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MERRIE ENGLAND - MAY 1929
Producer and Stage Manager - Noel Hanbury
Musical Director - Malcolm Sargent
Choreography - Mrs Le Brecht
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Composed by Sir Edward German
Written by Basil Hood
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CAST
The Earl of Essex - Frederick Effeney
Sir Walter Raleigh - Richard Latter
Walter Wilkins - Archie Clements
Silas Simkins - Alfred Slater
Long Tom - Ronald Olds
Big Ben - George Trott
The Queen's Fool - Raymond Mathews
A Butcher - Jack Riddington
A Baker - Benjamin Hillier
A Tinker - Sidney Johnston
A Tailor - Leslie Rush
First Lord - Charles South
First Soldier - Edgar Solomon
First Royal Page - Audrey Gard
Second Royal Page - Elsie Bennett
Queen Elizabeth - Verena Carse
Miss Bessie Throckmorton - Phyllis Spire
Jill-All-Aloone - Betty Dowling
The May Queen - Marjorie King
Marjorie - Mary Mathews
Kate - Gertrude Hearsey
Lady in Waiting - Gwendolen Du Boylay
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Court Ladies
D Le Brecht, V Russell, E Russell
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Courtiers
L R Gard, R H Garrett, C H Dillon-Trenchard
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Beefeaters
F Hodder, P Moreton
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Soldiers
E A Turnbull, J Moreton, D W Maddock
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Bargemen
K Watts, A H Curry
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Townsfolk
Q Bird, N I Childs, E M Chisnell, P Clark, G Coates, E M Crocker, D A Gardener, D Harrod, G Herring, M A Lansley, N laverty, M Loke, G Major, C Portsmouth, W Smith, B Watkins, I Watts, J Whitwam
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L M Balding, F Chisnell, A Cleverley, V W field, N S Goulding, A A Hasted, J T M Hearsley, W Kidd, D G Laverty, F Major, A H Marshment, G H Mills, S F Rogers, W Wetton
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WMOS | Winchester Musicals and Opera Society | WAOS | Winchester Amateur Operatic Society
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WMOS | Winchester Musicals and Opera Society | WAOS | Winchester Amateur Operatic Society