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Princess Ida
by
Gilbert and Sullivan
Produced by A B Mallinson
Assisted by Edythe Mallinson
28th March - 2nd April, 1927
Princess Ida; or, Castle Adamant is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It was their eighth operatic collaboration of fourteen. Princess Ida opened at the Savoy Theatre on January 5, 1884, for a run of 246 performances. The piece concerns a princess who founds a women's university and teaches that women are superior to men and should rule in their stead. The prince to whom she had been married in infancy sneaks into the university, together with two friends, with the aim of collecting his bride. They disguise themselves as women students but are discovered, and all soon face a literal war between the sexes.
| King Hildebrand |
Harry Smedley |
| Hilarion (his Son) |
Harry Brierley |
| Cyril |
Arthur Wilkes |
| Florian |
Leonard Harding |
| King Gama |
H Hayward Hobson |
| Arac |
F W Blease |
| Guron |
Richard Chadwick |
| Scynthius |
W F Fitton |
| Princess Ida (Gamas Daughter) |
M Kathleen Davies
Winifred Cottrill |
| Lady Blanche (Professor of Abstract Science) |
Hilda Livsey |
| Lady Psyche (Professor of Humanities) |
Dorothy I Marshall |
| Melissa (Lady Blanche's Daughter) |
Edythe Mallinson
Queenie Eadington |
| Chloe |
Kathleen Ousey |
| Sacharissa |
Edith Lakin |
| Ada |
Gwladys Bailey |
| CHORUS OF SOLDIERS AND COURTIERS |
| Geoffrey R Allen, N Austin, J R Butterworth, A W Eva, H W Goodricke, J H Jones,
W D Lawson, A B Mallinson, Archibald Marshall, Fred J Milton, John Shore, A Smithies, Leslie Wharton |
| CHORUS OF COURTIERS, GIRL GRADUATES AND DAUGHTERS OF THE PLOUGH |
| Olive Allen, Gwladys Bailey, E Blease, Elsie Boon, Ivy Bray, Norah Cartwright,
D Chadwick, Winifred Cottrill,
Queenie Eadington, Annie Goodricke, Dorothy Hunter, Mollie Langton, Dorothy Lawson, Alice Milton, Kathleen Ousey,
Doris Prichard, Dorothy Smethurst, Doris Wharton |
| Rehearsals Accompanist |
Lilian Heap |
| Hon Stage Manager |
G E Mason |
| Hon Assistant Stage Manager |
J R Harcombe |
| Hon Electricians |
J R Whitaker
J B Picton |
| Hon Property Mistress |
Mrs C H Nickson |
| Hon Property Master |
W F Fitton |
| Hon Wardrobe Mistresses |
Mrs Eva
Mrs Harcombe |
| Hon Sec and Business Manager |
T G Whitaker |
| THE ORCHESTRA |
| Hon Musical Director |
Mr Lee Thistlewaite |
| First Violins |
Mrs Camden (leader)
Miss Wilcox |
| Second Violin |
Miss Miss Grenhalgh |
| Viola |
Miss Bamford |
| Cello |
Mrs Scott |
| Bass |
G Martin |
| Flute |
Miss Liddell |
| Oboe |
F Harrison |
| Clarinet |
G Slade |
| First Bassoon |
W Johnson |
| Second Bassoon |
T Thornber |
| Trumpet |
R Wild |
| Trombone |
J Redfearn |
| Tympani |
J Bell |
| Piano |
Mrs L Heap |
| Scenery by Messrs J M BARRETT LTD, Pendleton |
| Costumes and wigs by J BURKINSHAW & SONS, Liverpool |
| Make Up by N AVELING |
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