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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