1976 guys and dolls

G aiety T h eatre Dublin Commencing March 29th, 1976

THE RATHMINES & RATHGAR MUSICAL SOCIETY presents

a n d Q )o ll6 Music & Lyrics by FRANK LOESSER Based on a story & characters by DAMON RUNYON

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

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

INTERVAL Y ou r 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 half an hour afte r curtain fall.

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you| enj°ye^ y°ur cometrust again . °

Licenced Bars on all Floors.

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GAIETY

THEATRE

SO U TH KING S T R E E T , DUBLIN 2 Telegrams “ G a ie ty Dublin” Telephone 771717 Directors : Eam onn Andrews, L orcan Bourke, Fred O’Donovan D erm od Cafferky, Tom W alsh and Joe Kearns Resident M anager : JO E KEARNS

Opening Monday March 29th, 1976 THE RATHMINES & RATHGAR MUSICAL SOCIETY presents

Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser Book by Jo Swerling & Abe Burrows Based on a story & characters by Damon Runyon

Musical D ire c to r: TERRY O’CONNOR, L.R.A.M. Chorus M a s te r: HEATHER HEWSON C horeographer: BERNIE KEOGH

Settings designed and executed by the Gaiety Theatre Workshop Costumes designed and executed by Kotchie Bourke-Patton for P. J. Bourke & Co.

Directed by ALAN SIMPSON

Opening Tuesday 22nd June, 1976 For a Very Limited Season PAUL ELLIOTT ENTERPRISES LTD.

presents

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. WILFRED HYDE WHITE DAVID LANGTON DINAH SHERIDAN in

THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY

Comencing July 1976

Maureen Potter in the Summer Show

GAELS 7 6 WITH FULL SUPPORTING CAST

WHAT IS A CRAP GAM E?

“ Craps” is a game of chance — a gamble — played w ith two dice. It is illegal and, therefore, much favoured by the characters who frequent Broadway. Whenever a group of enthusiasts gathers, anxious to “ Shoot Craps” , one always finds a gentleman willing to set the game up for them — for a modest percentage of the winnings of course! Just such a man is Nathan Detroit, and tonight we see his attempts to find a place where the cream of the gambling fraternity can get a little “ action” . This is not so easy because the police do not like gamblers, and it would appear that their only mission in life is to break up the game. So the Guys get pushed around and the Dolls (who, after all, are ladies and, therefore, do not approve of gambling) take sides with the police.

There is a third group, who do not take sides with anyone. In fact, through the good offices of the “ Save-a-soul Mission” they rather hope to win everyone over to their side! A betting man might hesitate to lay odds on the outcome of such a situation, but there is one thing sure — it is 12 to 7 on that there will be a happy ending !

One further point — having joined the gambling fraternity, it is essential to learn a few of their strange words. For instance, a G is short for grand which means 1,000 dollars (or bucks or potatoes), w hilst a note has nothing to do with music — it is simply a 100 dollar bill. Money is “ Lettuce” , a “ M arker” is an I.O.U. “ Craps” you win and “ Snake-eyes” you lose.

GUYS AND

DOLLS

Characters (in order of appearance) : Nicely-Nicely Johnson .................... PAUL

FLYNN

Chorus of Guys, Dolls, Salvationists

Benny Southstrest ......................... ROBERT DALY

and C rapshooters:

Rusty Charlie .................................. LOUIS MOORE Sarah Brown ............................ JOAN O’SULLIVAN Arvide A b e rn e th y ........................PADDY O’DWYER

Sally Young, Maura Cox, Anne Crossan, Fran Barrett, Imelda Bradley, Pat Moore, Doreen Sheridan, Angela McBrien, Lynda Coulter,

Harry The Horse ............... TERRY McLOUGHLIN

Fidelma A llen' Margaret Hendron, Eva Staveley, Nuala Kealy, Phil Brady, Dex McGloughlin, Michele O ’Byrne, Pauline Woods, Elizabeth Macauley.

Lt. Brannigan ............................ PASCHAL WALSH Nathan Detroit ................................. EOIN O’BRIEN Angie The Ox ..................................

