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RATHMINES AND RATHGAR MUSICAL SOCIETY present

BITTER SWEET

BY NOEL COWARD For Two'Weeks Commencing MARCH 6th, 1967

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Nightly 8 p.m.

M a tin e e: Saturday 3 p.m.

COMMENCING M O NDAY, 6th M ARCH, 1967

Rathmines and Rathgar Musical Society presents

BITTER SWEET by NOEL COWARD By arrangement with Samuel French Ltd. M usical D i r e c t o r : T E R R Y

O ’C O N N O R

C horeography : ALICE D A L G A R N O Setting by

JA M ES M A H O N a n d RO B ER T H E A D E

ENTIRE PRODUCTION BY A N T H O N Y

CUNDELL

PRICES OF ADMISSION Dress Circle 12/6

Pa rte rre 10/-

G r a n d Circle 7/6 and 5/-

The p ub lic m ay leave a t th e end o f th e perform ance b y a ll e x it doors. Persons shall n o t be p e rm itte d t o stand o r s i t in any o f th e gangways in te rs e c tin g th e seating, o r to s it in any o f th e o th e r gangways.— Copy Bye-Law .

BITTER SWEET T h e M archioness of Shayne ............................................................ LOUISE STUDLEY C arl L inden ..................................................................................................... JO SEPH LA N E M anon ..................................................................................................................... IT A LITTLE Dolly C ham berlain .............................................................................. M ER IEL M cH U G H Lord H e n ry Jekyll .................................................................. G EO R G E W ALL-M ORRIS T h e H on. H ugh D e v o n ..................................................................... M IC H A E L F E A R O N M rs. M illick .................................................................................... H E A T H E R H EW SO N Sir A rth u r F en ch u rch ........................................................................... JO H N M A G U IR E H e rr Schlick .............................................................................. M A U R IC E O ’SULLIVAN Lady D evon ...........................................................................................B EA T R IC E D O R A N T h e M arq u is of Steere ........................................................................... T O N Y SW EEN Y V in cen t H o w ard .......................................................................................F R E D G R A H A M L ord E dgar Jam es ......................................................................... JO H N F IT Z P A T R IC K Lord S o r r e l l ............................................................................................. PA SCH A L W A LSH M r. V ale ..................................................................................................M IC H A E L O ’G A R A M r. B ethel ................................................................................................ D ES A N D ER SO N M r. P ro u tie ............................................................................................... F R E D G R A H A M V ictoria ...................................................................................................... M A R IE CA R N E Y H a r r i e t .......................................................................................................... D E R R IL BR O W N Gloria ..................................................................................................FIO N N U A L A H O U G H Honor .................................................................................................. D O LO RES BRADY Jane .......................................................................................................... P A T R IC IA H O U G H Effie ............................................................................................ C A T H E R IN E O ’C O N N O R Gussi .................................................................................................... H E A T H E R H EW SO N L otte .......................................................................................................... D O D O O ’H A G A N Freda ............................................................................................................. JO A N W A LSH E H ansi ...................................................................................................... C LO D A G H G EA R Y L ieu ten an t T ran isch ................................................................... L E O N A R D D E SM O N D C aptain A u g u st L u tte ................................................................................ R. J. T IE R N E Y M arquis of S h a y n e ............................................................................. F R A N K GORM LEY N ita ........................................................................................................ P A T R IC IA PASLEY H e l e n ................................................................................................................. E N A BOYLAN Jackie .................................................................................................... M A R Y O ’G O R M A N M rs. Devon ................................................................................................ H E L E N COW LE V ernon C r a f t .............................................................................................. D A M IE N H A N D L ord H e n ry Jade .................................................................................... T O M M U R T A G H Cedric B a lla n ty n e ........................................................................................ K E V IN H O U G H B ertram Sellick ............................................................................................... JIM BO LA N D P ark er ........................................................................................................ JO H N M A G U IR E Burley ............................................................................................................... DES B O W D EN A cco m p an ist ................................................................................................. D E N IS D EASY F ritz ..................................................................................................... T O M M IE O ’D W Y E R Footmen: F. Taylor, D. Bowden, P. Lawlor, D. Deasy.

Waiters: T. Byrne, P. Leamy, J. Dillon, M. O’Reilly, D.Matthews.

Cleaners: E. Staveley, M. McCann, M. Cox, R. Finan, N. Byrne, P. Pasley.

Guests and Customers: Misses D. O’Callaghan, R. Finan, M. Cox, M, O’Gorman, D. Sheridan, A. McBrien, S. Sweeney, E. Maguire, N. Byrne, E. Doyle, P. Pasley. Messrs. P. Lawlor, P. Leamy, D. Matthews, M. O’Reilly, M. Griffith, J. Dillon, B. Woods, A. Morgan,E. Boylan, M. McCann, E. Harrold, E. Staveley, F. Taylor, T. Byrne.

ACT I Scene 1. Lady Shayne’s H ouse in G rosvenor Square (1929).

Scene 2. The M illicks’ H ouse in Belgrave Square (1875).

Scene 3. The Ballroom o f the M illicks' H ouse (1875).

A c t II Scene I. H e rr Schlick’s Cafe in V ienna (1880). Tim e— 12 noon.

Scene 2.

H e rr Schlick's Cafe in V ienna (1880). Time— 2 a.m.

Scene 1.

Scene 2.

A CT III Lord Shayne’s House in Grosvenor Square (1895).

Same as A ct I, Scene 1.

Costumes by CINCS o f Dame Sf-, D u b lin .

M iss S tu d le y ’s gowns b y STUDIO ROYAL. Miss S tudley's h a ir by M A R T IN A o f Blackrock.

