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The Gondoliers
by
W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
Produced by F H Whitehead
23rd - 27th March, 1926
The story of the opera concerns the young bride of the heir to the throne of Barataria who arrives in Venice to join her husband. It turns out, however, that he cannot be identified, since he was entrusted to the care of a drunken gondolier who mixed up the prince with his own son. To complicate matters, the King of Barataria has just been killed. The two young gondoliers must now jointly rule the kingdom until the nurse of the prince can be brought in to determine which of them is the rightful king. Moreover, when the young queen arrives to claim her husband, she finds that the two gondoliers have both recently married local girls. A last complicating factor is that she, herself, is in love with another man.
| The Duke of Plaza-Toro (a Grandee of Spain) |
F H Whitehead |
| Luiz (His Attendant) |
L Wharton |
| Don Alhambra Del Bolero (The Grand Inquisitor) |
Harry Smedley |
| Marco Palmieri |
Arthur Wilkes |
| Guiseppe Palmieri |
Horace Brown |
| Antonio |
F W Blease |
| Francesco |
G R Allen |
| Giorgio |
W F Fitton |
| Annibale |
Sydney Shaw |
| The Duchess of Plaza-Toro |
Hilda Livsey |
| Casilda (her daughter) |
Dorothy Smethurst |
| Gianetta |
M Kathleen Davies |
| Tessa |
Dorothy I Marshall |
| Fiametta |
Queenie Eadington |
| Vittoria |
Annie Goodricke |
| Guilia |
Doris Prichard |
| Inez (The Kings Foster Mother) |
E Blease |
| Pages |
Margary Keymer
Bobbie Mallinson |
| Chorus of Contadine |
| Gwladys Bailey, Margery Bailey, Elsie Boon, Ivy Bray, Norah Cartwright,
Winifred Cottrill, Florence Fallas, Dorothy Hunter, Edith Lakin, Mollie Langton, Dorothy Lawson,
Sarah Levine, Alice Milton, Lorna Nowell, Mary Ogden, Kathleen Ousey, Dora Roberts, Edith M Smithies, Doris Wharton |
| Chorus of Gondoliers |
| N Austin, R Chadwick, S W Dronsfield, E F Ellsi, A W Eva, H Jones, W D Lawson, F J Milton, J Shore, A Smithies, R J Williams |
| THE STYAL ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY'S AUGMENTED ORCHESTRA |
| Hon Musical Director |
Mr Lee Thistlethwaite |
| First Violins |
| Miss C Dunnington ARMCM (leader), Miss m Jarvis, Mr E Johnson, Mr A E Lonsdale |
| Second Violins |
Mr John Hood
Mr W Hope |
| Cello |
Miss A Shore
Mr H Smithies |
| Double Bass |
Mr A Smethurst |
| Oboe |
Mr J Bryce |
| Bassoon |
Mr Whitaker |
| Trombone |
Mr J Walton |
| Cornet |
Mr H Carding |
| Flute |
Capt J E E E Oakley MC
MR R Gray |
| Clarionet |
Mr W Murtagh |
| Trumpet |
Mr Wild |
| Drums |
Mr S Johnson |
| Piano |
Miss D M Thomas |
| Hon Stage Manager and Electrician |
A B Mallinson |
| Hon Assistant Stage Manager |
J F Harcombe |
| Hon Assistant Electrician |
J B Picton
J R Whitaker |
| Hon Property Master |
W F Fitton |
| Dance Arrangers |
Mrs A B Mallinson
F H Whitehead |
| Costumes, Wigs, etc by F A SMITH, Manchester |
| Scenery by Messrs J M BARRETT LTD, Pendleton, Manchester |
| Make Ups by J STOCKTON, Gorton |
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