1971 a season of gilbert sullivan

Gaiety Theatre Dublin D irecto rs: Eam onn Andrews, Lorcan Bourke, Fred O ’D onovan, D erm od Cafferky

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SINNOTTS FAMOUS FOR WHISKEY Opposite this Theatre

Are you about to be a bride, ora parent of a bride, or a friend of a bride, ora friend of a parent of a bride, or both?

If you are, here’s some Inform ation y o u 'll find very useful. The Country C lub Hotel, Portm arnock. is a wonderful place for a w edding bre akfast Phone o r w rite fo r details : Banqueting Manager,

Couqtry Club cHotel Portm arnock, Co. D ublin. T el. 350811.

“Food for thought” Theatre Dinners and Suppers in the warm friendly atmosphere of a log fire.

‘THE OLDE HOB” (RESTAURANT) 68 LR. LEESON STREET

Phone 64745

GAIETY THEATRE DUBLIN SOUTH KING STREET, DUBLIN 2

Telegrams : Gaiety Dublin

Telephone 771717

Resident M anager: Joe Kearns Evenfngs 8 p.m.

Saturday Matinees 3 p.m.

RATHMINES and RATHGAR MUSICAL SOCIETY Commencing Monday, 15 November, 1971 presents

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Monday 15, Wednesday 17, Friday 19, Saturday (evg.) 20, Tuesday 23, Friday 26, Saturday (mat.) 27.

Musical Director

TERRY Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;CONNOR, L.R.A.M. Chorus Master

ROBERT J. DALY Settings Designed and Executed by

ROBERT HEADE ENTIRE PRODUCTION by

BERYL DIXON

WEEKS COMMENCING 29th NOVEMBER and 6th DECEMBER

Dublin Grand Opera Society presents

LOHENGRIN M onday, W ednesday, Friday, Tuesday N ovem ber 29, Decem ber 1, 3 an d 7.

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE Tuesday, T hursday, Saturday. Thursday N ovem ber 30, Decem ber 2, 4, and 9.

THE BARTERED BRIDE M onday, W ednesday, Friday, Saturday Decem ber 6, 8, 10 a n d 11

WEEK COMMENCING I3th DECEMBER

Eamonn Andrews Studios presents for One Week Only

JOHNNY McEVOY

PROGRAMME NOTE The Rathmines and Rathgar Musical Society Is proud to be associated w ith the Centenary celebrations of this well-loved theatre, w hich has been its inspiration and its second home for so many years.

The operas specially chosen fo r so m em orable an occasion are two having im portant links with the Society’s early history.

THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD, which opens the season, was our first production in the G aiety Theatre. It was presented on December 7, 1914, and was destined to be the first of alm ost tw o hundred of our Shows to be staged there.

It is one of the most fam ous of the G ilbert and Sullivan operas and was considered by the authors to be the best they had written together.

G ilbert saw in the character of Jack Point a p o rtra it of him­ self and was at his happiest in his partnership with Sullivan during the w riting of it.

Sullivan apparently had some difficulty in w riting the famous ‘I have a Song to Sing O' and eventually appealed to G ilbert who helped out with part of an old sea shanty he had heard sung by sailors on board his yacht. After hearing the first dozen bars or so, Sullivan exclaim ed : ‘I've got i t !' and assured his partner that for once he was responsible fo r the music as w ell as the words I It was th e ir tenth work.

THE MIKADO on which the curtain rings down on the actual night of the Centenary (Novem ber 27) was the Society's first show. It was produced fifty-eight years ago on December 8, 1913 in the old Queen's Theatre.

This opera was very nearly not w ritten !

During a period of deep depression, caused chiefly by continued disagreement w ith Gilbert, Sullivan informed G’Oyly Carte that he would not w rite again fo r light opera, but would in future confine himself to more serious work. After many heated argum ents and nerve-wracking m eetings had taken place between the three Savoyards, peace was once more restored and at the request of the greatly w orried Carte, Sullivan agreed to write the score fo r whatever piece G ilbert could produce.

The piece was THE MIKADO !

After six months writing and re-writing, this opera which was to be perhaps the m ost famous of them all, was presented in London on March 14, 1885.

The story of Nanki-Poo's gloriously inconsequential love affair is as well known and loved now as it was in the days im m ediately following its first presentation eighty-six years ago.

One of its main characters, Pooh-Bah, gave a new w ord to the English language and its dram atic music and lovely songs are honoured wherever music-makers gather.

We look forward to a successful season and w ish the Gaiety Theatre, as it starts into its second century AD MULTOS ANNOS.

THE MIKADO The M ika d o o f J a p a n ....................BASIL HOLLAND Nanki-Poo .......................................... PAUL DEEGAN Ko-Ko ...................................... PATRICK CAMPBELL Poo-Bah .............

