1971 camelot

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Gaiety Theatre Dublin

D irectors: E a m o n n A ndrew s. L o r c a n B o u rk e. F red O ' D on o v an . D e rm o d Cafferkv

RATHMINES AND RATHGAR MUSICAL SOCIETY

presents

(^ a m e lo t — From 3rd to 15th MAY. 1971

Dine, Dance after the show a t Dublin’s N ew est Unique Night Spot, the

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GAIETY

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COM M ENCING 3 rd MAY, 1971 FOR 2 W EEK S RATHMINES AND RATHGAR MUSICAL SOCIETY

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(^am elo B o o k a n d L yrics by ALAN JAY LERNER M usic b y FREDERICK LOEWE by a r r a n g e m e n t with C h a p p e ll & C o . Ltd. M usical D ire c to r TERRY O ’CO N N O R, L.R.A.M. C h o r u s M a s te r R O B E R T DALY C h o r e o g r a p h e r ALICE DALGARNO

S e t s fro m t h e o rig in a l D rury L a n e p r o d u c tio n

s u p e r v i s e d by R O B E R T HEADE

Directed by ANDREW DOWNIE

A GAIETY EVENING FIRST ACT M ee t in th e G a ie ty. Have a d rin k in c o m fo rt b e fo re th e show.

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T T N A f .F ■

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Licenced Bars on all Floors.

CAMELOT The s io ry of C a m elo t is th e bitte r-sw e e t one of a b e a utifu l wom an w h o is lo ve d by tw o men.

It o p e n s on th e eve of th e w e d d in g of King A rth u r and G uenevere. B o th have e s c a p e d from the re ce p tio n , sca re d , excite d , a nd G uenevere, at least, re b e llio u s , as she ta ke s her pa tro n s a in t to task in h e r o p e n in g s o n g ,‘Where are the Simple Joys of M aidenhood.’

A rth u r, e q u a lly restless, s in g s the w e ll-k n o w n i w onder what the King is doing tonight’ in answer to w h a t he im a g in e s his c o u rtie rs are s a yin g a b o u t him . He h e a rs G uene ve re s in g in g , his d o u b ts vanish and he fa lls in love w ith her, w e lc o m in g her to C a m elo t 'w h e re the w in te r is fo rb id d e n till D e c e m b e r and e xits M arch the seco n d on the d o t’.

For five ye ars th e ir m a rria g e is a h a p p y one. Then the King, dism aye d at the la c k o f c u ltu re in h is C o u rt, and rea lising th a t his K n ig h ts a re used o n ly to c re a te w a r a nd s trife , gets the idea o f fo rm in g them in to a g ro u p w ho se m issio n w ill be a n e w fo rm of c h iv a lry ‘w h e re m ig h t c h a m p io n s rig h t’. So that there w ill be no q u a rre llin g as to w h o sh o u ld be th e ir head, he and G u e nevere agree th a t they s h o u ld s it at a ro u n d ta ble fo r th e ir c o n fe re n ce s . So th e K n ig h ts o f the R ound T a b le are esta blishe d A lo n g c o m e s L a n c e lo t d u Lac, d e d ic a te d , v irtu o u s , brave and having su p re m e c o n fid e n c e in h is own p ro w e s s in the jo u s tin g a rena. H is b o a stin g a n tag o n ise s G uenevere a n d she tre a ts h im w ith d is d a in . A rth u r h o w e ver, c h a m p io n s h im and seem s ju s tifie d w h e n L a n c e lo t d e fe a ts three o f th e g reatest ‘ .n ights in a jo u s t. He a ls o a p p e a rs to p e rfo rm a m ira c le th ro u g h h is prayers in b rin g in g o ne o f them , S ir L io n e l, back to life a fte r he w as th o u g h t to be fa ta lly inju re d .

A t th is , in one o f th e m ost m o v in g sce n e s in th e play, it oecom es o b vio u s th a t G uenevere a nd L a n c e lo t have fa lle n in love.

The King, s tro n g on b e h alf of h is co u n try, fe e ls th a t he should ig n o re th e situ a tio n and a llo w s it to e xist fo r a perio d of tw o years.

Soon, a tro u b le s o m e young m an c a lle d M o rd re d , arrives from S co tla n d . He is so n of the e n c h a n tre s s M o rg a u se and of K in g A rth u r. H is d is tu rb in g in flu e n c e is fe lt in c o u rt and he b ring s o u t in to th e open th e ro m a n c e b e tw een G uene ve re and L a n ce lo t. L a n c e lo t m akes his esca p e to F rance and A rth u r is una ble to p re ve n t G u e nevere from b e in g se n te n c e d to death by b u rn in g a t th e stake. L a n c e lo t a nd h is m en re s c u e her.

