Bless the Bride 1959
Dates
Monday 27th April 1959 - Saturday 2nd May 1959
Evenings at 7.30pm
Venue
Winter Gardens Cinema, Hoylake
Producer
F. Leslie Swift
Assisted by
Irene Kenwright
Musical Director
Bernard Sephton
Ballet Mistress
Monica Bretherton
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Music
by |
Vivian
Ellis |
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Book
and Lyrics by |
AP
Herbert |
Chorus members
Cast
of Characters
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Alice
Charity Willow |
Brenda Roach |
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Cousin
George |
Mike Macadam |
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Archdeacon
Gurney |
Peter Crook |
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Lucy
Veracity Willow |
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The
Honourable Thomas Trout |
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Ann
Fidelity ] |
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Charlotte
Patience ] |
Diana Dance |
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Frances
Fortitude ]
Lucy's |
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Elizabeth
Prudence ]
Sisters |
Maureen Lowe |
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Millicent
Punctuality ] |
Thelma Scott |
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Pierre
Fontaine |
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Suzanne
Valois |
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Augustus
Willow Lucy's Father |
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Mary
Willow Lucy's Mother |
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Albert
Willow Augustus' Father |
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Harriet
Willow Grandmamma |
Letty Faulkner |
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Nanny |
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Buttons |
Frank Stephen |
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M
Robert |
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M
Frontenac |
Bill Snowdon |
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Gendarme |
Eric Grindrod |
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Ladies
of the Chorus |
Gentlemen of the Chorus |
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Barbara Ashcroft |
Charles Atkinson |
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Una Atkinson |
Ronald Barton |
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June Baker |
Joe Borrowscale |
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Vera Fleetwood |
Peter Crook |
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Daphne Hobkinson |
Eric Grindrod |
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Pamela Johnston |
Peter Lowe |
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Rosemary Patterson |
William Snowdon |
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Pat Pritchard |
Frank Stephen |
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Nancy Saville |
Ian Stewart |
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Violet Thurley |
Ken Unsworth |
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Angela Turnley |
Charles Weir |
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Margaret Walshaw |
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Mary Wilson |
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Hilda Bethell |
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Celia Miller |
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Sandra Biddle |
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Yvonne Eccles |
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Pam Webster |
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Production
Team
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Hon
Accompanist |
D Marris |
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Hon.
Wardrobe Mistress |
Ida Ashworth |
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Hon.
Stage Director |
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Hon.
Stage Manager |
Mervyn D Henderson |
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Hon.
Asst. Stage Manager |
D S Williams |
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Hon.
Property Mistress |
Pat Webster |
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Make
up |
Arthur Burgess |
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Barbara Burgess |
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Paddy Durrant |
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Prompter |
Marlene Kennedy |
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Calls |
Marjorie Duffley |
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House
manager |
Mrs GA Coard |
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Asst.
House manager |
Peter Sherlock |
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Costumes |
SB Watts and Co, Manchester |
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Scenery |
Bert Loman, Manchester |
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Electrical
Fittings by |
Strand Electric & Engineering Co, Manchester |
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Ticket
Secretary |
LM Hobkinson Esq |
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Programme |
CP Sherlock Esq |
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Publicity |
Mr W Reynolds-Jones |
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C Atkinson Esq |
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Programme
photos |
Richard Hargreaves |
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Foyer
Flowers |
Mrs Florence Lancaster |
Orchestra
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Violins |
Flute |
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Charles
Harberreiter ( Leader ) |
D Newbould |
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Simon
Kurnoff |
Oboe |
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S
McCourt |
D
Stevens |
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A
Milton |
Trombone |
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D
Sephton |
W Davies |
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Cello |
Clarinet |
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C
Mercer |
M Atkiss |
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Bass |
Tympani & Percussion |
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W Lloyd |
B Cave |
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Trumpet |
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EB Cass |
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Committees and Officers
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President |
Councillor GA Coard |
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Vice-Presidents |
Miss Maud Carpenter OBE MA |
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Miss NE Hudson MA |
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Mr Jack Hughes |
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Committee |
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Chairman |
AEW Wilson Esq |
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Secretary |
Mrs EM Bonner BA |
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Treasurer |
Mrs GA Coard |
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Mrs FT Ashworth |
Mrs W Reynolds-Jones |
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C Atkinson Esq |
CP Sherlock Esq |
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W Beattie Patterson Esq |
DS Williams Esq BA |
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JT Grindrod Esq |
Mrs J Whitehead |
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G Paynter Esq |
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Casting Committee |
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Mrs GA Coard |
Mr A Tytler |
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Mrs F Reynolds-Jones |
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Social Committee |
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Chairman |
Mrs ET Ashworth |
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Secretary |
Mrs C Smith |
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Treasurer |
Mrs J Howard |
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Mrs EM Bonner |
Mrs F Lancaster |
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Mrs I Faulkner |
Mrs F Reynolds-Jones |
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Mrs K Hughes |
Mrs J Wynn-Williams |
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Mrs B Johnston |
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