The Rose of Persia
Church Hall, Barnes
January 1933
Musical Director – Miss Edith Hays
Produced by – Mr Douglas Summers
The Rose of Persia or, The Story-Teller and the Slave, is a two-act comic opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by Basil Hood.
It premiered at the Savoy Theatre on November 29, 1899, closing on June 28, 1900 after a run of 220 performances. The opera had a brief run in America, opening at Daly’s Theatre in New York on September 6, 1900, closing on September 29, 1900 after 25 performances.
The original cast included Ellen Beach Yaw, Rosina Brandram, Emmie Owen, Louie Pounds, Isabel Jay, Walter Passmore, Henry Lytton, and Robert Evett. Later, Decima Moore joined the cast as Scent-of-Lillies.
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CAST
The Sultan Mahmoud of Persia – John C Broad
Hassan – Edward Bellamy
Yussuf – Trevor Owen
Abdullah – John Webster
The Grand Vizier – Walter E Ranson
The Physician-in-Chief – Leonard Dearmer
The Royal Executioner – Richard Frost
Soldier of the Guard – E Lawrence
The Sultan of Zebeydeh – Violet Tomkins
Scent of Lilies – Marion Ranson
Heart’s Desire – Phyllis Bowhill
Honey-of-Life – Cynthia Pughe
Dancing Sunbeam – Kathleen Kirby
Blush-of-Morning – Peggy Stirton
Oasis-in-the-Desert – Peggy Davis
Moon-upon-the-Waters – Norah Cooper
Song-of-Nightingales – Doris Mayo
Whisper-of-the-West-Wind – Peggy Frost
Hassan’s Wives, Royal Slave Girls, etc – Alice Anderson, Kathleen Barker, Nina Berry, May Broad, Trissie Edgar, Doris Ellis, Mary McCabe, Hilda Potts, Eileen Reynolds
Chorus of Palace Guards – Gordon Broad, Arnold Brown, Thomas Edgar, Jack Kirkby, Chas Long, Louis Mayo, Sydney Pughe
CREW
Scenery by – Cape of Chiswick
Costumes by – B J Simmons & Co Ltd