1962 wild violets

^Dublin

R athm ines an d R a th g a r M usical Society presents

WILD VIOLETS

P ig o t t

' l y r THE HOUSE OF Ml

112 G r a f t o n

Street Dublin

117 P a t r i c k

P h o n * 731(1

Street Cork

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L a tin -A m e ric a n o r D o w n -S o u th D ix ie — w e c a te r f o r them all at k P ig o tts. W e ^ specialise in ’ in s tru m e n ts and m usic f o r the n e w e st beats o r th e oldest melodies.

Kum Tong

everywhere

Chinese ItcslauranI

one meets

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i

people who O pe n

D a ily

fro m

S und ays

are going

12 N o o n to

12.30 to

11.30

11.30

4/6 S p ecia l L u n c h s e r v e d M o n d a y —

to

S a tu r d a y .

43 GRAFTON STREET T e le p h o n e 74031

LADIES

GWEN PH O N E 55133

H A IR STYLIST

10 SOUTH KING ST., DUBLIN ( O p p o s ite th is Theatre)

G A IE T Y

THEATRE

SOUTH KING STREET, DUBLIN Telegrams: " G A I E T Y ” D U B L IN .

Telephone 78205

P roprietors: T H E G A I E T Y T H E A T R E ( D U B L IN ) LTD. R e s id e n t M anager: P H I L O ’KELLY

Nightly 8 p.m.

Matinee: Saturday 3 p.m.

COMMENCING M O N DA Y, 12th MARCH, 1962

RATHMINES AND RATHGAR MUSICAL SOCIETY presents

WILD VIOLETS A Musical Play

By BRUNO H AR DT-W A R D EN Music by R O B E R T STOLZ English Book by HA SSA RD SH O R T , D ESM O N D C A R T E R and R E G IN A L D P U R D E L L By arrangement with C H A P P E L L & CO., LT D .

Choreography by D O L O R E S D E L A H U N T Y Musical Director: T E R R Y O ’C O N N O R Settings designed and executed by JA M E S M A H O N ENTIR E PRODUCTION BY JOSEPH FLOOD P R IC E S O F AD M ISSION Dress Circle Parterre G rand Circle 10/7/6 6/- and 4/The p u b lic may leave a t th e end o f th e perform ance b y all e x it doors. Persons shall n o t be p e rm itte d to stand o r s it in a n y o f th e gangways interse ctin g th e seating, or to s it in any o f th e o th e r gangways.— Copy Bye-Law.

WILD VIOLETS THE

CAST

IN

THE

P RO LOG UE

Hans Katzen ...................... ............................. DES. MANAHAN Augusta ................................ ..................... HEATHER HEWSON Greta ..................................... ........................... PHYLLIS M AHER Carl Hoffman ..................... ......................... MAURICE CRONIN Paul Hoffman ..................... ............................ JACK O ’CONNOR Henriche .............................. ................................ F R ED TAYLOR IN

THE

P LAY

Paul Hoffman ................... ............................ JACK O ’CONNOR Otto Beraman ................... ................................. JOSEPH LANE Erik Schmidt ..................... ...................................... RAY JOYCE Madame Hoffman ........... ............................ MOLL1E HICKEY Mdlle. Yvonne Dupres ... ........................................ ITA LITTLE Liesel ..................................... ........... GER A LD IN E HANNIGAN Mitzi ...................................... ........................ LUCY MacCARTHY Lena ...................................... ........................ EMER HARGADON Augusta ................................ ...................... H EAT HER HEWSON Algernon Rutherford ....... .................... RODERICK TIER N EY Mary Rutherford .............. ............................ ANN COSGROVE Hans ...................................... .............................. DES. MANAHAN Doctor Franck .................. ......................... A RTHUR SALMON Rudolph ............................... .............................. CHRIS BRUTON Heine ................................... ........................ PAUL MacCARTHY Chorus o f Schoolgirls, Bous, Guests. D m cers. etc.— Mary McCann. Joan Camobell. Dodo O’Hagan. Maeve O'Connor, Angela McBrien, P atricia H ough, Noeline Burbridge, Dymona O ’Callaehan, Mary Healy, G race Byrne. Jo?n Do^elan, Miri"m Willman, Ann Geary, Peggy O’Kennedy, Tom m ie O ’Dwyer, Tony Sweeney, Basil Grace.

Ted Dolan. T om Tonee, Camobell G rant, Frank McKevitt, Desmond Byrne, Patrick Lawlor, Geoffrey Simpson, Frank Dunne, Tom M cGushin, Pascal Walsh, Michael Moriarty.

Dancers— Dolores Delahunty, Clodagh Ge?ry. Clodagh Foley, Jan M urna^han, Joan Conway, A nn ette Harford, Pauline Nevlon, Clare Kilbride. D erm ot Dalv. Pat O ’Donovan, Noel Greene, T om Tonge, Desmond Byrne, Frank McKevitt.

