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RATHMINES AND RATHGAR MUSICAL SOCIETY presents

GUYS AND DOLLS M u sic and Lyrics by F R A N K LO ESSER By arrangement w ith Chappell & Co. Ltd., London

Book by JO SW ER LIN G a n d ABE B U RRO W S Choreography:

DOLORES D E L A H U N T Y

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GUYS AND DOLLS THE DOLLS

THE GUYS NICELY-NICELY JOHNSON ........................................................... DES BOWDEN X BENNY SOUTH STREET ................................................................... TONY BYRNE y N A TH A N DETROIT .............................................................. EDDIE GUILMARTIN HARRY THE HORSE ....................................................................... TONY SWEENY * SKY MASTERSON .............................................................. BRENDAN McSHANE JOEY BILTMORE ...................................................................... FRA N K M cK E V IT T v BIG JULE ......................................................................................... FRANK GORMLEY, GUYS AROUND BROADWAY Leonard Desmond, P at Russell, Paul Leamy, 'XDesmond Anderson, 1\lSfoeI Byrne, Brendan Woodsx Richard Stapleton, George Wall Morris, John Dillon X Paschal Walshe,)(Pat Lawlor, Tommy O’Dwyer KDermot Daly, Pat O ’Donovan

GUYS A N D DOLLS T h is highly successful B ro a d w a y M u sic a l a b o u t R U N Y O N L A N D w a s last p e rfo rm e d in L o n d o n in 1953. T h e r e a re t w o acts consisting o f se v e n te e n scenes. T h e s t o r y tells o f t h e love affair b e tw e e n M iss S a r a h a n d S k y M a ste rso n . S h e is in c h a rg e of a S alvation A r m y M ission n e a r T im e s S q u a re a n d h e is a f a m o u s g a m b le r w h o is k n o w n t o b e t on a lm o st a n y th in g . , . , N a t h a n D e t r o i t is t h e o p e ra to r of a floating crap gam e w h ic h is t e m p o ra rily hom eless b e c a u s e t h e polic e a re w a g in g w a r a g a in st them . M iss A d e ia id e is a s i n g e r a t t h e H O T B O X N ig h t C lu b a n d h a s b e en engaged t o N a th a n fo r f o u r t e e n ye ars. S h e is g e ttin g tire d o f t h i s a n d N a t h a n p ro m is e s t h a t i f h e w in s one th o u s a n d d o lla rs h e will m a r r y her. N a t h a n t r i c k s S k y i n to a b e t t h a t Miss Sarah w o n ’t go w i t h h im t o H a v a n a . S ky (sure o f h im s e lf w h e r e g a m b lin g a n d w o m e n a r e c o n c e r n e d ) disc o v ers t h a t th e M ission will be closed b e ca u se t h e r e a re n o sinners. H e p ro m is e s M iss Sarah t h a t h e will get h e r tw elve sin n e rs t o save t h e closing if sh will have l u n c h w Tt h him . S h e agrees b u t d o e s n o t realise th a t t h e lu n c h will b e e a t e n in H a v a n a. So S ky w ins h is bet. T h e c r a p 's h o o te r s a re ge ttin g i m p a t ie n t for t h e game, b u t N a t h a n c a n n o t t a k e t h e m t o a n e w p lace u n t il h e g e ts a th o u s a n d dollars. L ie u t e n a n t Brannigan._ a rriv in g on t h e scene, su s p ec ts w h y t h e y a r e ga the red. B e n n y h a s t h e b rig h t idea of sa ying t h a t th e y are g a th e re d to give a farew ell b a c h e l o r d i n n e r t o N a t h a n . Miss A d e la id e su g g e sts t h a t th e y elo pe a fte rw a rd s a n d N a t h a n (c a u g h t in a t r a p ) agrees. S a ra h a n d S k y r e t u r n f ro m H a v a n a on a late p l a n e to find a r i o t at th e M ission a n d Sa ra h , t h in k i n g S k y in lea g u e w ith N a t h a n , w a lks o u t on him . Sky, d e te r m in e d to k e ep f a it h w it h Sarah, succeeds th ro u g h a t r e k in g e tt i n g all t h e c ra p -sh o o te rs a t la s t to t h e M iss:on and h a n d s b a ck t h e th o u s a n d d o lla rs t o N a t h a n , sa ying h e ha s lo st his bet. Miss S a ra h is deeply t o u c h e d w ith S k y ’s n o b ility a n d in t h e h a p p y e n d in g s h e m arrie s Sky w hile A d e la id e finally g e ts N a t h a n t o p u t th e plain gold b a n d on h e r finger. FO R R A T H M I N E S & R A T H C A R M U S I C A L SO CIETY

