Programme 1952 – 55th Annual Performance and “Old Mother Hubbard”

NAPIER FRIVOLITY MINSTRELS

Present

The Sparkling Pantomime

“OLD MOTHER HUBBARD”

Municipal Theatre,
Napier.

NOVEMBER
15th, 17th, 22nd,
1952.

SOUVENIR
PROGRAMME
6d.

55TH
ANNUAL PERFORMANCE

EDGAR MAYLETT – 47

The Frivolity Minstrels

. . PRESENT . .

Their 1952 Minstrel Show

President – WALLY IRELAND.
Business Manager – BILL QUARRIE.
Stage Managers – RUSS SPENCER, CORBETT WHITTON.
House Manager – NORMAN ETHERIDGE.
Secretary – SYD. HENNEY.
Ballets and Dances arranged by IVENA POTHAN.
Musical Orchestration by EDWARD COLLIER.

An All-Star Cast of Popular Players

Bones:
LEN DADSON
TREVOR DOCKERY [DOCKARY]

Interlocutor:
BILL QUARRIE

Tambos:
IVENA POTHAN
BARRIE CHITTENDEN

Marie Bush, June Pothan, Marion McFarland, June Bainbridge, Mona Owen, Dawn Duley, Lorraine Exeter, Vonda Daniels, Isobel Eckhold, Joan Leonard, Stella Chambers, Vic Viggers, Dick Prebble, Noel Owers, Graham Guilford.

Frivs. Grand Orchestra
Piano – Winifred Quarrie, A.T.C.L., L.R. S. M. (Musical Directress). Violins – Edward Collier, George Stuart.   Flute – Alan Clarke. Bass – Dorothy Smith. Cornet – Bert Boston. Clarionet – Gladys Start. Trombone – Percy George. Drums and Effects – Royce Nalder.

PART ONE
1 – Overture   The Friv. Orchestra
2 – Opening Chorus: “Hitch Your Wagon to a Sunbeam”   The Company
3 – Latest Foxtrot: “Scalawag”   Vonda Daniels
4 – Coon Song: “Down Yonder”   Trevor Dockery
5 – Waltz Trio: “Once in Awhile”   Stella Chambers, Marion McFarland, Vic Viggers
6 – Comedy Number: “Lizzie”   Joan Leonard
7 – English Success: “Rolling Round the World”   Graham Guilford
8 – Accordianaires: “Popular Numbers”   Marion McFarland, Isobel Eckholds, Noel Owers
9 – Ballad: “I Only Have Eyes For You”   Mona Owen
10 – Quartette: “Till We Meet Again”   Stella, Vonda, Vic and Bill
11 – Song and Tap Dance: “Rikki Tikki Toon”   Len Dadson
12 – Popular Waltz Theme “Viennese Nights”   Stella Chambers
13 – Sextette: “Sparrow in the Treetops”   The Glamour Girls
14 – Kentucky Hit “Sailing on the Robert E. Lee”   Ivena Pothan
15 – Novelty Number: “My Old Bassoon”   Vic Viggers
16 – Finale: “Parting Time”   The Company

– INTERVAL –

PART TWO

The Frivolity Minstrels

PRESENT THE SPARKLING PANTOMIME

“Old Mother Hubbard”

A Revised and Up-to-Date Adaptation – A Sparkling Musical Presentation in Three Scenes.
Written by S.J. HENNEY

Cast of Characters in Order of Appearance:
Mother Hubbard   Bill Quarrie
Jack (Mother Hubbard’s Son)   Vonda Daniels
Toby (The Dog)   Ivena Pothan
Humpty Dumpty   Vic Viggers
Bo-Peep   Mona Owen
Lord Moneybags   Trevor Dockery
Old King Cole   Len Dadson
Jill (King’s Daughter)   June Pothan
Courtier   Dick Prebble
Rhubarb (The Cat)   Joan Leonard
Lady in Waiting   Stella Chambers

SCENE ONE – KITCHEN IN MOTHER HUBBARD’S HOUSE.
Episode 1 – Overture:   Orchestra
Episode 2 – Opening Chorus: “Happy Days are Here Again”   Villagers
Episode 3 – Jack’s Song: “Rhythm in Nursery Rhymes”   Jack
Episode 4 – Dame Song: “Now You Know”   Mother Hubbard
Episode 5 – Duo: “The Dancing Fools”   Toby and Humpty
Episode 6 – Comic Song; “Sarah – Sarah”   Humpty Dumpty
Episode 7 – Comic Trio: “When Father Papered the Parlour”   The Decorators, Toby and Chorus

SCENE TWO – ROADWAY TO CASTLE.
Episode 8 – Duet: “Fifty Years Ago”   Bo-Peep and Humpty

SCENE THREE – IN THE COURT OF OLD KING COLE.
Episode 9 – Ballet: “Red Moon”   Lady in Waiting and Ballet
Episode 10 – Accordianaires:   Marion McFarland, Isobel Eckhold, Noel Owers
Episode 11 – Comic Duet: “The Pussycat”   Toby and Rhubarb
Episode 12 – Duet: “Love Me Forever”   Jack and Jill
Episode 13 – Finale: ‘”Happy Days Are Here Again”   Company

BALLET – Marion McFarland, June Bainbridge, Isobel Eckhold, Marie Bush, Lorraine Exeter, Dawn Duley.

MEN’S CHORUS – Graham Guilford, Dick Prebble, Barrie Chittenden.

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