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Gaiety Theatre Dublin O ire c iiT * E a m o n n A n d re w s . Lorcan B ourk e. Fred O 'D o n o T a n D e r m o d CafTerkv. lo e K earns. T o m W alsh.

Commencing March 6th, 1978 THE RATHM INES & RATHGAR M USICAL SOCIETY presents

Music by FREDERICK LOEWE Book & Lyrics by ALAN J. LERNER Based on a novel by COLETTE

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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 for 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.

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W e tru s t you enjoyed your Gaiety evening rcome n m o ag a n aain! in I Licenced Bars on all Floors.

GAIETY

THEATRE

Directors: Eamonn Andrews, Lorcan Bourke, Fred O ’Donovan, Dermod Cafferky, Joe Kearns, Tom Walsh.

R esident M a n a g e r: JO E KEARNS

Tel. 771717

Commencing Monday March 6th, 1978 THE RATHMINES & RATHGAR MUSSCAL SOCIETY presents

(by a rra n g e m e n t with Evans Plays, London) M usic by F red e ric Loew e Book & Lyrics by Alan J . Lerner

M usical D i r e c t o r : GEAROID GRANT C h o ru s M a s t e r : HEATHER HEWSON C h o reography: MAVIS ASCOTT

C o stu m e s d e s ig n e d by K otchie B ourke-Patton an d e x e c u te d by P. J. B ou rk e & Co.

Design: BRONWEN CASSON Direction : JAMES BELCHAMBER

GIGI AN IRISH PREMIERE P ar is in t h e S p r i n g — blossom ing trees and flow er-filled parks — where young lovers — and an older love affair — form the backg ro und fo r the delightful story of GIG), w ritten by Colette, the fam ous French w rite r who sadly, saw n eithe r the play, the H ollyw ood film , no r the musical, all of w hich, based on her book, w ere later produced.

The scene is set in the Bois de Boulogne, in the first year of this century.

Gaiety, youth and laughter w ith some m ischiev­ ous intrigue, are the them e of th is beautiful twoact m usical, enhanced thro ugh ou t by Lerner and Loew e’s u nforgetta ble music.

The show inevitably brings to mind M aurice C hevalie r’s perform ance in the role o f Honore Lachailles, when he played tw enty years ago with Leslie Caron and Louis Jourdan. His picture in this part (co u rte sy M G M ) is on the co ve r of his autobiog ra ph ical w riting s, BRAVO, MAURICE, pub­ lished a few years ago.

Honore meets again his old love M am ita and one of the h ig hligh ts of the show is th e ir singing of the hauntingly lovely ‘Ah, yes, I rem em ber it w e ll’.

The young Gigi, still a c h ild in G aston’s exper­ ienced eyes, soon captures his heart, and in rapturous scenes, w here incide ntally som e very glam ourous costum es are w orn, the love stories of fo u r eleg ant people reach a satisfactory con­ clusion!

O ther fa m ilia r songs are the them e song T h a n k Heaven fo r Little G irls ’; ‘The N ight They Invented C ham pagne’; ‘G ig i’; and the p oignant ‘I’m G lad I’ m Not Young Any M ore ’ .

GIGI began as a novel. It was first film e d as a straight su bje ct in the 1940’s in France w ith Dan­ ielle D elorm e in the lead.

In 1951 A n ita Loos, the A m erican novelist, made a dram atisation fo r the stage, and this w as pro­ duced in London in 1956 w ith Leslie C aron, Ena B urrell and Tony B ritton, d irected by Peter Hall, then the husband o f Miss Caron.

The story became a Hollywood musical two years later, with Miss Caron again in the title role, Maurice Chevalier and Louis Jourdan as the other principals. This was directed by Vincente Minelli, father of Liza Minelli.

Lerner and Loewe also wrote Brigadoon (1947 Broadway); My Fair Lady (1956); and Camelot (1960). Loewe was born in Vienna in 1901, the year G igi’s musical story begins.

GIG) first appeared as a stage musical in New York in November 1973. Alfred Drake, Daniel Massey and Karin Wolfe were in the show, which received several Tony Awards later that season.

It should be warmly received by our faithful Dublin audiences!

G. Mac N.

Commencing Monday 17th April, 1978 NOEL PEARSON presents

Tony Kenny IN

PLAIN PORTER An Entertainment based on the music of COLE PORTER with ROSALEEN LINEMAN and EMMY ANGELIE BATTLER

Music by FREDERICK LOEWE Book & Lyrics by ALAN J. LERNER

Honore Lachailles ........ .. BRENDAN McSHANE Gaston Lachailles .......... ......... JONATHAN RYAN Liane d’Exelmans........... DOLORES DELAHUNTY Inez Alvarez (Mamita) . ...... HEATHER HEWSON Gigi ................................... ........ SIOBHAN SCALLY Aunt Alicia ..................... .......... GLYNIS CASSON Charles (her chauffeur) ....... PASCHAL WALSHE Head Waiter ................... ............... SEAN HOGAN Hotel Receptionist ....... ....... BRENDAN GALVIN ROBERT DALY

Telephone Installer .......

