1977 the merry widow

Gaiety Theatre Dublin

D irecto rs Eam onn A ndrew s, Lorcan B ourke, F re d O ’D onovan, D e rm o d Cafferky, Joe K earns, Tom W alsh.

COMMENCING MARCH 21st 1977

R ath m in es & R athgar Musical S ociety p re s e n ts

THE MERRY WIDOW

B ook & L y r ic s : PHIL PARK Music b y : FRANZ LEHAR

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 half an hour after curtain fall.

FINALE ft ftil Aftifti

W e tru st you enjoyed your Gaiety evening r.nmp come anain a g a in !I Licenced Bars on all Floors.

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GAIETY THEATRE SOUTH KING STREET, DUBLIN 2 Telegrams Gaiety Dublin Telephone 771717 Resident Manager : JOE KEARNS

Commencing Monday, March 21st Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society presents

THE MERRY WIDOW M usic b y : FRANZ LEHAR B ook & Lyrics b y : PHIL PARK M usical D ir e c to r : Comdt. Fred O ’Callaghan C horus M a s te r: H eather Hewson C h o re o g ra p h y : D olores Delahunty S e ttin g s : Gaiety Theatre W orkshop C o s tu m e s : Designed by K otchie Bourke-Patton and executed

by M /s . P. J. Bourke & Sons, Dame Street

Entire Production b y : JAMES BELCHAMBER

GAIETY THEATRE SUNDAY, 27th MARCH 1977 AT 8 p.m.

FOR ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY

EAMONN ANDREWS STUDIOS PRESENTS

An Evening with

Moira Anderson SPECIAL GUESTS:

Garda Band CHRIS CURRAN

MICHAEL O’DEA

VERONICA McSWINEY SEATS:

£2,

£1.50,

£1,

75p.

Now Booking a t : Gaiety Thatre, Switzers and Brown Thomas.

TH E MERRY W IDOW Franz L e h a r’s im m o rta l m u sica l — w a s firs t p ro d u c e d in V ie n n a in th e T h e a te r an d e r W ie n on D e c e m b e r 30, 1905.

It has b e e n u n ive rsa lly h a ile d as L e h a r’s m a s te rp ie c e , a lth o u g h if the d a u g h te r o f th e a u th o r o f th e s to ry h ad n ot had an eye fo r a g o o d -lo o kin g man, he m ig h t n e ve r have been its c o m p o s e r !

It seems th a t th e re was d iffic u lty in g e tting so m e o n e to w rite m usic s u ita b le fo r the plo t, and th e g irl to ld h e r fa th e r th a t the young (a n d h a n dso m e ) band c o n d u c to r at th e lo ca l ic e -rin k had w ritte n som e fin e m arches. She rec o m m e n d e d his being in vite d .

By the e v e n ing o f th e d a y o n w h ic h he w as fin a lly c o m ­ m issio ne d fo r th e task, L e h a r had w ritte n the firs t song.

T h e year w a s 1905 and he w o rk e d th ro u g h th e sum m e r, c o m p le tin g th e s c o re in th e autum n.

A s a resu lt w e have to d a y th e g e n iu s, in s p ira tio n , c ra ftm a n sh ip a n d im a g in a tio n w h ic h goes to the m a k in g o f th e s p a rk lin g a nd u n fo rg e tta b le m u s ic o f “ T h e M erry W id o w ” .

T h e show re a c h e d Daly’s T he a tre in L o ndon w ith Lily E lsie in the na m e p a rt and J o se p h C oyn e as C o u n t D an ilo , o p e n in g th e re u n d e r the d ire c tio n o f ‘T h e G uv’n o r’ G e o rg e E dw a rd s on J u n e 8, 1907.

T he re w as an e c s ta tic re c e p tio n and th e m usical re m a in e d the one m ost rem e m be re d in D a ly’s. It s e t a fa sh io n in hats a nd w a ltze s a n d b ro u g h t m o re than o n e m illio n p o u n d s to D a ly ’s.

It w as rev iv e d in May, 1923 w ith Evelyn Laye a n d Carl B risson, a nd a gain in 1944 w ith M a d g e E llio tt and C yril R itchard.

T h e One M illio n t h p e rfo rm a n c e in E u ro p e w a s ce le b ra te d b y a s p e c ia l p re se n ta tio n a t h e r b irth p la c e in V ie n n a , at w h ic h the e n tire a u d ie n ce w a s c o m p o s e d o f a c tre s s e s w h o h ad played th e part.

