Com m encing Mondsiy M arch 3 0 ,1 9 8 1 R ath m in es & R athgar M usical S o ciety
Adapted from Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion” Book & Lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER
Music by FREDERICK LOEWE
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G A IET Y T H E A T R E SOUTH KING STREET, DUBLIN 2 Telegrams: Gaiety Theatre
Telephone: 11 M il
Directors: Eamonn Andrews, Lorcan Bourke, Derm od Cafferky, Joe Kearns. Resident Manager: Joe Kearns
Commencing Monday March 30th, 1981
R a th m in e s & R a th g a r M u sical S o c ie ty
P r e s e n ts
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£ady Musical Director Chorus Master Choreography Costumes Mr. McShane’s Wardrobe Set Design
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Gearoid Grant Heather Hewson Alice DaJgamo S. B. Watts & Co. Manchester Louis Copeland, Dublin Robert Heade (by kind permission o f Edwards M acLiam m oir Productions)
Entire Production Directed by STANLEY COLLINGS
My Fair Lady W h e n G e o rg e B ern ard Shaw w rote Pygmalion away back in 1912, he p ro b a b ly did not foresee, astute gentlem an though he was, that his ro m a n tic story would som e day be magically transformed into a stage and film p re sen tatio n which in its musical form, would create an all-time high ratin g in au dience appeal, and run for six and a half years on Broadway, a f te r its initial opening in M arch 1956. It a p p e a rs that it was fifteen years before he started on Pygmalion, that Shaw got th e first germ o f an idea for the play. H e wrote to Ellen Terry: 'C a e s a r a n d C leopatra has been driven clean out of my head by a play I w a n t to write for them (Forbes-R obertson and Mrs. Pat Campbell) in which he shall be a W est-end gentlem an and she an east-end dona in an a p r o n a n d three orange and red feathers.’ T h e first production was in Vienna — in G e rm a n — in 1913. T h e app ealing story of the pretty flower girl with the outrageous accent w as first p resented to the N ew Y ork stage in M arch 1956, u nder its new title M y Fair L ady. W ith its light-hearted, immensely clever lyrics and w o n d erfu l musical score by Alan J a y L e rn er and Frederick Loewe, it b e c a m e a star show overnight, and achieved 2,717 perform ances before it closed in S e p te m b e r 1962. M y Fair L a d y opened a t the T h e a tre Royal, D rury Lane on April 30, 1958, a n d closed on O c to b e r 19 a tte r 2,281 performances, having been seen and ap p lau d e d by 4,325,000 people. A t present the show is still playing to packed houses in London. T h e W a r n e r B rothers film has long since become a classic. T h e genius o f L e rner a n d Loew e is always evident in the twenty-odd songs which have becom e so familiar in the past twenty-five years, and th e eighteen scenes o f the com bined two acts give magnificent scope for th e tran sfo rm ation from Covent G a rd e n vegetable m arket to the co m fo rta b le b achelor q u arters of Professor Higgins, the exciting Ascot scene and the Em bassy Ball. T w elve years ago the R athm ines and R athgar Musical Society p re s e n te d the Irish p rem iere in their Gaiety Spring Season. So great was th e d e m a n d for a further production, that it was decided to re peat the show in the A u tu m n o f th at year (1969) when it again proved an instant success with the D ublin audiences. G .B .S . in his epilogue to the play holds that the history of Eliza D o o little , though called a rom ance because the transfiguration it records se e m s exceedingly im probable, is com m on enough. H ow ever, his a u d ie n c e s m ay take leave to differ with him, and find themselves firmly h e ld by the unusual story o f the flower girl w ho turns into a lady and the P ro fe sso r w h o becom es ‘a n ordinary m a n ’. G . MacN.
For Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society Honorary General Secretary Honorary Treasurer Honorary Booking Secretary Honorary 'Wardrobe Master Honorary Wardrobe Mistress Honorary Business Secretary Stage Direction
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Patrick Cam pbell M ichael Forde Fred Taylor A rth u r Salmon C ynthia Taylor Sean Hogan : D a p h n e Millar, Clodagh Foley and N ora O ’R ourke Public Relations : G ladys MacNevin
Block Booking Enquiries MR. FRED TA Y LO R “ D a rtry ” A rd to n a A ven ue, D ublin 14. P h o n e :981249
For Gaiety Theatre Stage Manager : PADDY JONES Assistant Stage Manager : GEORGE McFALL Chief Electrician : SEAN BURKE Lighting E q u ip m e n t by B o u rk e Strand Electric
T h e public m ay leave at the end of the perform ance by all E x it doors. P e rso n s shall n o t be perm itted to stand or sit in any of the gangways intersecting th e seating, or sit in any of the o th er gangways. (Copy of by-laws)
T h e taking o f photographs in the auditorium is strictly forbidden.
