1947 - 1948
The Gondoliers
Venice; Kingdom of Barataria; c 1750
Casilda of Barataria, arrives in Venice with her father, the Duke of Plaza-Toro, to join her husband the heir to the throne of Barataria, to whom she was wedded as an infant in an arranged marriage. But there is a problem: as an infant the Prince was smuggled out of Barataria and entrusted to a drunken gondolier who confused him with his own son. Which one of the two young gondoliers is the husband and heir to the throne? As the King of Barataria has just been killed, both must rule jointly for the time being until Inez, the prince’s former nurse, can be summoned to see which is the rightful king. To complicate the situation, the gondoliers, Marco and Guiseppe, are married to local girls Tessa and Gianetta. Meanwhile, Casilda has fallen in love with her family’s attendant, Luiz. Inez eventually reveals that Luiz was spirited away as an infant and is actually the real king. The gondoliers are happy to step down as co-rulers; Casilda and Luiz are now ready to marry and assume the throne.
Producer: W. A. Atkinson
Musical Director: H. Bramwell Bailey
Dances: Evelyn Williams
Cast
Alison Thomas
Tessa
Blodwen Hutton
Giulia, Cachucha dancer
Clyde McDonald
Giuseppe Palmieri
Dorothy Hyder
Inez
Eileen Middlestadt
Casilda
Esther Henry
Gianetta
George MacDougall
Giorgio, Cachucha dancer
Gertrude Gerlach
Fiametta, Cachucha dancer
Joan Haines
Duchess of Plaza-Toro
John R. Harrison
Luiz
Joseph E. Webb
Don Alhambra Del Bolero
Mary Allen
Vittoria, Cachucha dancer
Norman Tepley
Annibale, Cachucha dancer
Robert Van Dine
Duke of Plaza-Toro
Ted Hothersall
Francesco, Cachucha dancer
Thomas A. Kines
Marco Palmieri
William McDowall
Antonio, Cachucha dancer
Arthur Pownall
Cachucha dancer, chorus
Audrey O'Neill
Cachucha dancer, chorus
Audrey Stewart
Chorus
Barbara Watts
Cachucha dancer, chorus
Beatrice Perkin
Cachucha dancer, chorus
Bernice McFadyen
Chorus
Betty Nuth
Chorus
Bill Murray
Chorus
Brenda Plet
Chorus
Charles Hubbard
Chorus
Christina McLaren
Chorus
Christine Latham
Chorus
Constance Mitchell
Chorus
Dermot Sladen
Chorus
Doris Rodger
Chorus
Douglas Jewell
Cachucha dancer, chorus
Edna Peters
Chorus
Eleanor O'Neill
Chorus
Erie McDonald
Cachucha dancer, chorus
Evelyn Fisher
Chorus
Frances Jealous
Chorus
George Cooney
Chorus
George Wetzstein
Cachucha dancer, chorus
Grace Schultz
Chorus
Hap Haywood
Cachucha dancer, chorus
Herb. Sills
Chorus
Isabel Forward
Chorus
J. G. Whitworth
Chorus
J. R. K. Main
Chorus
James Mackersie
Chorus
Jean Halley
Cachucha dancer, chorus
Joanna Christensen
Chorus
John Gilmartin
Chorus
Joyce Clarke
Chorus
Joyce Vick
Chorus
Juliette Sabourin
Chorus
Kay Adams
Chorus
Ken Prior
Chorus
Lorna Bethune
Chorus
Lorne Scott
Chorus
Louise Cameron
Chorus
Margaret Rowles
Chorus
Marguerite Allan
Chorus
Marjory Phillips
Chorus
Mavis Kines
Cachucha dancer, chorus
Mildred Ker
Chorus
Muriel Wetzstein
Cachucha dancer, chorus
Norma Besserer
Chorus
Paul Carrier
Cachucha dancer, chorus
Pauline Stoll
Chorus
Peggie Highley
Chorus
Peggy Hanson
Chorus
Percy May
Chorus
Rita DeRaspe
Chorus
Ruby Rutkowsky
Chorus
Shirley Needham
Chorus
Skip Pilon
Chorus
Stan Bailey
Chorus
Ted Nicholson
Chorus
Vernon Pownall
Chorus
W.H. Whitworth
Chorus
Walter Ayres
Chorus
Wm. C. Tierney
Chorus
Production
Dermot Sladen
Business Manager
Duncan Lusick
Properties
Gertrude Gerlach
Make-up
J. E. Webb
Costumes
Jean Halley
Entertainment
Ken Meyer
Workshop, Stage Crew
Lyn Snodgrass
Programme
Mary Allan
Librarian
Neil O'Donnell
Lighting
Stan Bailey
Publicity
Verne Ridgeway
Settings
W. L. Murray
Box Office
Winifred Canty
Pianist
