White Horse Inn 1966

 

 

Dates
Monday 2nd May 1966 - Saturday 7th May 1966

Evenings at 7.30pm.

 

Venue

Winter Gardens Theatre, Hoylake

 

Director


           Ursula Collins

 


Musical Director


               Sydney Brown

 

Choreographer


          Gaynor Owen
   ARAD AISTD ( BB ) LISTD ( SB )

 

'White Horse Inn' was also presented in 1980

 

 

 

Music by

Ralph Benatsky and Robert Stolz

Original Lyrics by

Robert Gilbert

English book and Lyrics by

Harry Graham

Adapted by

Eric Maschwitz and Bern Grun

Freely adapted from Blumenthal & Kadelburg's Play 'Im weissen Rossl' by

Hans Muller and Erik Charell


 

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Cast of Characters

 

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Kathi, the postwoman

Gladys Delbridge

Karl, piccolo waiter at White Horse Inn

Ann Hackland

A Forester

Joe Borrowscale

Zenzi, a goatherd

Eileen Wardle

A Courier

Peter Edwards

Franz,  a waiter

David Bertram

Leopold, head waiter at White Horse Inn

Sidney Costin

Josepha Vogelburger   owner of
White Horse Inn

Jean Holden

The Steamer Captain

Norman Garland

Bridegroom

Ken Morris

Bride

Dawn Peach

John Ebenezer Grinkle, a manufacturer

Al Bowley

Ottoline, his daughter

Diana West

Valentine Sutton, a solicitor

David Owen

Sigismund Smith, another manufacturer

Michael Ellis

Professor Hinzel

Charles Atkinson

Gretel, his daughter

Mary Jones

The Mayor

Robert Porter

The Mayor's lady secretary

Mary Lamacraft

The Emperor

Austin Hosker

Ketterl, his servant

Ken Unsworth

Landlord of the Travellers Rest

Stanley Brandreth

 

 

Waitresses, Alpine Guides, Sailors, Travellers, Villagers, Chambermaids, Tourists, Waiters, Dairymaids, Farmhands, Market-women, Councillors, Police, Teachers, Firemen, Bandsmen, ADC's, Gamekeepers, Climbers

 

 

 

Ladies of the Chorus

Gentlemen of the Chorus

 

 

Carole Abraham

David Bertram

Barbara Adams

Joe Borrowscale

Carole Adams

Stanley Brandreth

Helen Banton

Philip Cubbin

Mona Bebell

Alf Daniels

Lesley Bertram

David Dixson

Margaret Brown

Peter Edwards

Ann Dodd

Norman Garland

Dorothy Gillies

Roy Hitchings

Marjorie Griffiths

John Rees Jones

Daphne Hobkinson

John McKay

Elizabeth Jones

Ken Morris

Constance Laing

Gwyn Parry

Mary Lamacraft

Robert Porter

Angela Needham

Alan Smith

Dawn Peach

Ken Unsworth

Barbara Roberts  
Gill Reynolds

 

Katherine Taylor

 

Val Vaughan

 

Eileen Wardle

 

Heather Weston

 

Jean Whittam

 

Beryl Wilding

 

 

 

                                               Dancers

 

 

 

Diane Beedles

Judith Milne

Rita Henderson

Ann Shields

Jennifer Kaye

Jennifer Turner

Kathleen Mellor

Ann Wotton

 

John Wilson

The Dancers are pupils of the Ashfield School of Dancing

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Photographs


Photo Gallery -1


Photo Gallery -2

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Press coverage

 



 

 

More Press Coverage
 

 

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Programme


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Production Team

 

Stage Director

JR Kennedy

Stage Manager

Mervyn Henderson

Assistant Stage Manager

David Williams

House Manager

Mrs M Coard

Prompter

Kit Bowley

Properties

Lee Ireland

 

Biddy Johnston

Accompanists

John McBride

 

Elsie Wilson

 

Una Atkinson

Wardrobe Master

LR Hatton

Make up

Dorothy Bamford,  Francis Reynolds-Jones

Scenery

John Griffin, Nottingham

Costumes

WA Homburg, Leeds

Lighting

Strand Electric, Manchester

Ticket Secretary

Eric Patten

Programme Manager

AE Wilson

 

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Officials

 

President

Councillor Mrs G A Coard

Vice Presidents

Mrs AJK Barnes

 

C Castell Esq

 

Mrs CF Elias

 

RF Frazer Esq

 

Councillor C Gravell

 

Reynolds-Jones Esq

 

GR Kennerley Esq

 

BH Quayle Esq

 

Mrs VE Sangster

 

Councillor PS Shone

 

Rex Taylor Esq

 

Eric Wylie Esq

Executive Committee

 

 

 

Chairman

CH Atkinson Esq

Hon Secretary

W Whitehurst Esq

Hon Treasurer

DR Dixson Esq

 

 

Committee members

 

 

 

RJ Bowley Esq

Mrs J Holden

P Cubbin Esq

KM Hughes Esq

P Edwards Esq

Mrs F Reynolds-Jones

LR Hatton Esq

JR Kennedy

 

DS Williams Esq

 

 

Social Committee

 

 

 

Chairman

Mrs J Holden

Vice-Chairman

Mrs F Reynolds-Jones

Hon Secretary

Mrs Pat Henderson

Asst Hon Secretary

Mrs M Hesketh Hughes

 

 

Committee members

 

 

 

Mrs B Adams

Mrs B Houghton

Mrs F Balme

Mrs E Saulb

Mrs K Bowley

Mrs E Storey

Mrs J Flashman

Mrs I Whitehurst

 

Mr J Borrowscale