1969 my fair lady vol2

G aiety T h eatre Dublin D ir e c t o r s ; E am onn A n d re w s , L o rca n B ou rke Fred O 'D o n o v a n , D e rm o d C a ffe rk y

OPENING MONDAY 3rd NOVEMBER 1969

Rathmines and Rathgar Musical Society

presents

MY FAIR LADY

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Telegrams "GAIETY DUBLIN”

Telephone 771717

Resident Manager : Joe Kearns NIGHTLY 8 p.m.

MATINEES 3 p.m.

OPENING MONDAY, 3rd NOVEMBER 1969 RATHMINES AND RATHGAR MUSICAL SOCIETY presents

MY FAIR LADY Adapted from Bernard Shaw’s “ Pygm alion” Book and Lyrics by

Music by

ALAN JAY LERNER

FREDERICK LOEWE

by arrangement w ith N.O.D.A. Ltd. and Stage M usicals Ltd., New York Musical Director TERRY O’CONNOR, L.R.A.M. Dances and Ensembles arranged by ALICE DALGARNO Settings designed & executed by ROBERT HEADE Costumes created by BABS DE MONTE o f STUDIO ROYALE P roduction by

JAMES BELCHAMBER

For Rathmlnes and Rathgar Musical Society

Stage Director ............................................... SEAMUS O’NEILL Assistant Stage Directors ANN KING, URSULA MURPHY, NORA O’ROURKE, MARY O’CONNELL. Chorus Master ................................................... ROBERT DALY Honorary Secretary ........................................... CLEM P. RYAN Honorary T reasurer.....................................THOMAS MURTAGH Wardrobe M a ste r..................................................... PAT LAWLOR Wardrobe Mistress ........................................... MARY McCANN

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MY F A IR LADY W h e n G e o rg e B e rn a rd S h a w w ro te P Y G M A LIO N away back in 1912 he p ro b a b ly d id n o t forsee, a stu te g e n tle m a n th o u g h he was, th a t h is ro m a n tic s to ry w o u ld som e d a y be m a g ic a lly tra n s fo rm e d into a stage and film p re s e n ta tio n w h ic h , in its m u sica l fo rm , w o u ld c re a te a n all-tim e high ra tin g in a u d ie n c e a p p ea l.

It a p p e a rs th a t It w a s fifte e n years e a rlie r th a t Shaw g o t th e first g e rm o f an id e a fo r th e play. H e w ro te t o Ellen T e r r y : “ C a e sa r a nd C le o p a tra has been d riven c le a n o u t of m y head by a p la y I w a n t to w rite fo r th e m (F o rb e s-R o b e rts o n a nd Mrs. P a tric k C a m p b e ll), in w h ic h he sh a ll be a w e st-e n d g e n tlem a n a n d sh e an e a st-end d o n a in an a p ro n a n d th re e o ra n g e and red fe a th e rs ” .

T h e firs t p ro d u c tio n o f PY G M A LIO N w a s in V ie n n a — in G e rm a n — in 1913, and L o n d o n a u d ien ce s sa w it fo r th e first tim e in H is M a je s ty 's T he a tre on A p ril 11, 1914. M rs. Pat was E liza and S ir H e rb e rt T ree p la ye d H ig g in s. W h e n th e p la y w as revived in 1947, Shaw ch o s e A le c C lu n e s to p la y th e P ro fe ssor. A nn Rogers, S ta n le y H o llo w a y, Z e n a D are and R o b e rt C o o ke w e re in th e o th e r m ain parts.

T he a p p e a lin g s to ry of th e p re tty flo w e r g ir l w ith th e o u t­ ra g e o u s a c c e n t w a s firs t p re se n te d to th e N ew Y o rk sta g e in M a rc h 1956 u n d e r its n e w title of M Y FAIR LAD Y . W ith its lig h t-h e a rte d , im m ensely c le v e r ly ric s and w o n d e rfu l m u s ic a l s c o re by A la n Ja y L e rn e r a nd F re d e ric k L o e w e it b e ca m e a s ta r sh o w o v e rn ig h t. It ran fo r six and a h a lf ye a rs (2,717 p e rfo rm a n c e s ) a ch ie vin g a re c o rd b e fo re it c lo s e d in S e p te m ­ b e r 1962.

The W a rn e r B ro th e rs ’ film has s in c e b e c o m e a c la s s ic .