PADRAIG O’ROURKE

Pfsh-Tush .......................................... TONY SWEENY Yum-Yum ....................................... MARIE CONWAY Pltti-Sing ................................................ CAROL DALY Peep-Bo ............................................. ENA HARROLD Katisha ...................................... HEATHER HEWSON KoKo’s A ttendant ...........................JOHN HARROLD Go-To ........................................................ RON EVANS LADIES OF THE CH ORUS:

M. McCann, M. Cox, M. Neville, S. Molloy, D. Cummins, D. Sheridan, P. Pasley, A. Walsh, A. Crossan, E. Staveley, L. Foster, B. Crawford, M. Creed, A. McBrien, E. Boylan, N. Kealy, M. O’Donoghue, I. O’Rourke.

GENTLEMEN OF THE CHORUS:

D. Matthews, T. O’Dwyer, K. Daly, R. Ryan, D. Leahy, J. Bevan, P. Lawlor, T. McLoughlin, M. Cullen, R. Evans, S. Hogan, P. Walsh, R. Daly, E. Delaney.

Act I COURTYARD OF KO-KO’S PALACE IN TITIPU.

Act II KO-KO’S GARDEN.

THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD Colonel F a i r f a x ..............................ARTHUR MURPHY Elsie M a y n a r d .................................. EILEEN DONLON J a c k P o i n t ........................................DEREK CHAPMAN Wilfred S h a d b o lt .................. BILLY BLOOD-SMYTH D am e C a r r u t h e r s ........................................ LUCY LANE Sir R ichard C holm ondley .............. TONY SWEENY S e rg e a n t Meryll .................. MAURICE O’SULLIVAN L eon ard M e r y ll................. CAMILLUS MOUNTAINE P h o e b e Meryll .................. CATHERINE McAULIFFE K a t e ......................................... CATHERINE GAUGHAN First Citizen ....................................... JOHN MAGUIRE S e c o n d Citizen ................................ NIALL DUNGAN First Y eom an ............................... FRANK KENNEDY S e c o n d Y eom an ........................................ RAY RYAN Third Y eom an ................................ MARTIN CLARKE T h e H e a d s m a n ............................JOHN FITZPATRICK C H O R U S O F Y E O M E N O F T H E GUARD,

G E N T L E M E N , CIT IZ E N S E T C . :

M essrs. D. M atthew s, D. Deasy, T. O’Dwyer, K. Daly, P. Walsh, J . B evan, R. Evans, N. Byrne, M. Cullen, G. Murphy, A. S p e n c e , N. M agee.

M isses D. O’H agan, B. Crawford, A. McBrien, M. M cCann, A. W alshe, F. Barrett, M. Hoey, E. Staveley, M. C ree d , E. M aguire, N. Byrne, P. Pasley, V. Kerr, D. Cum mins, C. Lawlor, M. M agee, M. O ’D o n o gh u e, S. Young, T. Murray.

S cen e ; TOWER GREEN.

P e rio d : 16th CENTURY.

FOR RATHMINES & RATHGAR MUSICAL SOCIETY H o n o ra ry S e c re ta ry

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H o n o ra ry T re a s u re r

C LE M P. RYAN .-THOMAS M URTAG H

W a rd ro b e M a s te r

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P A T LAW LOR

W a rd ro b e M is tre s s

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C Y N TH IA T AYLO R

B o o k in g S e c re ta ry

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FRED T AYLO R

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SE AM US O 'N E IL L

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For the Gaiety Theatre S ta g e M a n a g e r ........................ PADDY JO NES A s s t. S tage M a n a g e r ... G EO RG E M cF A LL C h ie f E le c t r ic ia n ........................ SEAN BUR KE

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Commencing Monday, December 27th

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THE SPECTACULAR COMEDY PANTOMIME

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CHRIS CURRAN AUSTIN GAFFNEY

KENET & JANI and the KAY JAYS VERNON HAYDEN KENNY ROBSON Eddie Ward Mills

JIM BARTLEY NORMA SINCLAIR

Cecil Nash

Fergus O’Neill

Gaiety Dancers Gaiety Children Gaiety Singers Script by WARREN O’CONNELL

Directed by URSULA DOYLE Choreography KENET & JANI Musical Director THELMA RAMSEY

Produced by FRED O’DONOVAN Evenings 8 p.m.

NOW BOOKING

Matinee 3 p.m.

w A GAIETY EVENING FIRST ACT Meet in the Gaiety. Have a d rin k in com fort before the show.

Bars open 7.30 p.m. O rder and pay for drinks fo r the interval.

INTERVAL Your drinks are ready and waiting fo r you at your table.

You're saved tim e and trouble.

ENCORE Relax after the show.

Have a drink. The bars are always open for half an hour after curtain fall.

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W e tru st you enjoyed your Gaiety evening come a g a in !

Licenced Bars on all Floors.

HAPPY FAMILIES TAKE

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m and the 100 yard steak T h e perfect place fo r th a t juicy steak is less th a n 1 0 0 yards away.

A t Jo n ath ans in G rafton Street.

Jo nathans Downstairs - w here good food is always on to p o f th e bill.

And th ere's dancing till 2 a.m. if y o u r're in th e m ood.

Doors close a t 12.30 a.m.

JONATHANS

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Palm Grove Delicious Ice Cream Now on Sale in this Theatre

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