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...................................................................................................................... SEAMUS O ’NEILL f AVEEN A RCHER D i r e c t o r s ........................................................................................ j A N N K ING \ EILISH M ULLEN ................................................................................................................... EILEEN KNOWLES ........................................................................................................................ CLEM P. R Y A N ............................................................................................................. T H O M A S M U R T A C H

MISS ADELAIDE .............................................................. DOLORES DELAHUNTY THE “ HOT BOX ” GIRLS Clodagh Geary, Marlene Redmond, Pauline Neylon Claire Kilbride, Joan Conway, Joan Walshe Louise O’Neill, Sylvia Behan DOLLS AROUND BROADWAY Miriam Wiliman, Ena Boylan, Angela McBrien Derill Brown, Eileen Doyle, Gillian Bell, Jean Webb Lorna Overend, Joan Wilkinson, Shirley Sweeney

THE LA W DETECTIVE B R A N N IG A N ............................................. MAURICE O ’SULLIVAN

THE MISSION SARAH B R O W N '.................................................................. MARY O’CALLAGHAN ARVIDE ABERNATHY .......................................................... MICHAEL FEARO^J . CALVIN .................................................................................................. FRED T A Y L O R \ AGA THA ........................................................................................ PATRICIA HOUGH MISSION GIRLS ........................................... EVA STAVELEY, M ARY M cCANN NOELLE BYRNE The entire action takes place around Broadway—w ith a short trip to Havana— and covers a period of five days.

W H A T IS A CRAP GAME? “ C r a p s ” is a ga m e of c h an c e — a gamble— p laye d w ith t w o dice. It is illegal a n d , t h e r e fore, m u c h fa v o u re d b y t h e c h a r a c te r s w h o f r e q u e n t B ro a d w a y . W h e n e v e r a g roup of e n th u s ia s ts g a th e rs, a n x io u s t o “ S h o o t C ra ps ” , o n e alw ays finds a g e n tle m a n willing to se t t h e gam e up for t h e m — fo r a m o d e s t p e rc e n ta g e o f th e w in n in g s of c o u rs e ! l u s t su c h a m a n is N a t h a n D e tro it, a n d t o - n ig h t we see h is a tt e m p t s t o find a p lace w h e r e t h e c rea m of th e g a m b lin g f r a te r n it y can g e t a little “ a c tio n T h is is n o t so easy b e c a u se t h e polic e d o n o t like gam blers, a n d i t w o u l d a ppea r t h a t t h e i r only m is sio n in life is t o b re a k u p t h e game. So t h e G u y s g e t p u sh e d a r o u n d a n d th e D olls (who, a fte r all, a re ladies a n d , t h e r e fore, d o n o t app ro v e of gam bling) t a k e sides w i t h th e police. T h e r e is a th ir d g roup, w ho d o n o t tak e sid e s w ith any o n e. In fa c t, t h ro u g h th e good offices of th e “ Save-a-soul M ission ” t h e y r a t h e r h o p e to w in e veryone o v e r t o th e ir s i d e ! A b e t t i n g m a n m ig h t h e s ita te t o la y o d d s on t h e o u t c o m e o f su c h a s itu a tio n , b u t t h e r e is one t h i n g s u re — it is 12 t o 7 on t h a t t h e r e will b e a happy e n d in g ! O n e f u r t h e r p o in t— having j o in e d th e g a m b lin g f r a te rn it y , it is d e sira b le t o learn a few of t h e i r s tr a n g e w o rd s . F o r i n sta n c e , a G is s h o r t f o r g r a n d w h ic h m e a n s 1,000 d o lla rs (or b u c k s o r p o tato e s), w h i l s t a - n o te h a s n o th in g t o d o w i t h m u s ic — it is sim ply a 100 d o lla r bill. M o n e y is “ L e ttu c e ,” a “ M a r k e r ” is an I .O .U .” , “ C r a p s ” you win a n d “ S n a k e -ey e s ” y o u lose. F O R G A I E T Y T H E A T R E LTD.

S t a g e D ir e c to r ........................................................................................................................ J IM M Y POTTER S t a g e M a n a g e r ................................................................................................................................ PADDY JONES C h ie f E lectrician ............................................................................................................................ SEAN BURKE C h a ir s b y J. V. B o w d e n & Co. Ltd ., B o y n e St., D ublin. C i g a r e t t e h o l d e r s by K a p p & P e t e r s o n , G r a f t o n St., D ublin. C a m e r a b y Y a s h ik a C a m e r a s , 3 3 W i c k l o w St., D u b lin . K i t c h e n U te n s il s b y L e n e h a n ’s, C a p e l St., D ublin. C o s tu m e s b y D erry O ’D o n o v a n , 6 U pp er M o u n t St., D ublin.

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