T he g e n iu s of L e rn e r and Loew e is a lw a ys e v id e n t in th e tw e n ty -o d d so ngs w h ic h have be co m e so fa m ilia r in th e last th irte e n years, a nd th e e ig h te e n sce n e s of th e c o m b in e d tw o a c ts g iv e m a g n ific e n t s c o p e to r th e tra n s fo rm a tio n from C o ve n t G arden ve g e ta b le m a rk e t to th e c o m fo rta b le b a c h e lo r q u a rte rs o f P ro fe ssor H ig g in s , th e e x c itin g A s c o t sc e n e and th e Em bassy Ball.

G.B.S. in his e p ilo g u e to th e play h o ld s th a t th e h is to ry of Eliza D o o little , th o u g h c a lle d a ro m a n ce b e c a u se th e tra n s fig u ra tio n it re c o rd s se e m s e x c e e d in g ly im p ro b a b le , is c o m m o n e n o u g h . H ow ever h is a u d ie n c e s m a y ta k e le a ve to d iffe r w ith him , a nd find th e m se lve s firm ly h e ld by th e u n u sua l s to ry o f th e flo w e r g ir l w h o t u rn s in to a la d y a n d th e P ro fe s sor w h o be co m e s ‘an o rd in a ry m an ' MY FAIR LADY opened a t th e T heatre R o ya l, D ru ry Lane, on 30th A p ril, 1958, and clo s e d on 19th O c to b e r, 1963, the o c c a s io n o f its 2,281st p e rfo rm a n c e h a vin g been se e n by 4,325,000 p e o ple . It w as th e lo n g e s t run o n re co rd a t th is fa m o u s p la yh o u s e w h ic h re c e n tly c e le b ra te d its te rce n te n a ry.

The L o ndon ru n of MY F A IR LADY has b e e n e x ce e d e d by o n ly o ne o th er m u s ic a l, ‘ ‘S a la d Days” , w h ic h played fo r 3 m ore p e rfo rm a n c e s, bu t a t a th e a tre — th e V a u d e v ille — w h ich ha s a c a p a c ity u t o nly '669 c o m p a re d w ith D ru ry La n e's 2,341.

R A TH M IN ES A N D RATH G AR M U S IC A L SO C IE TY is proud to have give n th e firs t p re s e n ta tio n o f th e sh o w in the R e p u b lic.

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T he taking of photographs in th e auditorium is strictly prohibited.

M Y FAJfft LA D Y CAST (in order of appearance) B u sk ers

MAURA BOURKE DERMOT DALY FERG US O’NEILL

Mrs. Eynsford-HIII

DODO O’HAGAN

Eliza Doolittle

LOUISE STUDLEY

F red dy Eynsford-Hill

BRYAN HOEY

C olonel P ick erin g

MAURICE O ’SULLIVAN

A Drunk Lady

EVA STAVELEY

A B y stan d er

ALAN CRAWFORD

H enry H iggins

BRENDAN McSHANE

S e lse y Man

RON EVANS

Hoxton Man

J O E BEVAN

A n o ther B y sta n d er

TOMMY O’DWYER

Irishm an

JO H N O ’CONNELL

First C o ck n ey

DEREK CHAPMAN

S e c o n d C o ck n ey

JOHN DOLAN

Third C o ck n ey

NOEL BYRNE

B arte n d er

RON EVANS

Harry

PADRAIG O’ROURKE

J a m ie

TONY SWEENY

Alfred P. Doolittle

R. J . TIERNEY

Mrs. P e a r c e

HEATHER HEWSON

Mrs. H opkins

CAROL HEDIGAN

Butler

FRED TAYLOR

Valet

NOEL McGEE

S erv a n ts

CATHERINE McAULlFFE SALLY YOUNG CARMEL SHAW SHIRLEY SWEENEY MARY McCOWBRIE

Mrs. H iggins

MOLLY HICKEY

C hauffeur

PETER CALLAN

F oo tm en

DONAL KENNY DAVID MATHEWS

Lord Boxington

NOEL BYRNE

Lady Boxington

ENA BOYLAN

M erry Widow

GRAINNE McMANUS

C o n sta b le

MAURICE CRONIN

Flow er Girl

ENA HARROLD

Z oltan K arpathy

JOHN CONROY

M ajor Dom o

JOHN FITZPATRICK

Q u e en of T ransylvania

KAY FORDE

A m bassador

PASCHAL WALSH

B arte n d er

NIAL DUNGAN

Mrs. H iggins’ Maid

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BRONACH CRAWFORD

SINGING ENSEMBLE M isses E. Boylan, A. C o ll, A. C r o s s a n , M. C re e d , B. Craw ford, M. Doyle, E. H arro ld , C. H edig an , N. Kealy, A. M cB rien, M. M cC an n, M. Neville, D. S h e rid a n , E. S tav eley , J. T o bin, M. W alsh, A. W alsh.

