The Pirates of Penzance

Church Hall, Barnes

April 1949

Musical Director – Edith Hays

Producer – Doreen Hawes

Part of the review in the Barnes Herald commented thus:

“This production shows a marked improvement on that of The Gondoliers, and that is all the more creditable in that The Pirates is not amongst the most popular of the Gilbert & Sullivan repertoire. The outstanding improvement was in the orchestra, which did play this time as if it had rehearsed.”

The unnamed reviewer then went on to complain at length about audience members humming along with the tunes and stamping their feet in time with the music!

Proceeds to the NSPCC

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CAST

Major General Stanley – Edward Bellamy

The Pirate King – Geoffrey Needs

Samuel – Sidney Ashton

Frederick – George Brodrick

Sergeant of Police – John Webster

Go-To – Reginald Humby

Mabel – June Wilson

Edith – Gaby Walker

Kate – Irene Newstead

Isabel – Marjorie Doughty

Ruth – Ivey Ellis

Chorus of Pirates, Police, & General Stanley’s Daughters – Edith Anscomb, Elsie Goodchild, Georgina Gray, Joy Higgs, Lotta Mawhinney, Louise Morey , Muffet Parry, Kay Peart, Hilda Richards, Elizabeth Rowe, Beryl Stare, Norah Thornton, Hilda Tyler, Barbara Webster, Morriss Bowyer, Cherry Bryant, Cyril Ellis, Brian Goodchild, John Johnson, Burnuard O’Reilly, George Paine, Hugh Price, Earnest Prior, Thomas Turnbull, Micky Wheeler

CREW

Stage Manager – Everett Reeve