opera-goer would dream of wrinkling hisnose at a title which first appeared on the hoardings a century or more ago. Heknows that a Verdi, a Bizet, a Bellini or a Mozart is not born even once in ageneration, much less every year or two. The playgoer does not expect a newShakespeare, Ibsen, or Shaw to have shot into the firmament every season, andthe ballet-lover does not shrug off "Swan Lake" or" "Sylph ides" on the groundsthat they are "oldies".
All these good people take it for granted that the artistry that makes greattheatre cannot be synthesised to order. It happens when it happens, and theresult is so rare that it must - and does - continue to delight succeeding generations.Such a work contains an alchemy which cannot be commanded to happen again,even if you can mix exactly the same human ingredients - composer, librettist andlyric-writer. (Every one of the "greats" had his flops !).
Why, then, should anybody expect the light musical theatre to be anydifferent? Lehar, Romberg, Kerns, Gershwin, Berlin, Hart, Rodgers, Hammerstein- they don't come along any more often than the great playwrights, operaticcomposers or choreographers. So much that is "new", flaring for a few weeks ormonths on Broadway or in the West End, is either so trivial or so much a "star-vehicle" that it would bore you to tears if we were to present it. The past decadehas seen no more than three or four shows (including "My Fair Lady") whichwould induce you to set the box-office rattling.
To find your quality of show once a year, therefore, we must often go back.And when we come to the music of Lionel Monckton in "The Quaker Girl" weknow we have a classic of its period, the quality of which has enabled it to endure.First produced at the Adelphi Theatre in 1910, it ran for 536 performances, starringGertie Miller and Joe Coyne. Its success continued in productions all over theworld. In 1944 Emile Littler revised the text and produced it at the LondonColiseum. The flying bombs drove it out into provincial tour, after which it wentback to the Stoll Theatre in 1945, and later toured continuously until December,1948.
Can you name anything running in the West End today that will still be playedin 60 years' time, and still come up with the freshness and charm of "The QuakerGirl" ?
J.L.
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IN REHEARSAL: The Ladies of the Chorus
IN REHEARSAL: The Ladies of the Chorus
IN REHEARSAL: The Gentlemen of the Chorus
THE DANCERS at rehearsal
