1938
The Gondoliers
Casilda, a young bride and heir to the throne of Barataria, arrives in Venice with her father, the Duke of Plaza-Toro, to join her husband, to whom she was betrothed as an infant in an arranged marriage. But there is a problem: as an infant he was entrusted to a drunken gondolier who confused him with his own son. Which one of the two young gondoliers is the husband and heir to the throne? As the King has just been killed, both must rule jointly for the time being until Inez, the prince’s former nurse, can be summoned to see which is the rightful king. To complicate the situation, both the gondoliers, Marco and Guiseppe, are married to local girls FIametta and Tessa. And Casilba has fallen in love with her attendant, Luiz. Inez eventually reveals that Luiz was spirited away as an infant and is actually the real king. The gondoliers are happy to step down as co-rulers; Casilba and Luiz are now ready to marry and assume the throne.
Musical Director: H. Bramwell Bailey
Producer (Director): H.G. Richardson
Dance Arranger: Gwendolyn Osborne
Cast
Alison Thomas
Tessa, a Contadina
Bert Adkins
Drummer Boy
Christine McCulloch Allan
Duchess of Plaza-Toro
Cyril W. Leggatt
Marco Palmieri, a Venetian Gondolier
Denis Gillan
Francesco, a Venetian Gondolier/Tenor
Doris Armstrong
Inez, the King's foster-mother/Contralto
Dorothy M. Johnston
Fiametta, a Contadina/Soprano
Florence B. Morgan
Vittoria, a Contadina
G.D. Sladen
Luiz
Harriett Davies
Giulia, a Contadina/Soprano
Harry M. Hands
Guiseppe Palmieri, a Venetian Gondolier
Ivor G. Phillips
Giorgio, a Venetian Gondolier
James G. Scott
Don Alhambra del Bolero
Joseph Webb
Antonio, a Venetian Gondolier
Lois Bothwell
Ginetta, a Contadina
Mervyn Pettapiece
Annibale, a Venetian Gondolier/Bass
Roby E. Brown
Casilda
Stanley Churchward
Duje of Plaza-Toro
Adele Wendt
Soprano
Audrey Scott
Soprano
Claire H. Coll
Soprano
Edith Donaldson
Soprano
Evelyn Vernier
Soprano
Gwendolyn Smart
Soprano
Jean Binks
Soprano
Rosalie Sladen
Soprano
Veronique Hogan
Soprano
Vivienne St. Pierre
Soprano
Anne Haydon
Contralto
Edna Kalil
Contralto
Eleanor Kenyon
Contralto
Florence B. Morgan
Contralto
Francis O'Malley
Contralto
Grace Scott
Contralto
Nina Gardiner
Contralto
Pearl Haydon
Contralto
Veronica Lochnan
Contralto
Adam McGregor
Tenor
Anderson G. Kalil
Tenor
F.J. Colpman
Tenor
Harold W. Lewis
Tenor
Leonard Webb
Tenor
Samuel R. Jolliffe
Tenor
William C. Tierney
Tenor
A.E. MacLaurin
Bass
A.L. Flockhart
Bass
H.L. Trueman
Bass
Ivor G. Phillips
Bass
J.W. Groves
Bass
J.W.H. Currie
Bass
Joseph Webb
Bass
Mervyn Pettapiece
Bass
Percy May
Bass
Percy May
Bass
Barbara Speer
Octette Dancer
Doris Atkinson
Octette Dancer
Jean Bell
Octette Dancer
Mary Elizabeth Pasch
Octette Dancer
Nora White
Octette Dancer
Rita Merrick
Octette Dancer
Shirley Palowin
Octette Dancer
Yolande Leduc
Octette Dancer
Production
Adam McGregor
Costumes
Adam McGregor
Programme
F.G. Bronskill, Mrs.
Accompanist
Howard L. Trueman
Stage Manager
William Richardson
Scenery and Settings