MusicalOperettaRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 03, 1955
Closing Date
Oct 05, 1955
Performances
8
MusicalOperettaRevivalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
This production played in repertory with Iolanthe, The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, Princess Ida, Trial by Jury & H.M.S. Pinafore, Ruddigore
Theatres
Shubert Theatre
(Oct 03, 1955 - Oct 05, 1955)
Description
An operetta in two acts
Setting
Tower Green. 16th Century.
  • People
    Produced by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
    Libretto by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Musical Director: Isidore Godfrey
    Directed by Robert A. Gibson
    Scenic Design by Peter Goffin; Costume Design by Peter Goffin
    General Manager: Frederic Lloyd; Company Manager: Les Appleby
    Stage Manager: Jerome Stephens, Herbert Newby and Harry Haste
    Press Representative: Gerald Goode
    Donald Adams
    Sergeant Meryll
    John Banks
    Second Yeoman
    Ann Drummond-Grant
    Dame Carruthers
    John Fryatt
    Leonard Meryll
    Muriel Harding
    Elsie Maynard
    Lawson Johnson
    First Citizen
    Maureen Melvin
    Kate
    Fisher Morgan
    Wilfred Shadbolt
    Leonard Osborn
    Colonel Fairfax
    Peter Pratt
    Jack Point
    John Reed
    Second Citizen
    Frederick Sinden
    First Yeoman
    Alan Styler
    Sir Richard Cholmondeley
    Joyce Wright
    Phoebe Meryll
  • Songs
    music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by W. S. Gilbert
    Act 1
    Sung By
    When a maiden loves she sits and sighs ((Introduction and Song))
    Phoebe Meryll
    Tower Warders, under orders ((Double Chorus))
    People and Warders
    This is the autumn of our life
    Solo Warder
    When our gallant Norman foes ((Song with Chorus))
    Dame Carruthers and Warders
    Alas! I waver to and fro ((Trio))
    Phoebe Meryll, Leonard Meryll and Sergeant Meryll
    Is life a boon? ((Song))
    Colonel Fairfax
    Here's a man of jollity ((Entrance of Crowd, Elsie and Point))
    Chorus
    I have a song to sing, O! ((Duet))
    Elsie Maynard and Jack Point
    How say you, maiden, will you wed? ((Trio))
    Elsie Maynard, Jack Point and Sir Richard Cholmondeley
    I've jibe and joke and quip and crank ((Song))
    Jack Point
    'Tis done! I am a bride! ((Recitative and Song))
    Elsie Maynard
    Were I thy bride ((Song))
    Phoebe Meryll
    Oh, Sergeant Meryll, is it true- ((Finale))
    Act 2
    Sung By
    Night has spread her pall once more ((Chorus))
    Chorus
    Warders are ye? ((Solo))
    Dame Carruthers
    Oh! a private buffoon is a lighthearted loon ((Song))
    Jack Point
    Hereupon we're both agreed ((Duet))
    Jack Point and Wilfred Shadbolt
    Free from his fetters grim ((Ballad))
    Colonel Fairfax
    Strange adventure! ((Quartet))
    Kate, Dame Carruthers, Colonel Fairfax and Sergeant Meryll
    Hark! What was that, sir? ((Scene))
    Elsie Maynard, Phoebe Meryll, Dame Carruthers, Colonel Fairfax, Wilfred Shadbolt, Jack Point, Sir Richard Cholmondeley, Sergeant Meryll and Chorus
    A man who would woo a fair maid ((Trio))
    Elsie Maynard, Phoebe Meryll and Colonel Fairfax
    When a wooer goes a-wooing ((Quartet))
    Elsie Maynard, Phoebe Meryll, Colonel Fairfax and Jack Point
    Rapture! Rapture! ((Duet))
    Dame Carruthers and Sergeant Meryll
    Comes the pretty young bride ((Finale))
Produced by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Libretto by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Musical Director: Isidore Godfrey
Directed by Robert A. Gibson
Scenic Design by Peter Goffin; Costume Design by Peter Goffin
General Manager: Frederic Lloyd; Company Manager: Les Appleby
Stage Manager: Jerome Stephens, Herbert Newby and Harry Haste
Press Representative: Gerald Goode
Donald Adams
Sergeant Meryll
John Banks
Second Yeoman
Ann Drummond-Grant
Dame Carruthers
John Fryatt
Leonard Meryll
Muriel Harding
Elsie Maynard
Lawson Johnson
First Citizen
Maureen Melvin
Kate
Fisher Morgan
Wilfred Shadbolt
Leonard Osborn
Colonel Fairfax
Peter Pratt
Jack Point
John Reed
Second Citizen
Frederick Sinden
First Yeoman
Alan Styler
Sir Richard Cholmondeley
Joyce Wright
Phoebe Meryll
music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by W. S. Gilbert
Act 1
Sung By
When a maiden loves she sits and sighs ((Introduction and Song))
Phoebe Meryll
Tower Warders, under orders ((Double Chorus))
People and Warders
This is the autumn of our life
Solo Warder
When our gallant Norman foes ((Song with Chorus))
Dame Carruthers and Warders
Alas! I waver to and fro ((Trio))
Phoebe Meryll, Leonard Meryll and Sergeant Meryll
Is life a boon? ((Song))
Colonel Fairfax
Here's a man of jollity ((Entrance of Crowd, Elsie and Point))
Chorus
I have a song to sing, O! ((Duet))
Elsie Maynard and Jack Point
How say you, maiden, will you wed? ((Trio))
Elsie Maynard, Jack Point and Sir Richard Cholmondeley
I've jibe and joke and quip and crank ((Song))
Jack Point
'Tis done! I am a bride! ((Recitative and Song))
Elsie Maynard
Were I thy bride ((Song))
Phoebe Meryll
Oh, Sergeant Meryll, is it true- ((Finale))
Act 2
Sung By
Night has spread her pall once more ((Chorus))
Chorus
Warders are ye? ((Solo))
Dame Carruthers
Oh! a private buffoon is a lighthearted loon ((Song))
Jack Point
Hereupon we're both agreed ((Duet))
Jack Point and Wilfred Shadbolt
Free from his fetters grim ((Ballad))
Colonel Fairfax
Strange adventure! ((Quartet))
Kate, Dame Carruthers, Colonel Fairfax and Sergeant Meryll
Hark! What was that, sir? ((Scene))
Elsie Maynard, Phoebe Meryll, Dame Carruthers, Colonel Fairfax, Wilfred Shadbolt, Jack Point, Sir Richard Cholmondeley, Sergeant Meryll and Chorus
A man who would woo a fair maid ((Trio))
Elsie Maynard, Phoebe Meryll and Colonel Fairfax
When a wooer goes a-wooing ((Quartet))
Elsie Maynard, Phoebe Meryll, Colonel Fairfax and Jack Point
Rapture! Rapture! ((Duet))
Dame Carruthers and Sergeant Meryll
Comes the pretty young bride ((Finale))
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