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KING STREET, DUBLIN 2.

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

Commencing Monday March 26th, 1979

THE RATHMINES & RATHGAR MUSICAL SOCIETY presents

Srieet Charity

A GAIETY EVENING Meet in the Gaiety. Have a d rin k in comfort b e fore the show Bars open 7.30 p.m. O rder and pay for d rinks for the interval

INTERVAL Your d rinks are ready and waiting l o r y o u a t y o u r table.

Y o u 're saved tim e and trouble

ENCORE Relax afte r the show.

Have a d rin k. The bars are always open for h a lf an hour after curtain fall.

FINALE iHiiliMi

W e t r u s t you enjoyed your G aiety evening com e again!

Licenced Bars on all Floors.

GAIETY THEATRE Resident Manager: JO E KEARNS SOUTH KING STREET, DUBLIN 2 Telephone: 771717 T elegram s: Gaiety Theatre

Commencing Monday March 26th, 1979

THE RATHMINES & RATHGAR MUSICAL SOCIETY presents

(by arrangement with Musicscope, London) Book b y: NEIL SIMON M usic by :C Y COLEMAN Lyrics b y : DOROTHY FIELDS Musical D irector: GEfi<HO\D GRANT Chorus M a ste r: HEATHER HEWSON Costumes: P. J. Bourke & Co. and Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society

Design: WENDY SHEA Direction and Choreography: MAVIS ASCOT! Assisted b y : PAT CONWAY and TOM SINGLETON

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DUBLIN GRAND OPERA SOCIETY presents

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April 16,18,20,23,28

LA TRAVIATA Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

April 17,19,21, 25, 27

TOSCA Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

April 24,26. May 1,3

LA CENERENTOLA Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)

April 30, May 2 ,4 ,5

MACBETH Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) With International Guest Stars The Radio Telefis Eireann Symphony Orchestra (By kind permission of the RTE Authority)

S w e e t C h arity Sweet Charity opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London, some 12 years ago. ‘ Irresistible’ — ‘a triumph’ — ‘sweet’ — ‘pretty’ and ‘very funny’ were some of the terms used by the critics. Since that night in O ctober 1967, the Show has run successfully on stage, film and television, gaining further plaudits.

The story is a simple one, and stems from an Oscar-winning Italian film The Nights o f Cabiria, directed by Frederico Fellini. In the Musical version, the heroine is Charity Hope Valentine, a New York dance-hall hostess.

Against the dance-hall background, Charity’s hopes and dreams are poignant at times. Her love affairs seem to flounder, but one goes along with her in the hope that ‘This time it will all turn out right’.

Charity, Helene and Nickie decide ‘There’s Gotta be something better than this’ and leave the Fandango Ballroom. Charity celebrates by going to a cultural lecture in the YMCA, gets stranded in a lift and there meets a new love — Oscar.

O f the many enticing songs, a few especially memorable for their gaiety and excitement are The Rhythm o f Life, the title song and Big Spender.

This is the sixth brilliantly successful musical for Neil Simon, in at least one of which he has also collaborated with Cy Coleman. Dorothy Fields com pletes a team of experienced and dedicated writers.

The original American production of SWEET CHARITY was presented

by Fryer, Carr and Harris, currently represented on Broadway by the record-breaking MAME. G. MacN

Charity Oscar Nickie Helene Herman Vidal Ursula Manfred Big Daddy Big D addy’s Assistants Rosie Married Couple 1st Young Man Woman with hat Ice-Cream Vendor John Stratton 2nd Woman Baseball Player Girl Man with dog Spanish Young Man Charlie

Helen Jordan Jonathan Ryan Dolores Delahunty Daire Brennan-Holahan Dermod Lynskey Maurice McDonough Una Crawford Chris Bruton Ray Barror Noel Magee, Paschal Walsh Rita Barror Dolores Barry, John Guiney Brendan Galvin Dodo O’Hagan Niall Crosbie J* Joe Corbett Rita Barror £ Mark Dixon Ann Crossan Cormac McShane Pat Morris Ray Barror

