Programme 1943 – Sinbad

The
Frivolity Minstrels
present

The Gorgeous Pantomime

“SINDBAD”

MUNICIPAL THEATRE,
NAPIER,
Nov, 20th & 22nd, 1943

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PROGRAMME

THE FRIVOLITY MINSTRELS
– present –
THE GORGEOUS PANTOMIME

“SINDBAD”
A Sparkling Musical Presentation in Three Scenes.

Stage Manager: C. H. Wilkie.
Stage Mechanist: L. Hardgrave.
Ballets and Dances originated by Constance Macdonald.
Stage Properties Designed and Constructed by Chas. Poynter.
Scenery Designed and Painted by W. E. Gunn.
Musical Orchestration by Cecile Bromley Hill.
Box Plan at Wally Ireland’s, Picture Framer, Emerson Street.
Business and House Manager, Hector Chapman.

AN ALL-STAR CAST OF POPULAR PLAYERS.

Bones:
Percy Spiller,
Con Ranald.

Interlocutor:
Bill Quarrie

Tambos:
Roy Girling,
Ivena Pothan

Circle:
Patricia Portas, Stella Chambers, Marie Beach, Bernice Mooney, June Berry, Valerie Presling, Margaret Tanner, Edith Annan, Doreen Swailes, Heather Stuart, Mary Tringham, Agnes Upton, Joan Blewett, Marcia Nicol, Jean Watson, Joyce Pollock, Wally Ireland, Ken Trevor, Ben Fuller.

FRIVS.’ GRAND ORCHESTRA:
Piano: Cecile Bromley Hill (Musical Directress).
Violins: Enid Dunn, W. P. Mitchell, E. Collier.   Flute: Cedric White.   Clarionet: H. Barlow.   Bass: J. Madigan.   Cornet: Bert Boston.   Trombone: P. J. S. George.

This well-known orchestra, ably directed by Cecile Bromley Hill, is an ensemble of popular musicians whose perfect orchestral arrangement, mastery in technique and an individuality of style, are among the features that have contributed to their many triumphs.

Now in its 46th Consecutive Season under the same ownership-management, the Frivolity Minstrels are constantly being improved and enlarged by the addition of new features that it may continue its unique position as the foremost organisation of its kind.

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PROGRAMME

PART ONE

EPISODE 1 – Overture   The Frivs. Orchestra
EPISODE 2 – Opening Chorus:
“Dixieland”   The Company
EPISODE 3 – Ballad:
“Hiawatha’s Melody of Love”   Joyce Pollock
EPISODE 4  – Snappy Number:
“Put On Your Ta-Ta”   Agnes Upton
EPISODE 5 – Ballad:
“Yours”   June Berry
EPISODE 6 – Patriotic Number:
“Anzac”   Bill Quarrie
EPISODE 7 – London Success:
“It’s Spring Again”   Edith Annan
EPISODE 8 – Coon Song:
“I Want To Be”   Roy Girling
EPISODE 9 – Piano Accordeons:
“Old Comrades”   Ken Trevor and Ben Fuller
EPISODE 10 – Ballad:
“I’ll Think of You”   Marie Beach
EPISODE 11 – Sextette:
“Simple Stories”   The Company
EPISODE 12 – Ballad:
“You Are Always in My Heart”   Stella Chambers
EPISODE 13 – Latest Hit:
“Home, Sweet Home Again”   Heather Stuart
EPISODE 14 – Speciality:
“Chattanooga Choo Choo.”   Ivena Pothan
EPISODE 15 – Ballad:
“In the cool of the Evening”   Bernice Mooney
EPISODE 16 – Nautical:
“Meet the Navy”   Mary Tringham
EPISODE 17 – Comic:
“Underneath the Bed”   Wally Ireland
EPISODE 18 – Finale   The Company

INTERMISSION OF 10 MINUTES.

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PROGRAMME

PART TWO

The Frivolity Minstrels

Take Pride in Presenting

THE GORGEOUS PANTOMIME

“SINDBAD”

A Sparkling Musical Presentation in 3 Scenes.