F u rn itu re b y M O N T Y M AR SHAL and b y M AC AU LEY'S, Nassau St. Glassware b y O ’BYRNE, D odphin 's Barn.

The Society g ra te fu lly acknow ledges assistance received fro m M IN E R A L W ATER DISTRIBUTORS LTD ., D ub lin .

FOR R A TH M IN E S A N D RATHGAR M U S IC A L SOCIETY S6AMUS O’ N E ILL Stage D ire cto r .................................................................................... / A N N K IN G A s s is ta n t Stage D ire cto rs ..................................................................... \ EILIS M U L L A N . EILEEN KNOWLES H on. Secretary ................

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FOR G AIETY THEATRE Stage D ire c to r ..................

Stage M anager ..................

C h ie f Electrician ...............

Bars open on all floors, before, and after the show and during the intervals.

Before the Show Patrons may order their drinks for th e Interval and thus save tim e.

For quick service try our M in i Bars.

Theatre Disinfected throughout by Jeyes Fluid.

The taking o f Photographs in the auditorium is s tr ic tl y prohi bi te d.

NOEL COWARD NOEL C O W AR D , p la y w rig h t, composer, singer, actor, d ire c to r and a ll-ro un d m an o f th e th e a tre , has come a long w ay since th e day he gave his fir s t p u b lic perform ance a t th e age o f six a t an e n d - o f- te r m school concert. He says th a t he owes h is fir s t real enthusiasm fo r m u sic to an Irish school frie n d o f h is m o th e r’ s w h o in those days v is ite d his fa m ily fre q u e n tly .

A n o u tin g to th e th e a tre w as a " m u st ” on every b irth d a y fr o m his f i f t h one, and his fa v o u rite toys w e re a small th e a tre w it h sets pain te d b y his fa th e r and the p a n to m im e sheets w h ic h c o u ld th e n be bought f o r a penny.

W h ile s till a p u p il a t a London dancing academy, he answered an a dve rtise m e nt fo r a “ ta le n te d boy o f a ttra c tiv e appearance ” to appear in a p la y called ‘ The G o ldfish P layin g opposite h im w as a boy o f h is o w n age— M ichael M ac L ia m m o ir— and so came a b o u t th e f i r s t m eetin g o f tw o m en d estin e d to give so much o f th e ir lives and ta le n t to th e th e atre.

W h e n he w as 17 he m e t Iv o r N ovello and says “ I just f e l t suddenly conscious o f th e long w a y I had to go b e fo re I co uld b reak in to th e m agic atm osphere in w h ich he moved a n d b rea th e d w it h such nonchalance ” .

The fo llo w in g year Noel C ow ard w ro te h is fir s t p lay— 'T h e Rat T r a p ’ . In 192? he w e n t t o A m erica, and w h ile th e re w ro te 'S ir o c c o ’ and la te r ‘ H ay F e ve r’ .

The fir s t p ro d u c tio n o f his p lay ‘ T h e V o r t e x ’ a t L ondon’s R oya lty T h e a tre on D ecem ber 16, 1924, saw his sta r rise, never to be co m ple te ly d im m e d again. A Revue fo r C. B. Cochrane fo llo w e d and he was n ow in th e e nviable p osition o f havin g th re e shows ru n n in g sim ulta n eo u sly to c a p a city audiences.

In July, J928, re tu rn in g to England o n board th e B erengaria, he w ro te th e f i r s t a c t o f ‘ BITTER S W E E T ’ . T h e second was w r it t e n in hosp ita l, as he aw a ite d a surgical ope ra tio n. T h e b o o k was not fin is h e d u n t i l th e fo llo w in g February.

T h e score, how ever, w as s till in co m p le te u n t il one d ay, dashing fr o m th e th e a tre to his a p a rtm e n t in a ta x i, th e fam ous w a ltz “ I’ ll see you a g a in ” dropped in t o his m ind, w ho le and c o m ple te , d u r in g a tw e n t y m in u te s ’ t r a f f ic block.

A ft e r th e fin a l rehearsal b e fo re th e dress rehearsal, C. B. Cochrane tha n ked th e com pany and said he w o u ld n 't p a rt w it h his righ ts in th e play fo r a m illio n pounds.

The fir s t p ro d u c tio n was on 18th July, 1929, in H is M a je s ty ’s T h e atre , London, w it h Peggy W o o d and George M e ta x a in th e leading roles. Iv y S f. Helier, fo r w h o m Coward w r o te th e p a r t, p la yed M A N O N .

I t w as im m e d ia te ly cast fo r an A m e ric a d p ro d u ctio n , w it h Evelyn Laye as Sari.

I t w as la te r film e d b y M .C .M .

Noel C ow ard's fa v o u rite m o m ents in th e show remain th e fin ale o f th e fir s t a c t w he n Sari and Carl elo p e ; th e cafe scene w hen th e c u rta in s lo w ly fa lls on C arl's d e a th ; th e entrance o f M adam e L in d e n in her e x q u is ite w h ite dress o f th e nin e tie s, and above a ll, th e fin a l m o m e n t o f th e play, w h e n t o th e last crashing chords o f “ I'll See Y o u A g a in ” , Sari, as an old w om an, stra igh te n s h erself w it h a gesture o f in d o m ita b le prid e and g a lla n tly w a lks o f f th e stage.

D ow n th ro u g h th e years * BITTER SWEET ’ has been his b est-lo ve d w o r k He says:— I t h i n k t h a t o f a ll the shows I have ever done ' BITTER SWEET ’ gave me th e greatest personal pleasure

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