White Horse Inn

Richmond Theatre

March 1969

Directed by – Peter Spencer
Musical Director – Bernard Dunn
Choreographer – Ann Wengraf

White Horse Inn is a musical comedy set in the picturesque Salzkammergut region of Upper Austria.

It is about the head waiter of the White Horse Inn in St. Wolfgang who is desperately in love with the owner of the inn, a resolute young woman who at first only has eyes for one of her regular guests.

Sometimes classified as an operetta, the show enjoyed huge successes both on Broadway and in the West End (651 performances at the Coliseum starting April 8, 1931) and was filmed several times.

In a way similar to The Sound of Music and the three Sissi movies, the play and its film versions have contributed to the saccharine image of Austria as an alpine idyll—the kind of idyll tourists have been seeking for almost a century now. Today, it is mainly remembered for its songs, many of which have become popular classics.

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CAST

Kathi – Zoe Miller
Karl – Geoffrey Clarke
Head Forrester – Pat Baker
Zenzi – Lynne Davis
A Courier – Geoffrey Bishop
Franz – Martin Last
Leopold – Paul Flack
Josepha – Moira Butt
Steamer Captain – Tony Nockles
Bridegroom – Jean Tompkins
Bride – Alison Needs
John Ebenezer Grinkle – Bernard Mitchell
Ottoline – Lynne Bodily
Valentine Sutton – Clive Jones
Sigismund Smith – Nigel Martin
Professor Hinzel – Ian Melville
Gretel – Christina Matthews
The Mayor – Denis Davidson
The Mayor’s Lady Secretary – Joan Smoothey
The Emperor – Edward Bellamy
Ketterl – Geoffrey Bishop
Landlord of ‘The Traveller’s Rest’ – Keith Russell
The Goat by kind permission of – Chessington Zoo
Ladies’ Chorus – Myra Ahern, Jill Andrews, Molly Bolliston, Gladys Bond, Pat Brian, Joy Cooper, Marjorie Doughty, Sue Frost, Vivienne Johnson, Betty Jones, Ann Last, Christine Maisey, Madelaine Olden, Irene Ridley, Linda Rushton, Lotta Smith, Barbara Webster, Kitty Wright
Gentlemen’s Chorus – Stephan Evans, Ken Jones, Fred Paterson, Norman Quinn, John Saunders, John Willan
Other Dancers – Jackie Clarke, Heather Darby, Maureen Ferguson

CREW

Stage Manager – Melvyn Morgan Peter Churchill
Properties – Mollie Rayner
House Manager – Geoffrey Needs
Rehearsal Accompanist – Lesley Woolf
Box Office – Barbara Webster
Prompt – Roma Morgan
Wardrobe Mistress – Daphne Needs
Lighting Designed by – John Roffey
Scenery – James Fredericks
Furniture – Old Times Furnishing Company
Costumes – Charles Fox Ltd
Perruquiers – Mr & Mrs Mead
Additional Properties – Ken Currell