1974 the dancing years

Gaiety Theatre Dublin

Directors Eamonn Andrews, Lorcan Bourke, Fred O’Donovaa.

Dermod Cafferky. Tom Walsh & Toe Kearns

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w A GAIETY EVENING FIRST ACT Meet in the Gaiety. Have a drink in comfort before the show.

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

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

You’re saved time and trouble.

ENCORE Relax after the show.

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

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Licenced Bars on ail Floors.

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SOUTH KING STREET, DUBLIN 2 Telephone 771717 Telegrams ‘‘Gaiety Dublin” Resident M anager; JOE KEARNS

COMMENCING TUESDAY 26 MARCH 1974

RATHMINES & RATHGAR MUSICAL SOCIETY Presents

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Written and Composed by IVOR NOVELLO Lyrics by Christopher Hassall Musical Director Terry O ’Connor L.R.A.M. Choreographer Dolores Delahunty Chorus Master Robert J. Daly

Entire Production by JAMES BELCHAMBER FOR RATHMINES & RATHGAR MUSICAL SOCIETY Stage D irector : BETTY LONG Assistant stage directors : DAPHNE MILLAR & PAULA RYAN Honorary Secretary : CLEM P. RYAN Honorary Treasurer : THOMAS MURTAGH Wardrobe M aster : ED DELANEY W ardrobe Mistress : CYNTHIA TAYLOR D irector of Publicity : GLADYS MacNEVIN

International Season of Grand Opera Commencing Monday 15th A pril 1974 Each Evening at 7.45 p.m.

RIGOLETTO (Verdi) Mon. 15th, Wed. 17th, Fri. 19th, Thurs 25th April

SIMON BOCCANEGRA (Verdi) Tues. 16th, Thurs 18th, Sat. 20th, Mon. 22nd A pril

LUCIA Dl LAMMERMOOR (D onizetti) Tues. 23rd, Sat. 27th April, Wed. 1st May

MADAME BUTTERFLY (P uccini) Wed. 24th, Fri. 26th, Mon. 29th A pril, Fri. 3rd May

LA FAVORITA (Donizetti) Tues. 30th A pril, Thurs. 2nd, Sat. 4th May

THE DANCING YEARS SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY ACT ONE — 1911 SCENE ONE : The garden of an Inn, near Vienna.

SCENE TW O : The same.

A MASQUE OF VIENNA (Part One, 1911) SCENE THREE: The bare stage of the Theatre an der Wein. (A month la te r).

INTERLUDE : The first performance of Rudi's operetta ‘ LORELEI'. (It is at the end of the first half of the operetta and Signor Ceruti, as ‘V ladim ir’, sings of his love for Lorelei.)

SCENE FOUR: The corridor outside the Grand T ier boxes at the Theatre an der Wein. (During the intermission of the operetta.)

INTERLUDE : The performance continues. It is the second half of the operetta and Frau Cacile Kurt as the ‘Countess’ sings of the joys of Vienna in the springtime. Leading to the final scene of the operetta.

(The scene is a soiree given by the Countess, Duchess B lauveldt Stremnitz to celebrate the return of her son, Vladimir, after his unfortunate affaire with the fascinating Lorelei. He has given his prom ise to his m other not to see Lorelei, from whom he has parted in the previous act, for one year. The Countess had, meanwhile, ex­ tracted a promise from Lorelei that she would leave the Court and not return.)

At the curtain call, an enthusiastic audience insist that S ignor Ceruti should perform an encore.

SCENE FIVE: The Boudoir at Maria Zeigler's apartment.

(A fter the performance.)

ACT TWO — 1914 SCENE O N E : The terrace outside Rudi’s home at Belvedere, Vienna.

SCENE TWO : The same. (A week later.)

A MASQUE OF VIENNA (Part Two, 1914) SCENE THREE: Rudi’s home. It is the ‘Festival of Music and Dance’ (1927) A MASQUE OF VIENNA (Part Three, 1927) SCENE FOUR : Locher’s Restaurant.

SCENE FIVE : The garden of the Inn (1938) SCENE SIX : A former room of the Royal Palace, Vienna.

FINALE : "Vienna Remembered” .