CAST (in order o f their appearance) Buskers EILEEN O ’CARROLL JEAN KILLOCH JOHN BRADY DODO O ’HAGAN ANNE GRAYSON Freddy Eynsford-Hill BRYAN HOEY Colonel Pickering MAURICE 0 ‘SULLIVAN A Bystander ROBIN FITZGERALD
OVfy ‘J a it Sady Butler NOEL MAGEE Servants SEAN HOGAN MICHELE O ’BYRNE
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill Eliza Doolittle
Henry Higgins BRENDAN McSHANE SelseyMan JOE BEVAN Hoxton Man BRENDAN GALVIN Another Bystander SEAMUS GREENE First Cockney NOEL MAGEE Second Cockney VINCENT BECKER Third Cockney BRENDAN GALVIN Fourth Cockney RAY RYAN
DOLORES BARRY JUNE MOLLO Y MARIE CULLITON Mrs. Higgins GLYNIS CASSON Chauffeur DOM CARROLL Lord Boxington BRENDAN GALVIN Lady Boxington ANGELA McBRIEN Black Widow ANNE CROSSEN Constable
Flower Girl CATHY O ’MALLEY Zoltan Karpathy PATRICK CAMPBELL Flunkeys NOEL LAWLOR
Bartender PASCHAL WALSH Harry ROBERT McKEVITT Jamie TONY SWEENY
WILLIAM BENNETT Major Domo
RODERICK TIERNEY
Queen of Transylvania
MARIE KELLY Mrs. Hopkins MARY-SUE DUGGAN
Ambassador
Alfred P. Doolittle Mrs. Pearce
PATRICK GARTON
PATRICK GARTON EVA STAVELEY SEAMUS GREENE
Mrs. Higgins’ Maid BRONACH KELLY
Singing Ensemble
Misses: M a u ra Cox, A ngela M cBrien, Sheila M olloy, N uala Kealy, M arian M ullins, Eva Staveley, Michelle Foynes, D ym pna Egar, Jo an B rittan, Cathy O ’M alley, B ronach Kelly, D o re e n Sheridan, Sally Y o u n g , A n n e Crossen, D o d o O 'H a g a n , Mary-Sue Duggan, P at M oore, Z in d a FitzGerald.
Messrs: R o b in FitzG erald, Jo e Bevan, B rendan Galvin, Seamus G re en e, N o el M a g ee , V incent B ecker, Ray R y an , Paschal W alsh, Sean Hogan, D o m C arroll, Patrick C a rto n , Noel Lawlor, Frank Jacob, L arry Shelley, Seam us M urphy, William Bennett.
Dancing Ensemble M ary Sm yth, R ap h ae lle Culien, Eileen O 'C a rro ll, Jean Killoch, Isabelle M artin, John Brady.
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Credits M r. M c S h an e’s C ardigan by G len A b bey Ltd. Cigars by Jam es J. Fox & Co. Ltd. D ec an ters and G lasses by Cavan Crystal. T e le p h o n e by C onversation Piece Ltd. W ickerw are by Blindcraft, Rathmines. W igs fo r Miss G ray so n a n d Miss Staveley supplied by P e te r M ark, G ra fto n Street. H a ir Styles for Miss G rayson and Miss Staveley by K eira, P e te r M ark , G rafton Street. Miss Kelly’s hair styled by U n a , Switzers H airdressing Salon, G rafton Street.
Synopsis o f Scenes and Musical Numbers The Place is London. The time, 1912.
ACT I Scene 1 Outside the Opera House, Covent Garden — A cold March night Street Entertainers — T h e T hree Buskers “W/hy Can't The E nglish" — Higgins “W o u ld n 't It Be L o verly? ” — Eliza and Cockneys
Scene 2
A Tenement section, Tottenham Court Road — Immediately following '"With a Little B it O f L u c k " - - Doolittle, H a rry and Jam ie
Scene 3
Higgins’ Study — The following morning " I'm A n O rdinary M a n " — Higgins
Scene 4
A Tenement section, Tottenham Court Road — Three days later Reprise “With A Little Bit O f L u c k " — Doolittle and Ensem ble
Scene 5
Higgins’ Study — Later that day “Just Y o u W ait’’— Eliza “The R ain In S p a in " — Higgins, Eliza and Pickering “I C ou ld H ave D anced A ll N ight’’— Eliza, Mrs. Pearce, Maids
Scene 6
Near the Race Meeting, Ascot — A July afternoon
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Inside a Club T en t, Ascot — Im m ediately following
“ A sc o t G a v o tte” — Full Ensem ble S cen e
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O u tside H iggins’ H ouse, W im pole Street — L ater that afternoon
"O n The Street Where You Live " — Freddy S cen e
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H igg in s’ Study — Six weeks later
S cen e 10
T h e prom enade o f the Em bassy — L ater that night
S cen e 11
T h e ballroom o f the Embassy — Im m ediately following
"T he Embassy Waltz " — Higgins, Eliza, Karparthy, and Full Ensem ble
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A C T II S cen e 1
H igg in s’ Study — 3 o ’clock the following m orning
" Y o u D id It” — Higgins, Pickering, Mrs. Pearce and Servants Reprise “Just Y o u W a it" — Eliza Scene 2
O utside H iggins’ house, W im pole Street — Im mediately following
Reprise “On The Street Where Y ou L iv e ” — Freddy “S h o w M e " — Eliza and Freddy S cen e 3
F low er Market at Covent Garden — 5 o ’clock that m orning
Reprise “W ou ld n 't It B e L o verly” — Eliza and Cockneys “G et M e To The Church O n T im e” — Doolittle, H arry, Jamie and Ensemble
Scen e 4
Upstairs hall o f Higgins’ house — 11 o ’clock that m orning
“A H ym n To H im ”— Higgins
Scen e 5
T he conservatory o f M rs. H iggins’ house — L ater that day
“W ithout Y o u ” — Eliza and Higgins
Scene
O utside H iggins’ house, W im pole Street — Im mediately following
“T ve Grown A ccu sto m ed To Her Face” — Higgins
S cen e 7
H iggins’ Study — Im m ediately following
A GAIETY EVENING FIRST ACT M eet in the Gaiety. Have a d rin k in com fort b efore the show. Ba rs open 7.30 p.m. O rder a nd pay for drinks lo r the interval.
INTERVAL Y o u r d ri nks are ready and w aiting fo r you at y o u r table. Y o u 're saved tim e and trouble.
ENCORE Relax a fte rJ h e show. Have a d rink. T he bars arc always op e n for half an hour a fte r cu rta in faff.
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