The Mikado

Church Hall, Barnes

January 1948

Musical Director – Edith Hays

Produced by – H J Morris

The Mikado, or The Town of Titipu, is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, their ninth of fourteen operatic collaborations.

It opened on March 14, 1885, in London, where it ran at the Savoy Theatre for 672 performances, which was unprecedented for musical theatre pieces, and one of the longest runs of any theatre piece up to that time. Before the end of 1885 it was estimated that, in Europe and America, at least 150 companies were producing the opera.

The Mikado remains the most frequently performed Savoy Opera, and it is especially popular with amateur and school productions. Indeed, The Mikado is one of the most frequently played musical theatre pieces in history!

This is the first BODS show where the Producer took preference over the Musical Director in the production credits.

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CAST

The Mikado of Japan – William Hill

Nanki-Poo – Stanley Staplehurst

Ko-Ko – Edward Bellamy

Pooh-Bah – John Webster

Pish-Tush – Geoffrey Needs

Go-To – Reginald Humby

Yum-Yum – Marjorie Skuffham

Pitti-Sing – Gaby Walker

Peep-Bo – Irene Newstead

Katisha – Ivey Ellis

Misses – Edith Anscomb, Doreen Beresfod, Marjorie Doughty, Rene Duffield, Adeline French, Peggy Frewin, Joy Higgs, Dorothy Hill, Barbara Hughes, Joan Sanders, Ivy Shillitoe, Eileen Skuffham, Vi Staplehurst, Isobel Stewart, Joan Taylor, Norah Thornton, Barbara Webster

Mssrs – Eric Barker, Geoffrey Bowyer, Leonard Dearmer, Cyril Ellis, William Emery, Victor Foord, Bernard Jago, S M Butler, Earnest Newman, John Pursey, David Ranson, John Reid, Tony Staplehurst, Micky Wheeler