1930
The Geisha
Stationed in the Orient, far from his financee Molly, Reggie Fairfax, RN, finds himself lonely for feminine company. He begins to spend much of his free time at the Tea House of Ten Thousand Joys which is run by Chinaman Wun-Hi. There he meets the lovely geisah O Mimosa San with whom he builds a friendship. The relationship does not go unnoticed by the Lady Constance Wynne who contacts Molly, telling her she had better come to the Orient as quickly as possible. The local overlord Marquis Imari, who also fancies Momosa, orders the teahouse be closed and that the girls be sold off.
In an attempt to attract her husband while dressed as a geisha, Molly gets caught in the auction where Lady Constance successfully outbids Imari for Momosa before she notices that the Marquis now has his eye on Molly. With the help of Mimosa and the British entourage, Molly is rescued and the French interpreter Juliette ends up being married to the Marquis in her place. (Resource: Ganzl, Kurt, Musicals, Carlton Books Limited, 1995.)
Producer (Director): Fred L.C. Pereira
Musical Director: James A. Smith
Dance Arranger: Alice Hébert
Cast
Agnes Cheeseman
Midshipman Tommy Stanley
Alexander Gray
Officer Geroge Grimston
Aline Lahue (Lindleyy Laheuix)
Dancing Girl
Barbara Haydn
Miolly Seamore
C.R. Medland, Mrs.
Juliette Diamant
D. Roy Kennedy
Takemine
D.M.Esdale, Miss
Yachting Guest
E.M. Pontifex, Miss
Yachting Guest
F.E. Dunlevie
Office Arthur Bronville
Frankie Brady, Miss
Dancing Girl
G.W. Richardson, Mrs.
Nami
Gertrude Rodger
O Mimosa San
Gwen Low
Geisha
H.F. Bode, Mrs.
Geisha
Horace M. Butler
Marquis Imari
Irene Richardson
Dancing Girl
James P. Kenney
Capt. Reginald Fairfax
James Scott
Wun -Hi
Jessie Livingstone
Dancing Girl
John Baron
Captain Katana
K. Wright, Miss
Yachting Guest
Kay Farley
Dancing Girl
Kingsley Ault
Sailor Dick Cunningham
M.E. Flack, Miss
Geisha
M.G. Helman, Miss
Geisha
Marcella Amy
Dancing Girl
R. Morgan, Mrs.
O Mimosa San
R. Pearson, Mrs.
Molly Seamore
Vivian St. Pierre
Juliette Diamant
Weston Allan, Mrs.
Lady Constance Wynne
Production
Adam McGregor
Stage Manager
Desmond McMahon, Major
Lighting
O.K. Gibson, Lt.-Col.
Properties
R.J. Birdwhistle, Lt.-Col.
Business Manager
Stanley Todd, Major
Lighting
Vera Moreland
Accompanist
Weston Allan, Mrs.
Costumes
William Adkins
Set Design and Construction