Soham Grammarians : Yeomen of the Guard 1955

SOHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL Presents (by permission of Bridget D'Oyly Carte) THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD or THE MERRYMAN AND HIS MAID by W S GILBERT and ARTHUR SULLIVAN In The School Assembly Hall at 7.45 pm on MONDAY, 28th MARCH, 1955 TUESDAY, 29th MARCH, 1955 WEDNESDAY, 30th MARCH, 1955 THURSDAY, 31st MARCH, 1955 FRIDAY, 1st APRIL, I955 [cover design not credited: source David Cross (1954)]

The Yeomen of the Guard

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

Sir Richard Cholmondely (Lieutenant of the Tower) - BW Pullen
Colonel Fairfax (Under sentence of death) - JB Butcher
Sergeant Meryll (of the Yeomen of the Guard) - JC Franklin
Leonard Meryll (his son, of the Yeomen of the Guard) - RG Sallis
Jack Point (a strolling jester) - VG Watson
Wilfred Shadbolt (Head Jailer and Assistant Tormentor) - JL Scotting
The Headsman - RG Sallis
Elsie Maynard (a strolling Singer) - ME Bunting
Phoebe Meryll (Sergeant Meryll's daughter) - RG Hinze
Dame Carruthers (Housekeeper to the Tower) - CT Graves
Kate (her niece) SH Harley

Yeomen: JJ Fordham, ML Everitt, TR Staines, DW Yarrow, AG Cox, MJ Boyden, EG Fretwell, PJ Bignell, MJ Holmes, JG Starling

Male Citizens : DOF Monk, K Beman, GJ Trett
Female Citizens: TJ Roberts, M Human, JW Newman, EM Cowley, RJ Dewsbury, DA Crowe, NF Holmes, AR Hill, CA Bent, MJ Pamment

SCENE: ACT I Tower Green
ACT II The same by Moonlight
TIME: The Sixteenth Century

Pianists: Mr AF Pusey, Mr W Constable (OSG), Miss JA Darrell
Set designed by: Mr PJ Askem
Set built by: Mr EH Tabraham, BS Germeney, PL Tweed
Décor : CJ Collins, CW Phelps, JW Travell, AR Wayman, LJ Coe, A Willett, CH Smith, KG Vail, BJ Alps, MJ Boyden, KW Brown, KHW Clift
Lighting: Mr FK Webb, BS Germeney
Make-up: Mr WAG Burroughs
Stage Assistants: DP Elton, RE Guiver, GL Burton, BM Painter
Master of the Wardrobe: Mr E Quinn
Wardrobe Mistresses: Mrs E Armitage, Mrs E Quinn, Mrs CJ Ford, Mrs RL Thomas, Mrs D Drake, Mrs R Pettitt, Mrs T Evans, Mrs C Bassett
Costumes by: Citizen House, Bath
Business Manager: Mr SR Saunders

MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Mr AF Pusey
PRODUCER: Mr CR Waller

L-R: Ron Sallis who was head boy in 1955, Robert Hinze, John Scotting, John Butcher, the petite Mike Bunting, Brian Pullen, Victor Watson, Chris Graves, Jeremy Franklin, Stan Harley: photo source Stan Harley (1953)

Chorus of Citizens, Jack Point & Elsie: source Robert Hinze (1952)  

Chorus of Yeomen: source Robert Hinze (1952)

John Butcher (1947) recalls: we rendered The Yeomen of the Guard in1955. The Lieutenant of the Tower was Brian Pullen, who coined that dramatic and immortal line, “Who shired that fot?”

Rob Hinze (1952): this was the second production of the Pusey/Waller et al brigade, the first being HMS Pinafore the year before. Their motto was "Not just good for amateurs but good, full stop!".

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last updated 2 Jul 2004