Soham Grammarians - Productions 12 December 1958

SOHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL
12th December, 1958

THE WORD

A Christmas Mime with Narration,
Compiled by Marion Jay,
in words from the Bible and the Apocrypha.

Characters

Old Jewish Father
Mother
Daughter
Mary
Gabriel
Joseph
Elizabeth
First Taxpayer
Second Taxpayer
Third Taxpayer
Harlot
Old Shepherd
Young Shepherd
First King
Second King
Third King
Simeon
Temple-Boy
RS Mayes
BM Lowe
RP Ogden
WH Docherty
SI Misson
GW Harrison
R Sandham
S Walker
TJ Washtell
DL Griffin
S Poole
DA Crowe
EGR Smith
CA Bent
CM Bull
G Murfet
M Human
RE Venney

FAT KING MELON and
PRINCESS CARAWAY
by AP Herbert

Characters

Scene I Fairy Mumbo's Grotto
Scene II Outside King Melon's Castle
Scene III Part of an impenetrable forest
Scene IV A room in the palace of Princess Caraway.

Fairy Mumbo
Fairy Gurgle
King Melon
Princess Caraway
1st Soldier
2nd Soldier
3rd Soldier
4th Soldier
King Melon's Mother
Highwayman
An Old Lady
Richard, her son
Greengage, a tiring-woman
JF Byrne
PG Shilston
JF Lupson
JW Chapman
P Vaissiere
RC Osland
AV Cullum
MR Duffield
AJ Langley
ME Kent
GE Pryke
IR Smith
MJ Petty

 


Gwyn Murfet
56 writes: The Word: Mary was WH Docherty, Joseph was GW Harrison, The First King was CA Bent, the Second King
was CM Bull and the Third King was G Murfet. It doesn't of course name the spy through the curtains!
source: Gwyn Murfet


Fat King Melon cast photo: source Martin Duffield
faces via Mike Petty: unconfirmed: L-R
Osland - Vaissiere - Pryke - Shilston - Langley (behind) - Lupson (front) - Smith - Kent (behind) - Chapman (front) - Byrne - Petty - Duffield - Cullum

Cast list sheet provided by Gwyn Murfet
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