1947 - 1948
Sweethearts
Bruges, Belgium; Zilania; early 20th century
Years ago, diplomat Mikel Mikeloviz brought Princess Jeanne, the infant daughter of King René of the kingdom of Zilania, to Bruges to wait in safety during a war. Dame Paula, who runs the Laundry of the White Geese and is known as Mother Goose, takes the princess in secret to raise as her own daughter under the name of Sylvia.
Years later, as the people of Zilania are demanding the restoration of the monarchy, Mikel is conspiring to restore Princess Jeanne to the throne, which is about to be offered to Prince Franz, the heir presumptive. Franz, while travelling in disguise, has fallen in love with Sylvia. But Sylvia, who does not know that she is really a princess, is bethrothed to Lieutenant Karl, a military lothario. Mikel's plans are endangered by the schemes of Hon. Percy Algernon Slingsby, Petros Van Tromp and Aristide Caniche, who, for their own purposes, wish to purchase Prince Franz's estates in Zilania. Liane. a milliner, has sought temporary employment in the laundry of the White Geese and is mistaken by Mikel and Slingsby for the lost Princess. Sylvia finds that Karl is untrue to her so she agrees to marry Franz
When Sylvia is formally presented to the court of Zilania as the fiancee of the Prince, complications arise when Mikel, Slingsby, Van Tromp, and Caniche each disguises himself as the monk who abducted the princess. When the throne is about to be offered to Franz, Mikel dramatically halts the proceedings by announcing that the real successor to the throne is not a Prince but a Princess, whom he believes to be Liane. However, Dame Paula identifies Sylvia as the true lost Princess. Sylvia is willing to renounce her claim to the throne, but she and Franz agree to rule jointly. Liane accepts Karl, and all ends well in the typical light opera manner.
Producer: W. A. Atkinson
Musical Director: H. Bramwell Bailey
Cast
Barry Stewart
boy, chorus
Beatrice Perkin
Lizette
Christine McCulloch Allan
Dame Paula
Clesson Goodhue
Aristide Caniche
Dermot Sladen
Hon. Percy Algernon Slingsby
Dick Ridgeway
boy
Eileen Middlestadt
Liane
Gertrude Gerlach
Toinette
Harold Haywood
Petrus Van Tromp
John Roy Harrison
Prince Franz
Joseph E. Webb
Mikel Mikelovsky
Kenneth Meyer
1st Footman
Mary Allen
Nanette
Mavis Kines
Clairette
Melodie Crisson
Sylvia
Pauline Stoll
Babette
Ruth Chisholm
Jeannette
Stanley Bailey
Captain Laurent
Thomas A. Kines
Lieutenant Karl
Walter Ayres
2nd Footman
A. Paul Carrier
Chorus
A. E. MacLaurin
Chorus
Arthur Pownall
Chorus
Audrey Stewart
Chorus
Barbara Watts
Chorus
Bernice McFadyen
Chorus
Betty Nuth
Chorus
Brenda Plet
Chorus
Cash Mahaffy
Chorus
Christina McLaren
Chorus
Christine Latham
Chorus
Clyde McDonald
Chorus
Constance Mitchell
Chorus
Daisy Mae Checkley
Chorus
Donald Armstrong
Chorus
Doris Rodger
Chorus
Douglas Jewell
Chorus
Edna Peters
Chorus
Elsie Parkes
Chorus
Erie McDonald
Chorus
Evelyn Fisher
Chorus
George Wetzstein
Chorus
Grace Schultz
Chorus
Harold Smith
Chorus
Helen Scott
Chorus
Herbert Sills
Chorus
Howard Pammett
Chorus
Isabel Forward
Chorus
Ivy Smith
Chorus
J. G. Whitworth
Chorus
James Mackersie
Chorus
Jean Halley
Chorus
Jeanette Trepanier
Chorus
Joan Christensen
Chorus
John A. Vondette
Chorus
John Moore
Chorus
Joyce Clarke
Chorus
Juliette Sabourin
Chorus
Kaye Adams
Chorus
Kenneth Prior
Chorus
Louise Smith
Chorus
Margaret Highley
Chorus
Marguerite Allan
Chorus
Mary Johnston
Chorus
Mildred Ker
Chorus
Muriel Wetzstein
Chorus
Norma Besserer
Chorus
Norman Tepley
Chorus
Percy May
Chorus
Rita de Gaspe
Chorus
Ruby Rutkowsky
Chorus
Ruth Piers
Chorus
Shirley Needham
Chorus
Ted Hothersall
Chorus
Ted Nicholson
Chorus
Theresa Doyle
Chorus
W. H. Whitworth
Chorus
Walter Kennedy
Chorus
Wm. Murray
Chorus
Production
A. E. MacLaurin
Chorus Master
Christine McCulloch Allan
Prompting
Dermot Sladen
Business Manager
Duncan Lusick
Properties
Gertrude Gerlach
Make-up
J. E. Webb
Costumes
Jean Halley
Entertainment
Ken Meyer
Workshop, Stage Manager
Lyn Snodgrass
Programme
Mary Allan
Librarian
Neil O'Donnell
Lighting
Stanley Bailey
Publicity
Verne Ridgeway
Settings
Winifred Canty
Pianist