C o s t u m e s b y B. |. S im m o n s, C o y e n t C a r d e n . L o n d o n . Skis b y Joe W a l s h T o u r s Ltd. T a n d e m b y M c H u g h H im self. G ir ls ’ C y cles b y Larry Farrell, C h a r l e m o n t S t. G las s w a re b v W . C. E d m o n d s & C o . A u n g i e r St. W i n e B o t t l e s b y |o h n M o r g a n & S ons, D a w so n St. H o u s e h o l d e q u i p m e n t b y T h o s . H e n s h a w & Co. L t d . T a b l e s b y ). V . B o w d e n & Co. Ltd.

A T T H E IN T E R V A L ------

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CREAM ICES ON SALE

WILD

VIOLETS

SYNOPSIS O F SCENES PROLOGUE T H E G A R D E N O F T H .- S T O N E JUG 1932

' Scene 1.

Scene Scene Scene Scene

2.

3.

4.

5.

Scene Scene Scene Scene Scene

1.

ACT 1

T h e pa th to th e Ch&teau Violette. finishing school for girls (1902).

T h e girls’ stu d io i n t h e C ha te a u.

T h e path to t h e school.

T h e h o u se k e e p e r’s r o o m in t h e school.

T h e hall of th e C ha te a u.

ACT 2 2.

3.

4.

5.

T h e wood a d jo in in g th e school.

A road.

T h e g a rden of th e S to n e Jug. A d o r m it o r y in t h e school.

O u ts id e th e C ha te a u.

EPIL OGUE T H E G A R D E N O F T H E S T O N E JU G 1932 FOR R A T H M IN E S A N D

RATHCAR

M U S IC A L S O C IE T Y

S tage D ir e c to r ......................................................................... SEAM US O 'N E I L L C h o ru s M is tre s s ................................................................... EILEEN K N O W L E S A s s is ta n t S ta g e D ire c to r s ...........................................

NOEL ^ R E E N E N H o n . S e c re ta ry ........................................................................... C L E M P. R Y A N H o n . T r e a s u r e r ............................................................... T H O M A S M U R T A C H

W I L D

V I O L E T S

LE C H A T E A U V IO L E T T E , an e le g a n t f in i s h in g sch o o l f o r y o u n g la d ie s a t b e g in n in g o f t h is c e n t u r y , is t h e b a c k g r o u n d fo r t h is d e l ig h t f u l m u s ic a l p la y .

th e

T H E PROLOGUE ( T im e — t h e p r e s e n t) in tr o d u c e s som e o f t h e p r in c ip a l c h a ra c te rs n o w g r o w n t o m a n ’ s (a n d w o m a n ’ s) e s ta te . T h e y a re H a ns K a tz e n a n d h is w i f e A u g u s ta , w h o o w n ‘ T h e S to n e J u g ,’ an in n as m u c h p a tro n is e d b y th e b o y s o f H e lv e t ia C o lle g e n o w , as i t w a s t h i r t y y e a r s e a r lie r , w h e n t h e s t o r y opens.

H a ns a n d A u g u s ta a re b u s ily p r e p a r in g f o r t h e a n n u a l r e - u n io n o f t h e o ld boys o f t h e C o lle g e and t h e f i r s t a r riv a l is, as u s u a l, Pa ul H o f f m a n , w h o s e s o n , C a rl, is n o w a p u p il t h e r e . Ca rl a n d G re ta , d a u g h te r o f H a n s a n d A u g u s ta , a re ( n e a r ly ! ) e n g a g e d a n d in t h e ir s o p h is tic a te d w a y p ro fe s s d is b e lie f in t h e s u p p o s e d ly g a y d o in g s a t school in t h e ir p a r e n t s ’ t im e . H o w e v e r, Pa ul a n d H a n s g e t t a l k i n g and in a f la s h - b a c k b r in g t h e r io to u s a n d r o m a n tic a d v e n tu r e s o f t h e t h e n y o u n g f o lk t o s p a r k lin g lif e .

T h e s t o r y t e lls o f t h e c o m in g o f M a r y R u th e r f o rd t o th e C h a te a u f r o m En gland because s h e has th e r e m e t Pa ul H o ff m a n , w h o t e lls h e r t h a t h is a u n t is h e a d m is tre s s o f a g irls ' sch o o l clo se t o t h e C o lle g e w h e r e h e is s t u d y in g . Pa ul a n d h is fr ie n d s , O t t o B e rg m a n n a n d E r ik S c h m id t, a re a d m ir e r s o f L ie s e l, M i t z i a n d Le n a , p u p ils a t t h e C h a te a u , b u t P a u l has n e v e r f o r g o t t e n M a r y , w h o , u n k n o w n t o h im , a r riv e s a t th e C h a te a u w i t h h e r g a y o ld g r a n d f a t h e r , A l g e r n o n R u th e r f o r d . A l g e r n o n f l i r t s o u t ­ ra g e o u sly w i t h M a d e m o is e lle Y v o n n e D u p re s , a p r e t t y y o u n g F re n c h te a c h e r , and th is does n o t e n d e a r h im t o t h e f ie r y M a d a m e H o ff m a n .