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CHARACTERS IN THE MASQUE :

OTTO G 0E T 2 E R .................................Paschal Walsh

THE OFFICER ........................................ Noel Byrne THE GIRL OF HIGH FAMILY ... Dolores Delahunty HER FR IE N D .................................... Margaret Joyce THE FLAPPER (their sister) ....... Fiona Cashman THE C H IL D ......................................Bairbre Ni Bhroin THE GOVERNESS............................. Vivienne Tobin THE TOY VENDOR .................................... Pat Egan THE FLOWER G IR L ..........................Lorraine Stierle THE M O D IS TE ..................................Carmel Brennan THE ROUE ............................................ Ray Cobban THE CABBIE ........................................ Paddy Joyce OFFICERS ......................................... Tom Singleton Sean Hogan Noel Dillon THE WAITER ................................. Tommy O’Dwyer THE PAPER B O Y ......................................Mark Cahill THE BEGGAR WOMAN ........................ Kay Forde

CRETE SCHONE ............................ Una Crawford RUDI KLEBER .................................... Noel Murphy (by kind permission of the RTE Authority)

FRANZEL VON WILMETZ ............ Brendan Galvin HATTIE W ATNEY............................ Heather Hewson LILLI ................................................. Imelda Bradley MADAME MITZI PELOTTI .................... Liz Whelan 1st OFFICER ......................................... Noel Byrne MARIA ZEIGLER ............................ Louise Studley PRINCE CHARLES METTERLING Maurice O’Sullivan FRAU CACILLE KURT ............................ Lucy Lane SIGNOR CERUTI .................... Camillus Mountaine COUNTESS LOTTI SADUN ....... Barbara Graham FOOTMAN ......................................... John Maguire SCHANI ................................................. Chris Bruton

A Masque of Vienna is intended to convey an im­

OSCAR ................................................. Sean Hogan

pression of contemporary life of a Viennese street and has no connection with the main story.

KATHIE ......................................... Doreen Sheridan C A R L ................................................. Barry Redmond PAUL (Young Waiter) .....................

Mark Cahill POLDI .............................................. Henry Kennedy In the Operetta ‘Lorelei’ : THE COUNTESS (Frau Kurt) ............... Lucy Lane THE PRINCE (Signor Ceruti) Camillus Mountaine LORELEI (Maria Zei gl er) ........... Louise Studley AIDE DE CAMPE ................................ Jack Conroy M IN IS TE R .........................

Noel Byrne

MAJOR DOMO ..................................... Paddy Joyce

OFFICERS, LADIES, GENTLEMEN-ABOUT-TOWN, and WAITERS Misses Patricia Macauley, Eva Staveley, Sheila Molloy, Doreen Sheridan, Mary McCann, Imelda Bradley, Ena Harrold, Ann Walshe, Angela McBrien, Sally Young, Anne McEvoy, Frances Barrett, Maura Cox. Messrs. Barney Gorman, Noel Dillon, Henry Kennedy, Paddy Joyce, Paul Mulvanney, Jack Conroy, Michael Cullen, Pat Lawlor, Ed Delan­ ey, Sean Hogan, Noel Byrne, Pat Egan, Tommy O ’Dwyer, John O’Carroll.

CREDITS C ostum es by £. B. W A TTS & CO., M an ch e ste r Miss S tu d le y ’s C o stu m e s by BABS DE M O NTE C ig a re tte s by c o u rte s y of P. J. C A R R O LL & CO., G ra n d Parade, D u b lin 6.

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The p u b lic may leave at th e end of th e p e rfo rm a n c e by all Exit d o o rs. P e rso n s sh a ll not be p e rm itte d to stand o r sit in any of th e g a n g w a y s in te rs e c tin g th e se a tin g , o r to s it in any of th e o th e r g a n gw a ys. (C o p y of b y -la w s).

HAPPY FAMILIES TAKE A HOLIDA Y

THE DUBLIN BALLET CLUB The Dublin Ballet Club has been in existence for eight years and has a membership of about 70, approxim ately twothirds of whom are ballet students and teachers. Six annual public performances have been given in Dublin, the last one in December 1973 being presented as the Dublin Dance Theatre. Repeat presentations have been made in Cork, Waterford and Tullamore, besides charity events. A Cabaret group has been formed during this winter, which has con足 tributed to several charity concerts. In addition to productions, the Club also holds annual competitions and a summer school, the members meeting weekly all the year round.

Enquiries should be sent to Mrs. C. Butterworth, Inniscara, Carrickmines, Co. Dublin.

DANCING ENSEMBLE (by courtesy Dublin Ballet Club) Misses Margaret Joyce, Vivienne Tobin, Elizabeth Macauley, Carmel Brennan, Christine Red足 mond Lorraine Stierle, Bairbre Ni Bhroin, Fiona Cashman.

Messrs. Tom Singleton, Paddy Joyce, Noel Byrne, Ray Cobban, Ed Delaney, Barney Gorman.

Commencing 13th May 1974 Direct from Spain

BALLET GALLEGO The World Famous Galician Ballet Co., with a full Company of Co-Artistes

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Commencing May 6th 1974 Theatre of the South Ltd., Present For one week only James N. Healy in

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COMMENCING JULY EAMONN ANDREWS STUDIOS Present MAUREEN POTTER In

GAELS OF LAUGHTER 74 with all star cast Full details to be announced later

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