A Greek Slave
Byfeld Hall
December 1924
Hon Musical Director & Conducter – Miss Edith Hayes. ARCM
A Greek Slave was a musical comedy in two acts, first performed on June 8, 1898 at Daly’s Theatre in London, produced by George Edwardes and ran for 349 performances.
The score was composed by Sidney Jones with additional songs by Lionel Monckton and lyrics by Harry Greenbank and Adrian Ross. The libretto was written by Owen Hall.
It starred Marie Tempest, Letty Lind, Hayden Coffin, Scott Russell, and Rutland Barrington among other popular London stars. The show had a brief Broadway run in 1899.
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CAST
Maia – Violet Tomkins
Antonia – Marjorie Ludlam
Iris – Muriel Soper
Melanopis – Florence Hatteresley
Nepia – Doris Hutchinson
Nysa – Madge Shaw
Lucinea – Hilda Broad
Flavia – Marion Grubb
Tullia – Lillian Hurst
Cornelia – Phyllis Bowhill
Diomed – Walter E Ranson
Heliodorus – William Peskett
Archias – Lewis Tanner
Manlius – Sydney Frost
Lollius – Fred Andrews
Curius – Tom Pickup
Silius – Edward Bellamy
Marcus Pomponius – John C Broad
Chorus of Slaves, Lute Players, Lictors etc – Kathleen Barker, Dorothy Branson, Marjorie Brewis, Dorothy Crabb, Muriel Cray, Maisie Dearmer, Elsie Elders, Edie Harrison, Rosa Knight, Doris Mayo, Mary McCabe, Constance Simpson, Nora Sole, Alice Squire, Gwen Squire, Gwendoline Watkinson, Edith Whittingham, R Broad, Thomas Disher, Humphrey Hamilton, Norman Holt, John Ives, Harry Joy, Ernest Lawrence, Herbert Livingstone, Thomas Livingstone, Louis Mayo, J Plummer, J Raynell, S Reynolds, A Rowe, Eric Sales
CREW
Hon Producer & Stage Manager Dances arranged by – Mr John Doherty, Miss Eileen Guiness (Edwards-Campbell School of, Dancing)
Scenery & Properties by – John C Broad
Costumes & Wigs by – Messrs B J Simmons & Co Ltd