Produced and Directed by Mr DUGGIE CHAPMAN
Mr Duggie Chapman |
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Location Direction by Mr JOHN A. BOOTH
Choreography by Miss JUNE A. BOOTH
THE CAST |
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| Mr DUGGIE CHAPMAN | Your Worthy Chairman |
| Miss BERYL JOHNSON | The First Lady of Song |
| Mr PETE LINDUP | Instruments Galore |
| Mr PETER CLAGUE | Songs With Style |
| Miss CANDIDA WRIGHT | The Orphean Warbler |
| Miss BRENDA COOK | The Cheeky Chanteuse |
THE GAIETY GIRLS |
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Miss Elaine Farrow, Miss Olive Baker, Miss Rita Brett, Miss Linda Chadwick, Miss Margaret Cordery, Miss Ann Hosking, Miss Violet Lorraine, Miss Jean Martin, Miss Lynne Parsons, with Mr Graham Chadwick |
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MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT Mr TOM HOWARD. Rehearsal Music: Mr David Ash |
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STAGE MANAGER |
Mr JOHN A. BOOTH |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Mr Bill Parsons |
| Scenery | "The Good Olde Days" Company |
| Wardrobe | "The Good Olde Days" Company |
| Backstage, Lights & Sound Crew | Mr Michael Banks, Mr Stan Betts, Mr Ray Davis, Mr Terry Farrow, Mr Brian Hight, Mr Charlie Lennon, Mr Roy Martin, Mr Bryan Maskell |
Bar Management
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Mr Norman Hall, Miss Karen Hall, Mr Ray Baker, Mr Michael Banks, Miss Vicki Banks, Mr Bert Cook |
| Front-Of-House Manager | Mr Brian Hatch |
| Front of House Staff | Miss Jean Barber, Mr Ray Barrett, Miss Shirley Barrett, Miss Pat Betts, Mr Stan Betts, Mr Ben Bloch, Mr Alan Brett, Miss Shirley Dagger, Miss Sue Dearson, Miss Gina Gonzalez, Miss Ray Hatch, Miss Sylvia Hight, Miss Pat Johnston, Miss Elsie Juett, Miss Sylvia Kent, Mr Terry Kent, Miss Jeanne Maskell, Miss Angela McAdam, Mr Richard McEnery, Miss Sylvia McEnery, Miss Sybil McGregor, Mr Jack Pearce, Miss Vida Pearce, Mr Steve Penny, Miss Trish Penny, Miss Betty Pitt, Mr Ken Pitt, Miss Jenny Roberts, Miss Pamela Simon, Mr Vicente Simon, Miss Viveca Ulf-Hansen, Mr Colin Worrall, Miss Hazel Worrall |
| Qualified Nurse on Duty in Theatre | Nurse Jeanne Maskell |
Box Office Ticket Sales |
Mr John A. Booth, Miss Jeanne Maskell, Miss Lynne Parsons |
| Programme Design & Production | Mr Graham B. Chadwick |
| Programme Advertising Sales | Mr Colin Worrall |
| PR & Publicity | Mr Graham B. Chadwick |
| Accommodation and Transport | Careline Theatre Members |
Beryl Johnson has a wealth of experience in the world of entertainment. She has appeared worldwide in cabaret, from famous nightspots to cruise liners. She has appeared in every major theatre in the British Isles in variety Summer shows and pantomime. Beryl recently spent three Autumn seasons at 'The Spinning Wheel Dinner Theatre', a British Music Hall venue in Connecticut, U.S.A..
Starting as a youngster with a comedy/mime act, Pete Lindup got his first professional break with Lancashire comedian and impresario Jack Storey.
THE HISTORY OF MUSIC HALL
As uniquely British as pantomime, Music Hall originated in London in the early 1800's. It began with drinking and singing parties in pubs, when the better performers would be rewarded with a free beer. The custom spread rapidly and landlords began opening an extra concert room to accommodate the growing number of participants who developed their own followers.
Charles Morton opened the first real Music Hall in 1854 at The Canterbury at Westminster Bridge. He took the idea one step further by introducing professional singers and providing food as well as copious amounts of drink.
It wasn't long before there was hardly a town in the country without its own Music Hall. Artistes would perform at three and four different venues each night, dashing from one to another to make up their money. Many adopted exotically descriptive names so they might be more easily remembered.
Although Music Hall was essentially working class entertainment, respectability was added when the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, developed a taste for the genre. Many performers became extremely well-known and could command an audience anywhere in the country. Each had their own theme, gimmick or selection of favourite songs, and many of these were successfully published as sheet music for the very first time, adding to the artistes' income.
In 1902 the government banned the sale of alcohol in theatres and this, in effect, spelled the beginning of the end for Music Hall. A high percentage of the Music Hall performers failed to make the transition to the new-style 'Variety' and, although many were forgotten, others were consigned to the (fortunately quite well documented) history books. It was not until 1953, when the BBC recreated the Music Hall at the City Varieties theatre in Leeds, that it regained its former popularity. The oldtime Music Hall tradition was largely followed and modern day artistes reenacted the best known roles from so many years before. Television may have sparked the revival but, in the ensuing years, the songs have endured and Olde Time Music Hall has played to full houses ever since, not only in Great Britain, but around the world.