M e ssrs. J . B evan, N. B yrne, M. C ronin, D. C h a p m a n , J . C onroy, P. C allan , A. C raw ford, N. D u n g a n , J. D olan, R. E v ans, J . F itzpatrick, S. H o g an , D. Kenny, J. O’C onn ell, T. O ’Dwyer, P. W alsh.

DANCING ENSEMBLE M isses. G. M c M a n u s, C. F allor, M. B ou rk e , P. Dowling.

M e ssrs. A. C ullen, F. O’Neill, G. B rady, D. Daly, P. O ’D onovan.

C re d its: Mr. M c S h a n e ’s w a r d r o b e b y LOUIS COPELAND, C a p e l S tre e t.

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by PETER MARK, G rafton S tre e t.

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R e c o rd in g s by GERRY FITZGERALD, R a th fa rn h am .

G lo b e by EDUCATIONAL C O O F IRELAND, T alb o t S t.

Artificial flo w e rs by FLORENTAL, 10 M ountjoy S q u a r e .

C h in a a n d W are by C. M. WILSON, LTD., A u n g le r S tr e e t.

COMMENCING, MONDAY, 17th NOVEMBER, 1969

NO NO NANETTE Starring JIMMY THOMPSON

& McDONALD HOBLEY

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SYNOPSIS OF SCENES AND MUSICAL NUMBERS The p lace is London.

The tim e, 1912.

ACT I Scene 1

Outside the O pera House, Covent Garden — A cold M arch night Stre e t E n te rta in e rs T he T h ree B uskers “ W h y C a n ’t th e E n g lish ? ” Higgins " W o u ld n ’ t i t Be L o v e rly ?

Eliza a n d C ockneys

Scene 2

A tenem ent section, Tottenham Court Road — im m ediately following “ W it h a L i t t le B it o f L u c k ” D oolittle, H arry

and Jam ie Scene 3

Higgins’ Study— The following morning “ I ’m an O r d in a ry M a n ”

H iggins

Scene 4

A tenem ent section, Tottenham Court Road — T h ree days later R eprise : “ W it h a L i t t le B it o f L u c k ”

Scene 5

Higgins’ Study— L ater that day “ ] u s t Y o u W a it” “ T h e R a in in Spain” Higgins, Eliza and

D oolittle a n d Ensem ble Eliza

P ickering “ I C o u ld H a v e D a n c e d A l l N ig h t ”

Eliza, Mrs. P earce an d M aids Scene 6

Near the Race M eeting, Ascot— A July afternoon

Scene 7

Inside a Club Tent, Ascot— im m ediately following “ A s c o t G a v o tte ” F u ll Ensem ble

Scene 8

Outside Higgins’ House, W lm pole Street — Later that afternoon “ O n T h e Stre e t W h e re Y o u L iv e ” F reddy Higgins’ Study— Six weeks later

Scene 9 Scene 10

The prom enade of the Embassy— L ater that night

Scene 11

The ballroom of the Embassy — Im m ediately following “ T h e Em bassy W a ltz ”

Higgins, Eliza, K arpathy a n d F ull Ensem ble A C T ff Scene 1

Higgins’ Study— three o ’clock the following morning “ You D id I t ” Higgins, Pickering,

Mrs. Pearce an d Servants Scene 2

Scene 3

R e p r is e : “ Just Y o u W a it” Eliza Outside Higgins’ House, W lm pole S treet — im m ediately following R e p ris e : " O n th e S tre e t W h e re Y o u L iv e F reddy “ Show M e ” Eliza an d F reddy Flow er G arden at Covent Garden — 5 o ’c lo c k that morning R e p ris e : " W o u ld n ’t I t Be L o v e rly ? ”

E liza a n d C ockneys “ G e t M e T o T h e C h u rc h O n T im e ”

D oolittle, H arry, Jam ie a n d Ensem ble Scene 4

Scene 5

S cen e 6

Scene 7

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Upstairs H aii of Higgins’ House — 11 o’c lock that morning “ A H y m n to H im ” H iggins T he conservatory of Mrs. Higgins’ House — Later th a t day “ W it h o u t Y o u ” E liza an d H iggins O utside Higgins’ House, Wlmpole Street — im m ediately following " I ’ve g ro w n a ccustom ed to h e r face” Higgins Higgins’ Study— Im m ediately following

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