A rth u r is fo rce d to d e c la re w a r on L a n ce lo t, and G uenevere re tire s to a convent.

T he c u rta in fa lls as A rth u r says to P e llin o re : 'I'v e w o n my b a ttle, P e lly — h e re 's m y v ic to r y ! W hat we d id w ill be rem e m be re d . . . w h a t w e all are, Pelly. Less th a n a d ro p in the g re a t b lu e m otio n o f th e s u n lit sea. B u t it se e m s som e of the d ro p s s p a rkle , Pelly. Som e of th e m d o s p a rk le .’

M ost m em o rab le am ong the so n g s are th e lo v e ly ‘How to Hanc'le a W om an’ (s u n g by th e b e w ild e re d K in g in w h ich in c id e n ta lly th e re is m ore than a re m in d e r o f an e xa sp era te d P ro fe s s o r H ig g in s !) and ‘If Ever I Should Leave Y o u ’ sung by L a n c e lo t to G uenevere.

The s to ry is based on T he O n ce and Future K in g by T. H. W hite.

G AM ELO T

by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe CAST ARTHUR

CATHAL MacCABE

MERLYN

MAURICE O’SULLIVAN

GUENEVERE

ANN DAVIS

LANCELOT

JULIAN DAVEY

PELLINORE

PATRICK CAMPBELL

MORDRED TOM OF WARWICK SIR DINADAN SIR LIONEL SIR SAGRAMORE SIR CLARIUS

SEAN MURPHY NICHOLAS MULCAHY TONY SWEENY DESMOND MARRON NOEL BYRNE PASCHAL WALSH

SQUIRE PADHRAIGH

PAT LAWLOR

LADY ANNE

ENA BOYLAN

LADY SYBIL

PATRICIA PASLEY

SCOTS KNIGHT BALLAD SINGER

DENIS LEAHY DESMOND MARRON

NIMUE

CATHERINE GAUGHAN

PAGES

P. O’CONNOR D. WHELAN

LORDS AND LADIES OF CAMELOT N. Magee, J. Bevan, R. Evans, S. Hogan, J. Kelly, P. Gibbs, B. Frier, M. Cullen, D. Leahy, T. McLoughlin, J. Murphy, D. Deasy, E. Staveley, M. McCann, D. Cummins, M. Magee, B. Crawford, A. Crossan, A. McBrien, M. Neville, A. Cahill, M. O’Donoghue, C. Kennedy, C. Hedigan, A. Walshe, N. Kealy, D. Sheridan DANCERS (all members of the DUBLIN BALLET CLUB) : Pauline Ward, Ann Hughes, Cleo O’Neill, Susan McGuirk, Vivienne Tobin, Pearl Fallon, Deirdre Murtagh, Muriel Murphy, Vanessa Walsh.

ACT ONE Scene 1

A h illtop near Camelot, a long tim e ago.

Scene 2

The same — as night falls.

Scene 3

The Royal Ante-Chamber — five years later.

Scene 4

The Countryside near Camelot — a few months later.

Scene 5

A garden near the castle — im m ediately following.

Scene 6

The Ante-chamber — two weeks later.

Scene 7

The Jousting Field — first light the follow ing Saturday.

Scene 8 The Ante-chamber — late afternoon the same day.

Scene 9

Outside the Chapel — that night.

Scene 10

The Great Hall — im m ediately following.

ACT TWO Scene 1

The Castle Terrace — a few years later.

Scent 2

The Ante-chamber — a month later.

Scene 3

Forest near Camelot — next day.

Scene 4

A castle c o rrid o r — that night.

Scene 5

The Bedcham ber — im m ediately following.

Scene 6

The Battlem ents — several days later.

Scene 7

France, between the opposing armies— some weeks later.

Costumes from the o rigin al Drury Lane production

by Audrey Lupton and A rth u r Lane, London.

Miss Davis Hairstyle by PETER MARK, Grafton Street.

Wigs by Peter Mark.

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Honorary Secretary ..........................

CLEM P. RYAN

Honorary Treasurer ................................. THOMAS MURTAGH Wardrobe Master ................................................... PAT LAWLOR Wardrobe Mistress ........................................ CYNTHIA TAYLOR Booking Secretary ................................................ FRED TAYLOR Stage D irector ................................................ SEAMUS O ’NEILL Assistants ................ NORA O’ROURKE, MAURA MCCARTHY, DAPHNE MILLAR Public Relations .......................................... GLADYS MacNEVIN

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Commencing 17 May 1971

N o n Wisdom Show With All Star Cast FO R A LIM ITED SEASON

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