1950 - 1951
The Merry Widow
Sonia is a pretty young widow residing in Paris in the early 20th century. She is heiress to twenty million francs and looking for a new husband. Popoff, the Marsovian Ambassador of her native state, has received instructions from his Royal Master that Sonia must marry one of her own countrymen so that her inheritance remains in Marsovia. Popoff has selected Prince Danilo, the Embassy attaché, to be her husband. But the Prince, a former lover of Sonia, now prefers to spend his time at Maxim’s with Zo-Zo, Lo-Lo, Do-Do and their friends and is not interested in Sonia’s wealth.
Natalie, Ambassador Popoff’s wife, has been having an affair with Vicomte Camille de Jolidon. At Sonia’s garden party, as the Ambassador is about to discover his wife’s infidelity, Sonia rescues Natalie from this difficult situation. Danilo, thinking that Sonia wishes to become engaged to Camille, realizes that he may once again be in love with Sonia; disappointed, he leaves for Maxim’s.
Sonia follows Danilo to the Café Maxim, where Baron Popoff in desperation endeavours to win her for himself if he is losing Natalie to Camille. Prince Danilo successfully eliminates his rivals and is finally free to marry Sonia. Even though she will lose her fortune on marriage, it will, she soon discovers, go to her husband.
Producer (Director): Joseph E. Webb
Musical Director: H. Bramwell Bailey
Choreographer: Nesta Toumine
Cast
Aileen Ryan
Do Do
Charles Kerr
Prince Danilo (Secretary of Legation)
Clesson Goodhue
Nisch (messenger of the Legation)
Dermot Sladen
Head waiter (at Maxim's)
Eileen Mahoney
Sonia (A young widow)
Frank Halpin
M. de St. Brioche
Freda Lyon
Sylvaine (Wife of Khadja)
George Dupuis
Vicomte Camille de Jolidon
George Montgomery
Marquis de Cascada
George Wetzstein
General Novikovich
Henriette Burroughs
Jou Jou
Jean Halley
Frou Frou
Jean Tickner
Natalie (Wife of Popoff)
Joanne Ashe
Fifi
John F. Bartlett
Khadja (Counsellor of the Legation)
Joseph E. Webb
Popoff (Marsovian ambassador)
Lorna Nash
Zo-Zo
Marilyn Moor
Margot
Mary Armitage
Olga (Wife of Novikovich)
Nancy Flahven
Clo Clo
Ruth Piers
Lo Lo
Agnes Bourassa
Ensemble
Al Hussey
Ensemble
Allan Holmes
Ensemble
Arthur Pownall
Ensemble
Audrey Jordon
Ensemble
Barbara McKenna
Ensemble
Bernice McFadyen
Ensemble
Bernice Thornton
Ensemble
Bob Taylor
Ensemble
Brenda Plet
Ensemble
Charles Chalmers
Ensemble
Claire Labelle
Ensemble
Constance Joyce
Ensemble
Darwyn Aitkens
Ensemble
Dermot Sladen
Ensemble
Desmond Arthur
Ensemble
Donna McNaughton
Ensemble
Edna Peters
Ensemble
Edward Osborne
Ensemble
Eleanor Whitworth
Ensemble
Elsie Parkes
Ensemble
Ernest Whittle
Ensemble
Gay Weir
Ensemble
Grace Schultz
Ensemble
Gwen Flahven
Ensemble
Heather Morris-Cattanach
Ensemble
Herb Sills
Ensemble
Ivan Mitchell
Ensemble
J. G. Whitworth
Ensemble
Jim Mackersie
Ensemble
Juliette Sabourin
Ensemble
Kathryn Kay
Ensemble
Ken Ristow
Ensemble
Margot Caldwell
Ensemble
Marguerite Allan
Ensemble
Marie Lee
Ensemble
Marion Deavy
Ensemble
Mary Allen
Ensemble
Maureen Geraghty
Ensemble
Melva Anthony
Ensemble
Mildred Ker
Ensemble
Norma Besserer
Ensemble
Pat Gallagher
Ensemble
Patricia Earl
Ensemble
Peggie Highley
Ensemble
Peter Gilberg
Ensemble
Richard Wood
Ensemble
Rodger Gervais
Ensemble
Roland Boisvenu
Ensemble
Ruby Rutkowsky
Ensemble
Sam McConeghy
Ensemble
Shirley Needham
Ensemble
Ted Hothersall
Ensemble
Vernon Bell
Ensemble
William Wright
Ensemble
Yvette Lapointe
Ensemble
Production
Betty Nuth
Properties
Christine McCulloch Allan
Prompting
Evelyn MacLaurin
Box Office
George Dupuis
Programme
Grant Glennie
Scenery Designer
Hubert Kennedy
Make-up
John Fish
House Manager
Margaret Stewart
Make-up
Mildred Ker
Costume Committee
Ottawa Girl Guides
Ushers
Phillis Kerr
Properties
Roy Sylvestre
Lighting
Sandy Nash
Scenery Designer
William Wright
Costume Committee
Winifred Canty
Accompanist