CAST OF CHARACTERS:
(In order of their first appearance)
Ali Briny   Bill Quarrie
Bill the Bos’un   Mary Tringham
Ali Baa Face   Joyce Pollock
Mactavintosh   Doreen Swailes
Arthur Mometor   Ken Trevor
Petrolvodka   Ben Fuller
Wafflebad   Roy Girling
Sindbad   Marie Beach
Anestra   Edith Annan
Prince Houssain   June Berry
Mrs Sindbad   Wally Ireland
Undumic   Percy Spiller
Marua   Bernice Mooney
Captain Spanker   Ivena Pothan
Princess   Agnes Upton

Balsora Glamour Girls:
Stella Chambers, Heather Stuart, Joan Blewett, Valerie Presling, Margaret Tanner, Patricia Portas, Marcia Nicol, and Jean Watson.

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PROGRAMME

Overture – “Mr Thomas Cat”   Percy George & Friv. Orchestra
Scene 1 – DECK OF THE “FLASHING PORPOISE” (in dock)
1   – ENSEMBLE:
“Basinful of the Briny”   Ali Briny & Chorus
2   – SHANTY:
“Great Sperm Whale”   Ali Briny and Crew
3   – CHORUS:
“Anchors Aweigh”   Crew
Scene 2 – DECK OF THE “FLASHING PORPOISE” (at sea)
4   – SPECIALITY:
“Piano Accordeons”   Ken and Ben
5   – SOLO:
“Time will always bring Forgiveness”   Prince Houssain
6   – CHORUS:
“Anchors Aweigh”   Crew
Scene 3 – THE ISLAND OF BALSORA.
7   – DUET AND BALLET:
“You are my Sunshine”   Glamour Girls
8   – SOLO and BALLET:
“Song of Hawaii”   Marua
9   – PATRIOTIC:
“The Lads in Navy Blue”   Captain Spanker
10   – SOLO:
“Meet Me to-night in Dreamland   Princess
11   – SOLO:
“Old Father Thames”   Ali Briny
12   – SOLO:
“If all the World were Mine”   Sindbad
13   – BALLET:
“Weeping Willow Lane”   Glamour Girls
14   – DUET:
“The Rich Man and the Poor Man”   Captain Spanker and Mrs Sindbad
15   – DUET:
“Where have we met before”   Princess and Sindbad
16   – FINALE:
“You are My Sunshine”   The Company

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ROLL OF HONOUR:
Gordon Bailey, Ron Crabtree.

FRIVS. ON ACTIVE SERVICE.
*G. Amner, *M, Buckley, W. Clothier, M. Daily, W. Dallimore, L. Hawke, *L. Spiller, *E. Metcalf, J. Hayes, J. Hamilton, L. Beach, *W. Wilkie, S. Armstrong, E. Poynter, O. Pollock, R. Nalder, R. Vercoe, C. Williams, W. Rogers, D. McNab, D.C.M., V. McCutcheon, L. Dadson, G. Stuart, N. Etheridge, C. Neal, M. Venables, G. Bullivant, W. Alexander, T. Connolly, H. Archer, R, Longney, M. Crabbe.
*Invalided Home.

LADIES ON WAR SERVICE.
Misses F. Green, M. MacRae, J. Player, P. Armer, J. Pollock, B. Mooney, Iris Neels.

THE FRIVOLITY MINSTRELS,
DURING THE PAST 46 YEARS, HAVE GIVEN PERFORMANCES AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES:
Bay View
Cambridge
Clive
Elsthorpe
Dannevirke
Eltham
Eskdale
Featherston
Feilding
Fernhill
Greenmeadows
Greytown
Gisborne
Hamilton
Hastings
Haumoana
Havelock
Martinborough
Masterton
Meeanee
Napier
New Plymouth
Omakere
Onga Onga
Opotiki
Otane
Palmerston North
Paki Paki
Pakowhai
Papakura
Porangahau
Port Ahuriri
Pukahu
Puketapu
Puketitiri
Putorino
Rissington
Rotorua
Ruataniwha
Sherenden
Stratford
Taihape
Taradale
Taumarunui
Taupo
Tauranga
Te Aute
Te Haroto
Te Pohue
Tikokino
Wanganui
Waikoau
Waipawa
Waipukurau
Wairoa
Wellington
Westshore
Whakatane
Whakatu

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