A u g u s ta is h o u s e k e e p e r a t t h e C h a te a u , is g o o d t o t h e p u p ils , b u t a b h o rs M a d a m e .

H a n s ; t h e p o s tm a n p u rs u e s A u g u s ta . T h e ir s e c o n d a c t c y c lin g is a h i g h li g h t o f t h e s h o w .

H a n s a r riv e s w i t h a t e le g ra m s a y in g t h e n e w m u s ic m a s te r. D r. H e rm a n F ra n c k , has m issed h is t r a in . For a jo k e , Pa ul im p e r s o n a te s t h e D o c to r and succe e d s in d e c e iv in g his a u n t.

L a te r, f o r a b e t, he begs a k is s f r o m Liesel a n d is o v e rh e a r d b y M a r y w h o is h e a r t b r o k e n . H o w e v e r, a l l m is u n d e rs ta n d in g s a re cle a re d up la t e r a n d t h e fla s h b a c k ends w i t h t h e e lo p e m e n t o f M a ry a n d Paul.

T H E EPILO G UE b r in g s M a ry , Pa u l, L ie s e l, O t t o , M i t z i and E r ik t o g e t h e r a g a in — a ll a l i t t l e o ld e r and v e r y h a p p ily m a rr ie d . W h e n C a rl and G re ta , o v e r c o m e b y t h e ro m a n ce o f Pa ul a n d M a ry 's e lo p e m e n t t h i r t y y e a rs e a r lie r , d e c id e to f o l l o w t h e i r e x a m p le , t h e y e a rn t h e b le ssin g s o f t h e l i t t l e g ro u p g a th e r e d in th e 'S t o n e l u g ’ in n a n d all ends h a p p ily .

3ie&mend Sbm ican (Zcadcmy, af, iD xm cm g, (1953) In corporating The Dublin T h e a tre Ballet Company.

47

PARNELL

SQUARE,

DU BLIN

:

Patron: A n to n Dolin.

Telephone 46986

Pupils p repared fo r Television and Professional S ta g e w ork, a n d Royal A cadem y o f Dancing (London; Examinations. Training includes Classical a n d M odern Belief, Pas d e Deux, Mime.

C h aracter, Spanish and N ational Dancing. Scholarships e n ta iling free full comprehensive training for Ih e profession can be arranged for promising stu den ts. Classes daily from 10.30 a.m. to 10.30 p.m. Private lessons b y ap p o in tm en t.

HAND TA ILO R IN G ONLY

HAIR FASHIONS INC.

BY

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f ffW L

(T A IL O R TO G E N T L E M E N )

i

H A /rt S T Y L IS T S F R O M S I X C O U N T R IE S

5 G R A FTO N ST.

Phone 73821

96 H A R C O U R T ST. Phone 56033 — 51982

f/A u )a ife s

ORIGINAL SODA

WATER G o o d whiskey* and brandies

Popular for over

years

are all the better

for Thwaite*

PLEASE GIVE A SCOUT A JOB

HB

during

BOB - A - JOB WEEK A PR IL 21st — 28th, 1962

Catholic Boy Scou ts o f Ireland

CREAM ICES

A Fortnight's Freedom!

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You c an go touring, stop pin g off as of te n as y o u like.

O r stay a t hom e a n d m ak e a n y n u m b e r of trips.

RAIL RAMBLER

£6

R A I L / R O A D RAMBLER £ 3 (Children under 16 are half-price)

Big

Reductions

for

fam ilies a n d

g ro u p s

A sk at y o u r local station for details.

G .I.E.

has a h a tfu l

of

holidays

All the Hot W ater he’ll need Baby needs his bath every day — and th a t means plenty of hot water. D on’t m ake unnecessary w ork for yourself by boiling kettlef u lls o f w a te r o r lighting fires yo u d o n ’t need — th a t’s th e way they did it in the old days.

M odern housewives enjoy th e com fort an d convenience of scalding water on tap a t all times. You, too, can have con stan t hot water.

Simply install an electric double immersion h eater in y o u r cylinder.

It can be fitted easily, and costs less than 2/6d. a week over a period of five years. T h e repaym ents can be put on yo u r electricity account.

Get a double im mersion u n it to-day — you owe it to yourself and to y o ur family.

T h e Small H eater gives enough scalding w a t e r for ordinary household needs. T he Large H eater should only be sw itched on

w hen

p le n t y

of

w a te r

is

5 GALLONS all t h e t i m e

needed for b a th s or laundry.

Cash Price: £23.10.0.

Total h ire p u r c h a s e price; £30.7.6. 2-m onthly repayments: £1.0.3 over 5 years.

E.S.B. SH O W R O O M S o r y o u r electrical co n tra cto r P rinted Dy Fleet 11960) Ltd., 6 -8 Eccles Place, Dublin.