Merrie England
Church Hall, Barnes
December 1935
Chorus & Orchestra under the Direction of – Miss Edith Hays ARCM
The Opera Produced by – Mr Clive Parker
Merrie England is an English comic opera in two acts by Edward German to a libretto by Basil Hood.
It opened at the Savoy Theatre in London on April 2, 1902, then under the management of William Greet, and ran for a total of 176 performances.
It starred Henry Lytton, Louie Pounds, Rosina Brandram, Robert Evett and Walter Passmore among other regulars of the Savoy.
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CAST
The Earl of Essex – John Webster
Sir Walter Raleigh – Edward C Carter
Walter Wilkins – Edward Bellamy
Silas Simkins – John C Broad
Long Tom – Louis Mayo
Big Ben – Austin Rowe
The Queen’s Fool – Alfred Burrows
A Butcher – Eric Guttridge
A Tinker – Charles Long
A Baker – Jack Kirkby
A Taylor – Trevor Adams
A Lord – Gordon G Broad
A Wine Vendor – John Gower
A Soldier – Owen Bartlett
First Royal Page – Muffet Parry
Second Royal Page – Barbara Camp
Queen Elizabeth – Violet Tomkins
Bessie Throckmorton – Marjorie Skuffham
Jill-All-Alone – Kathleen Bellamy
The May Queen – Lilian Parry
Marjory – Janet Conly
Kate – Nora Butler
Lady in Waiting – Kathleen Barker
Alice Anderson, Nina Berry, May Broad, Kathleen Carpenter, Tris Edgar, Peggy Frewin, Connie Grange, Daphne Grange, Irene Hamblin, Vera Kirk, Hilda Kirkby, Doris Mayo, Eileen Reynolds, Eileen Skuffham, Marjorie Tokeley, Dorothy Wilson, Bob Bailey, Ernest Harris, Fred McDanell, Tom Pickup
CREW
Dances arranged by – Miss Beatrice Brown MRAD
Scenery by – The Chiswick Studio
Costumes by – B J Simmons & Co