NOEL BYRNE

Miss Adelaide ..................... LORETTO O’CONNOR

K, , o ^ r, . u ^ Noel Byrne, Ed Delaney, Henry Kennedy, Sean Hogan, Brendan Galvin, Dermot Collins,

Sky Masterson ..................... BRENDAN McSHANE Joey Biltmore ............................ HENRY KENNEDY Mjmj ............................................. IMELDA BRADLEY ^ i >■ ^ » • ■.

General Matilda B. C artw right ... DODO O’HAGAN

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Pat Lawlor, Louis Moore, Paddy Joyce, Michael Cullen, Michael McFall, Larry Shelley, David Beddy, Alo Brady, John Madden, J. J. Johnson.

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Liver Lips L o u ie ................................ SEAN HOGAN Society Max ...................................... PADDY JOYCE Big Jule ................................. ARTHUR McGAURAN

Dancing Ensemble :

Announcer ................................ BRENDAN GALVIN

Cl. . ...

Elizabeth Macauley, Dex McGloughlin, Cleo O’Neill, Imelda Bradley, Christine Mullen, Una

Drunk ......................................... DERMOT COLLINS

Kennedy, Anne

Waiter ......................................... MICHAEL CULLEN Caivin p AT LAWLOR

Woods.

Paddy

Crossan, Sally Young, Pauline

Joyce, EdDelaney, J .J . Johnson.

Agatha ................................................... PAT MOORE Members of Mission Band : (Courtesy of Concord Brass Band) Scene : . r, j n x # .

The action takes place on Broadway, New York, and its environs, and Havana, Cuba, in the heyday of Damon Runyon.

A lfie Branagan, Harold O’Brien, Mervyn O’Brien, J u xU n . .. „ Edward O Bnen, Elizabeth Beatty, Fred Newell, Donal Bannister, Killian Bannister.

CREDITS Caribbean M usical Instrum ents by courtesy of WALTON'S MUSICAL GALLERIES, DUBLIN. Cigarettes : P. J. CARROLL & CO., Grand Parade-

FOR GAIETY THEATRE Stage Manager : PADDY JONES Assistant Stage Manager : GEORGE McFALL Chief Electrician : SEAN BURKE

FOR RATHMINES & RATHGAR MUSICAL SOCIETY Stage D irector : BETTY LONG Stage M anagers : DAPHNE MILLAR & PAULA RYAN Hon. Gen. Secretary : PATRICK CAMPBELL Hon. Business Secretary : SEAN HOGAN Hon. Treasurer : MICHAEL FORDE Public Relations : GLADYS MacNEVIN W ardrobe Master : ED DELANEY W ardrobe Mistress : CYNTHIA TAYLOR Booking Secretary : FRED TAYLOR

B lo c k Booking Enquiries : MR. FRED TAYLOR, “ D artry", Ardtona Avenue, Dublin 14.

Telephone 981249

O pening Monday 10th May

jack Cruise in

HOLIDAY HAYRIDE 76 with AUSTIN GAFFNEY a n d S p ecial G uest

Star

SONNY KNOWLES and ALL-STAR CAST

International Celebrity Concert by the world's outstanding base

BORIS CRISTOFF

SUNDAY 30th MAY, 1976

HAPPY FAMILIES TAKE A

COMMENCING MONDAY 19th APRtL Dublin Grand Opera Society

SPRING SEASON OF OPERA ANDREA CHENIER (Giordano) April 19th, 21st, 23rd

LA BOHEME (Puccini) April 20th, 22nd, 24th, 28t

AIDA (Verdi) April 26th, 29th, May 1st, May 7th

OTELLO (Verdi) April 27th, 30th, May 3rd, 5th

L’ELISIR d’AMORE (Donizetti)

Palm Grove D elicious Ice C ream Now on Sale in this Theatre

HLEtaiEtHgE O P tn AtTtfL THt^HOW (KXIOW M i M f O

The only genuine American Ham burger in Ireland.

First Floor, Grafton Court, Grafton St., DuMia 2 P r in te d by t h e E lo P r e s s Ltd.

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