Programme 1945 – Bo-Peep

THE
Frivolity Minstrels

PRESENT

The Gorgeous Pantomime

“BO-PEEP”

MUNICIPAL THEATRE,
NAPIER,
NOV. 17th and 19th, 1945.

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PROGRAMME

THE FRIVOLITY MINSTRELS

– present –

THE GORGEOUS PANTOMIME

“BO-PEEP”

A Sparkling Musical Presentation in One Act.

Stage Manager: C. H. Wilkie.
Stage Mechanist: L. Hardgrave.
Ballets and Dances arranged by Jean Watson, Patricia Portas and Valerie Presling.
Scenery Designed and Painted by H. L. Waters.
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
Nola Skittrup

Interlocutor:
Bill Quarrie

Tambos:
Ivena Pothan
Gwyn Ace

Patricia Portas, Stella Chambers, Joyce Player, June Berry, Valerie Presling, Marcia Nicol, Jean Watson, Menai Owen, Doris McKenzie, Maureen Plowman, Ngaire Arthur.
Wally Ireland, Ben Fuller, Jack McGhee, Syd Birks, Tom Skittrup, Roy Girling, Robert Wright, Cecil Neal.

FRIVS.’ GRAND ORCHESTRA.
Piano: Cecil Bromley Hill (Musical Directress).
Violins: W. P. Mitchell, E. Collier, G. Stuart.   Flute: Cedric White.   Clarionet: H. Barlow.   Bass: J. Madigan.   Cornet: Bert Boston.   Trombone: P. J. S. George.   Drums and Effects: H. MacDonald.

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 48th 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:
“Steps of Glory,” No. 1   The Friv. Orchestra
EPISODE 2 – Opening Chorus:
“It’s a Sad Heart”   The Company
EPISODE 3 – Ballad:
“The First Waltz”   Doris McKenzie
EPISODE 4 – Military:
“She’s in love with a Soldier”   Ngaire Arthur
EPISODE 5 – Ballad.:
“In Old Vienna”   Stella Chambers
EPISODE 6 – London Success:
“Mister Brown”   Roy Girling
EPISODE 7 – Waltz Song:
“Really and Truly”   Menai Owen
EPISODE 8 – Victory Song:
“The Wings of England”   June Berry
EPISODE 9 – Piano Accordeons:
“Old Timers”   Cecil, Ben, Syd, and Jack
EPISODE 10 – Popular Trio:
“Rocky Valley”   Jean Watson, Marcia Nicol, Joyce Player
EPISODE 11 – Sextette:
“Sweet Carolina”   The Company
EPISODE 12 – Ballad:
“Wild Flower Time”   Robert Wright
EPISODE 13 – Yodelling:
“Down on the Farm”   Tom Skittrup
EPISODE 14 – Patriotic Song:
“The New Zealand Artillery”   Bill Quarrie
EPISODE 15 – End Song:
“I’m on my way back to Dear Old Dixie”   Ivena Pothan
EPISODE 16 – Ballad:
“Golden Dream Boat”   Maureen Plowman
EPISODE 17 – Comic Song:
“Nobody Loves a Fairy when she’s Forty”   Wally Ireland
EPISODE 18 – Finale:   The Company

Intermission of 10 minutes.

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PART TWO

The Frivolity Minstrels
Take Pride in Presenting
THE GORGEOUS PANTOMIME

“BO-PEEP”

A Revised and Up-to-date Adaptation.
A Sparkling Musical Presentation in One Act.

CAST OF CHARACTERS
(In order of their first appearance)
Nicadeem   Bill Quarrie
Fairy   Jean Watson
Dame Trot   Wally Ireland
Baron Rocks   Ivena Pothan
Boy Blue   June Berry
Bo-Peep   Doris McKenzie
Polly   Nola Skittrup
Town Crier   Gwyn Ace
Phyllis   Menai Owen
Robert   Robert Wright
Bill   Roy Girling
The Mayor   Percy Spiller
The Band   Cecil, Ben, Syd and Jack
The Whistler   Tom Skittrup
Sylvia   Maureen Plowman

The Village Maidens:
Ngaire Arthur, Stella Chambers, Joyce Player, Marcia Nicol, Patricia Portas, Valerie Presling.

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OVERTURE – “Steps of Glory,” No. 2   The Friv. Orchestra

Scene: A WOODLAND GLADE.
EPISODE 1 – ENSEMBLE:
“Summertime”   Village Maidens and Yokels.
EPISODE 2 – PAS SEUL:
“The Sleeping Beauty”   The Fairy
EPISODE 3 – SOLO:
“If I could find a Nice Young Man”   Dame Trot
EPISODE 4 – DUET:
“Down on the Bingo Farm”   Dame and Baron
EPISODE 5 – SOLO:
“How am I gonna keep the news from Mother”   Polly
EPISODE 6 – SOLO:
“Love was Born”   Bo-Peep
EPISODE 7 – SOLO:
“How ya gonna keep ’em down on the Farm”   The Baron
EPISODE 8 – TRIO:
“You take the long Road”   Bo-Peep, Baron and Dame
EPISODE 9 – TRIO AND BALLET:
“Firefly”   Phyllis, Stella, Sylvia and the Ballet
EPISODE 10 – NOVELTY:
“Old Time Melodies”   The Village Band
EPISODE 11 – SOLO:
“The Sweetest Story ever told”   Boy Blue
EPISODE 12 – DUET:
“Arm-in-Arm”   Bo-Peep and Boy Blue
EPISODE 13 – SOLO:
“If all the Stars were Mine”   Sylvia
EPISODE 14 – SOLO:
“Listen to the Mocking Bird”   Tommy
EPISODE 15 – FINALE:
“Summertime”   The Company

Music by EBBLEWHITE & CO.
Wigs by WALLER BROS. (London)

ROLL OF HONOUR:
Gordon Bailey, Ron Crabtree, L. Beach

FRIVS. WHO SERVED THE EMPIRE.
G. Amner, M. Buckley, W. Clothier, M. Daily, W. Dallimore, L. Hawke, L. Spiller, E. Medcalf, J. Hayes, J. Hamilton, W. Wilkie, S. Armstrong, E. Poynter, O. Pollock, R. Nalder, R. Vercoe, C. Williams, W. Rogers, D. McNab, D.C.M., L. Dadson, V. McCutcheon, G. Stuart, N. Etheridge, C. Neal, M. Venables, G. Bullivant, W. Alexander, T. Connolly, H. Archer, R. Longney, M. Crabbe, G. Walker, Ken Trevor.

THE FRIVOLITY MINSTRELS,
DURING THE PAST 47 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
Pukeora
Putorino
Rissington
Rotorua
Ruataniwha
Sherenden
Stratford
Taihape
Taradale
Taumarunui
Taupo
Tauranga
Te Aute
Te Haroto
Te Pohue
Tikokino
Wanganui
Waimarama
Waikoau
Waipawa
Waipukurau
Wairoa
Wellington
Westshore
Whakatane
Whakatu

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