In th e y e a rs b e tw e e n it ha s p la y e d in in n u m e ra b le c itie s th ro u g h o u t E u rope, B rita in a n d Ire la n d , e n c h a n tin g a u d i­ e n ce s everyw here.

H ere th e n is th e R and R’s o ffe rin g w ith th e h o p e th a t its m usic a n d g a ie ty w ill renew h appy m e m o rie s f o r th e o ld e r fo lk a nd in s p ire th e y o u n g e r g e n e ra tio n to sing its so n g s a n d w h istle its tu n es, as th e y o u n g p e o p le o f th e d a y d id w h e n it fir s t p la y e d in L o n d o n se venty o d d ye a rs ago.

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^T l^e rry <^ iO id o w CAST

ANNA (Madam Glavari) DANILO (Count Danilovitsch) BARON ZETA VALENCIENNE CAMILLE (Count de Rosillon) NJEGUS ST. BRIOCHE CASCADA KROMOV OLGA BOGDANOVITSCH SYLVIA PRASKOVIA PRITSCH LOLO DODO JOU-JOU FROU-FROU CLO-CLO MARGOT Singing Ensemble: Misses: Mary McCann; Eva Staveley; Angela MoBrien; Doreen Sheridan; Maura Cox; Emer O’Sullivan; Anne Crossan; Jennifer Patterson; Sheila Molloy; Marie Culliton; Michele O’Byrne; Nuala Kealy; Margaret Creed; Margaret Hendron; Mary Larkin.

Messrs: Joe Bevan; Denis Deasy; Larry Shelley; John Murphy; Campbell Grant; Noel Lawlor; Michael McFall; Jim Butler; Hugh Governey; Cyril McKeown; George Brady; Robin Fitzgerald;

LOUISE STUDLEY PHILIP BYRNE FINTAN CORISH MONA CONROY FRANK KENNEDY RAY BARROR BRENDAN GALVIN NOEL DILLON PASCHAL WALSH DOLORES BARRY NOEL BYRNE ANN McEVOY DODO O’HAGAN KEN WATTERS ANGELA McBRIEN MICHELE O'BYRNE JENNIFER PATTERSON EMER O’SULLIVAN ANN CROSSAN DOREEN SHERIDAN Noel Byrne; Ken Watters; Seamus Conaty; Peter Shannon.

Dancing Ensemble: (Courtesy Dublin Ballet Club and Castleknock School of Dance).

Misses: Maria Kelly; Aedeen O’Hagan; Bairbre Ni Bhroin; Jean Killoch; Leonie Cruise; Una O’Hare and George Brady.

Dream Ballet in Act II: Young Anna: Leonie Cruise; Young Danilo: George Brady.

SYNOPSIS OF SCENES ACT ONE Scene

I A Salon in the Pontevedrian Embassy in Paris.

ACT TWO Scene I The gardens of Madame Glavari’s resi­ dence — early the following evening.

Scene I! Madame Glavari’s residence — Maxim’s — later that night.

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Period: The turn of the century.

For Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society:

Stage Director assisted by Hon General Secretary Hon Business Sec. Hon Treasurer Public Relations Hon Wardrobe Master Hon Wardrobe Mistress Booking Sec. :

Daphne Millar Nora O’ Rourke Patrick Campbell Sean Hogan Michael Forde Gladys MacNevin Pat Lawlor Cynthia Taylor Fred Taylor

C R E D IT S :

Wrought Iron Garden Furniture: Courtesy Paul Sexton Garden Centre

Block Booking Enquiries: Fred Taylor, “ Dartry” , Ardtona Avenue, Dublin 14.

Telephone 981249

C om m encing Monday, 2nd May 1977

JAC K C RU ISE

in

SPRING CRUISE

A Glittering Seasonal Revuesical of Music, Laughter & Song

with

Austin Gaffney

and all Star Cast

OPENING MONDAY 11 APRIL, 1977

DUBLIN GRAND OPERA SOCIETY

presents

Spring Season 1977 MADAME BUTTERFLY (Puccini) 11, 13, 15, 19, 21 April

FALSTAFF (Verdi) 12, 14, 16 April

MANON LESCAUT (Puccini) 18, 20, 23, 27 April

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (Rossini) 22, 25, 29 April

NABUCCO (Verdi) 26, 28, 30 April

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