1946 - 1947
The Yeomen of the Guard
Tower of London, 16th Century
Colonel Fairfax, wrongfully accused of sorcery, is a prisoner in the Tower of London, condemned to be beheaded. If he dies unmarried, his estates will fall to a wicked kinsman so he requests the Lieutenant of the Tower to find him a wife before he dies. The Lieutenant persuades Elsie, a strolling singer, to secretly marry Fairfax without seeing him, though by so doing she forsakes her partner, the jester Jack Point.
In the meantime, Sergeant Meryll of the Yeomen and his daughter, Phoebe, have arranged Fairfax’s escape. Fairfax, then appears in Yeomen’s uniform disguised as Meryll’s son Leonard. The escape is discovered, but Fairfax cannot be found and Elsie is now married to a man she has never seen.
Fairfax, discovering that Elsie is his unknown bride, woos her (as Leonard) and wins her love, leaving Point still bereft. The real Leonard then appears with a pardon for Fairfax. Elsie, preparing to marry the supposed Leonard, is confronted with her newly-freed unknown husband but then recognizes him as her true love, and everybody is happy — except poor Jack Point.
Producer: Mark Brooks
Musical Director: H. Bramwell Bailey
Cast
Alison Thomas
Phoebe Meryll
Esther Henry
Elsie Maynard
George W. H. Wetzstein
Second Yeoman, chorus
J. E Webb
Wilfred Shadbolt
John G. Carruthers
Leonard Meryll
John Owen Thorne
Jack Point
Lawrence W. Costen
Second Citizen, chorus
Marjorie Stranks
Dame Carruthers
Percy May
The Headsman, chorus
Ralph E. Dale
First Citizen, chorus
Ruth Piers
Kate
Ted Hothersall
First Yeoman, chorus
Ted Nicholson
Sir Richard Cholmondeley, Lieutenant of the Tower
Thomas A. Kines
Colonel Fairfax
William B. McDowall
Sergeant Meryll
A. E. MacLaurin
Chorus
A. Jean Sinclair
Chorus
A. P. McLaren
Chorus
Aileen Cocker
Chorus
Alan B. Hockin
Chorus
Arthur E. Pownall
Chorus
Audrey Sladen
Chorus
Barbara E. Clauson
Chorus
Barbara J. VanDine
Chorus
Barbara Watts
Chorus
Bernice McFadyen
Chorus
Bill Murray
Chorus
Blodwen Hutton
Chorus
C. S. Skidmore
Chorus
Cliff Watts
Chorus
Constance Mitchell
Chorus
Daisy Mae Latimer
Chorus
Dermot Sladen
Chorus
Doreen E. Elliott
Chorus
Doris Rodger
Chorus
Doris Sutherland
Chorus
Dorothy Hyder
Chorus
Dot Mattice
Chorus
Elizabeth Allan
Chorus
Elsie M. Parkes
Chorus
Ernest H. Smith
Chorus
Evelyn Fisher
Chorus
Evelyn Lawrence
Chorus
Evelyn Mills
Chorus
Florence LeMarquand
Chorus
Geoffrey Farrow
Chorus
George E. Cooney
Chorus
Gertrude Gerlach
Chorus
Gladys Culley
Chorus
Grace Schultz
Chorus
Harold W. Smith
Chorus
Holly LeMarquand
Chorus
Isobel Forward
Chorus
Iva Bridges
Chorus
J. H. Douglas Jewell
Chorus
J. H. W. Currie
Chorus
Jean Halley
Chorus
John Moore
Chorus
Juliette Sabourin
Chorus
Kay Mattice
Chorus
Ken Waddell
Chorus
Kenneth H. Prior
Chorus
Louise Cameron
Chorus
Louise Smith
Chorus
Lyn Snodgrass
Chorus
Madge duPont
Chorus
Margaret M. Highley
Chorus
Margaret Rowles
Chorus
Mary Allen
Chorus
Mary Barrette
Chorus
Mary Forward
Chorus
Mervyn Pettapiece
Chorus
Mildred M. Ker
Chorus
Muriel Wetzstein
Chorus
Norman W. Tepley
Chorus
Pauline Stoll
Chorus
Peggy Hare
Chorus
Peggy Moore
Chorus
Rosalie Sladen
Chorus
Ruth Chisholm
Chorus
Shirley Needham
Chorus
Theresa Doyle
Chorus
W. C. Tierney
Chorus
Production
Betty Brooks
Make-up
Christine Allan
Prompting
Dermot Sladen
Ticket Sales
Grace Colbourne
Cover and Ad Design
J. E. Webb
Costumes, Workshop
J. G. Scott
Publicity
J. W. H. Currie
Business Manager
Jean Halley
Librarian
Mervyn Pettapiece
Programme
Neil O'Donnell
Lighting
Richard Mitchell
At the Piano
Ted Hothersall
Entertainment
Verne Ridgeway
Scenery