Maitre d’Hotel ............... ........... LARRY SHELLEY

Singing Ensemble: Misses. Eva Staveley; Sally Young; Ann Crossan; Sheila Molloy; Doreen Sheridan; Mary McCann; Jennifer Patterson; A nn McEvoy; M ichele O ’Byrne; Pat Moore; Judith O ’ Brien; Rosannagh LucasClements; Mary Sue Moore; A ngela M cBrien; Dodo O’Hagan.

Messrs. Derm ot Collins; Frank Jacob; A listair Smeaton; M ichael McFall; David Barry; Dorn Car­ roll; Tim Devlin; Noel Dillon; Larry Shelley; Robert Daly; Brendan Galvin; Sean Hogan.

Lucille ............................. .......... DODO O’HAGAN Sandomir ......................... .......... TOM SINGLETON Dancing Teacher ........... ........ DERMOT COLLINS Manuel ............................ ...........

PAT CAMPBELL

Maitre du Fresne .......... . MAURICE O’SULLIVAN Maitre Duclos ............... ...............

NOEL DILLON

Law Clerks ....... TIM DEVLIN, DERMOT COLLINS DAVID BARRY, SEAN HOGAN

Dancing Ensemble: Leonie Cruise; Bairbre Ni Bhroin; Jennifer O ’Toole; Una O ’Hare; Linda Merity; Linda Griffin; Gillian Daley; Hazel Tyrer; Elizabeth Macauley; Jen Kelly.

Juliette ............................ ....... ANGELA McBRIEN Flower Lady ................... ..................... KAY FORDE Little Girls ...................... ............. GILLIAN GRANT JOANNA CAMPBELL Little B oys........................ ............ FELIM GORMLEY MICHAEL CREEDON

Bus Boys: Corm ac McShane; Niall Crosbie; Derm ot Hurst; Paddy W helan; Gerry Kenny; Brendan Regan.

The Accountant ........... ............... FRED TAYLOR

Direction : JAMES BEJ.CHAMBER

Design : BRONWEN CASSON

FOR RATHMINES & RATHGAR MUSICAL SOCIETY: Stage Director Assisted by Hon. General Secretary Hon. Treasurer P ublic Relations W ardrobe Master W ardrobe Mistress Business Secretary

CLAIRE CAHILL MAIRE Nl CHUINNEAGAlN PAT CAMPBELL MICHAEL FORDE GLADYS MacNEVIN PAT LAWLOR CYNTHIA TAYLOR SEAN HOGAN

Block Booking E n q u irie s : MR. FRED TAYLOR, "D artry” , Ardtona Avenue, Dublin 14.

Telephone 981249

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

Lighting Equipm ent by Bourke-Strand Electric Ltd.

PRINTING FOR 1978

Elo Press Limited Dublin 8. Telephone 751257 49 Reuben Avenue,

C R E D ITS : Henry W interman; Edward C arroll & Co.; Irish Blindcraft; Kylemore : Contectronery; China Showro6ms; Hibernian Antiques.

SYNOPSIS OF SCENES ACT I Scene 1 A park, then a restaurant in the Bois de Boulogne Scene

Mamita’s apartment im m e d ia te ly fo llo w in g

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Aunt A licia ’s apartment a s h o rt tim e la te r

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(a) Transition to the resturant of the Eiffel Tower (b) Restaurant of the Eiffel Tower e v e n in g

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Stage L— Aunt A licia ’s apartment Stage R— Honore’s dressing room ea rly a fte rn o o n , the fo llo w in g day

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Mamita’s apartment th re e w e e k s later, in la te afte rn o o n

(a) En route to Trouville im m e d ia te ly fo llo w in g

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(a) Lobby of the Grand Hotel, Trouville (b) The beach at Trouville the fo llo w in g afte rn o o n

ACT II Scene

Mamita’s apartment fo u r w e e k s la ter, in m id -a fte rn o o n

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The street outside Mamita’s apartment im m e d ia te ly fo llo w in g

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Legal office of Maitre du Fresne a day o r tw o la te r Mamita’s apartment the fo llo w in g day

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A street cafe an h o u r la te r

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Mamita’s apartment la te r th a t da y

Scene 7 Maxim’s that n ig h t

DUBUN GRAND OPERA SOCIETY presents Monday March 27 — April 15

SPRING SEASON 1978 RIGOLETTO 27th, 29th, 31st March and 8th April —

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TURANDOT 28th, 30th March, 1st and 4th April --

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ERNANI 3rd, 6th, 11th and 15th April —

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L ITALIANA IN ALGERI 5th, 7th and 13th April —

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LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO 10th, 12th and 14th April —

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