Direction : M AVIS ASCOTT

Marvin 1st Cop 2nd Cop 1st Woman Panhandler 2nd Woman Panhandler Man Panhandler Doorman at Pompeii Club Waiter at Pompeii Club Girl at Booth 1st Woman 2nd Woman Young Man Fan-Dango Girls

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Noel Magee Paschal Walsh Noel Magee Siobhan Scally Doreen Sheridan Pat Morris John Donnelly John Guiney imelda Bradley Dodo O’Hagan Judith O’Brien Mark Dixon Pat Scully Joan Brittan Rita Somerville Pauline Barror Pauline Woods Fiona Hanby Vonnie Goulding

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

Design : WENDY SHEA

The Singers and Dancers of Times Square :

Messrs Frank Jacob; Larry Shelley; Paschal Walsh; Brendan Galvin; Noel Magee; Niall Crosbie; Dom Carroll; Mark Dixon; Joseoh McShane; Cormac McShane; David Beddy; John Donnelly; Pat Morris; Michael Harte; John Guiney; Seamas Murohy; Damien O’Dea; Joe Corbett; George Brady.

Misses Eva Staveley; Maura Cox; Dodo O ’Hagan; Judith O’Brien; Doreen Sheridan; Ann Crossan; Zinda Allshire; Joan Brittan; Pauline Woods; Angela McBrien; Marie Culliton; Siobhan Scally; Ann Colgan; Cathy O ’Malley; Imelda Bradley; Pat Scully; Dolores Barry; Pat Buckley; Rita Barror; Pauline Barror; Rita Somerville; Hazel Tyrer; Bairbre Gavin; Sheila Carroll; Sandra Bourke; Gillian Daly.

FOR RATHMINES & RATHGAR MUSICAL SOCIETY BETTY LONG Stage Director DAPHNE MILLAR Assisted by

General Secretary Treasurer Booking Secretary Public Relations Wardrobe Master Wardrobe Mistress Business Secretary

CLODAGH FOLEY TERRY MURRAY PATRICK CAMPBELL MICHAEL FORDE FRED TAYLOR GLADYS MacNEVIN PAT LAWLOR CYNTHIA TAYLOR SEAN HOGAN

Block Booking Enquiries:

MR. FRED TAYLOR “ Dartry” , Ardtona Avenue, Dublin 14. Telephone 981249

C redits:

Cigarettes by Player Wills Wicker Furniture courtesy The Blind Institute Workshops, Rathmines

Synopsis of Scenes and Musical Numbers ACT I PROLOGUE: CHARITY’S WISH Scene 1 : THE PARK You Should See Yourself The Rescue Scene 2 : HOSTESS ROOM Scene 3 : FAN-DANGO BALLROOM Big Spenoer Scene 4 : NEW YORK STREET Scene 5 : POMPEII CLUB Rich Man's Frug Scene 6 : VITTORIO VIDAL’S APARTMENT If M y Friends Could See Me Now Too M any Tomorrows Scene 7 : HOSTESS ROOM There's Gotta Be Something Bener Than This Scene 8 : 92nd STREET ‘YM CA’ I'm The Bravest Individual

ACT II Scene 1 : 92nd STREET ‘YM CA’ Scene 2 : RHYTHM OF LIFE CHURCH Rhy*hm Of Life Scene 3 : GOING CROSS-TOWN

Scene 4 : CHARITY’S APARTMENT B a by Dream Your Dream Scene

5 : CONEY ISLAND Sweet Charity

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6 : FAN-DANGO BALLROOM

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7 : TIMES SQUARE Where Am I Going

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8 : BARNEY’S CHILE HACIENDA

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9 : ‘ I’M A BRASS BAND’

Scene 1 0 : FAN-DANGO BALLROOM I Love To Cry A t Weddings Scene 11 : THE PARK

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