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Earlier this year, the death occurred of our beloved and admired President, Mr. Clem Ryan, who gave som e fifty years of unselfish service to the R & R. One of the proudest m om ents of my life was when I was chosen to follow Clem as President of this great Society - for it is a great Society.

Since its foundation in 1913, the Society has an unbroken tradition of presenting operettas and musicals each spring and autum n at the Gaiety Theatre and, more recently, at the National Concert Hall. So this year we are celebrating the 85th birthday of the R & R and for an octogenarian it is in fine fettle! This is no m ean achievement considering the ephem eral world of show business into which we delve.

It is recognised th at the R & R is a major organisation in the cultural and artistic life of Dublin. It affords m any singers an opportunity to develop their talents in a disciplined, musical an d theatrical environment whilst at the sam e time enabling audiences to enjoy musicals in a professional theatre.

This autum n, our presentation is Fiddler on the Roof, which is our third time to m ount this great show, th e previous productions being in 1972 and 1988. In fact our 1972 Fiddler w as its premiere at the Gaiety Theatre. Indeed the R & R were the first to bring m any shows to the Gaiety, shows such as M y Fair Lady, Camelot, Hello Dolly, Gigi, etc.

So, welcome to the Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society. This evening we take you to Anatevka, a village in Russia at the turn of the century, where you will m eet the Fiddler o n the Roof.

P a t C a m p b e ll,

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Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society.

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C lem Ryan -

Ars A p p re c ia tio n

The late Clem Ryan was a m an o f m any diverse and diffuse parts. Firstly, and m ost im p o rta n t to him , a fam ily m an. O riginally from Corbally in Lim erick, he cam e to D ublin at an early age.

In 1946 Clem m et Eithne Collins, from B lackrock in D ublin, w ooed and m arried her. In the fullness o f tim e they were to be blessed w ith two daughters, Joan and Paula. And there began a textbook happy and united fam ily. It is accurate to say th a t Clem adored his children and grandchildren and they, in tu rn , him . Retrospectively, it is not hard to see w hy this should have been. In retirem ent, he and Eithne looked after their grandchildren as their ovm: nothing was to o m uch o r regarded as a chore. Rather, enjoyable jaunts in the com pany o f appreciative children.

A keen and astute businessman, a sportsm an; a literary and a theatre m an. Do the sum o f these parts add up to a Renaissance man? O r perhaps a m an for all seasons? The answer m ust be, yes. In all these areas o f life Clem was active up to the last o f his 89 years. And that outgoing personality and w arm th were also there. Perhaps these are som ewhat cliched term s, but they are the appropriate ones to describe this m an who, on first m eeting, always stretched o ut a firm hand and p u t all-com ers at ease.

Then there was the jo ke o f the day. He seemed to have a new and original (and som etim es deliciously risque) story for every occasion. B ut they were never to ld at anyone’s expense, or in a m anner rem otely offensive - ju s t funny. Then w ould follow a tale about ‘the one th at got away’ on his m ost recent fishing expedition, p articularly each May on the Corrib for the mayfly.

He joined, initially, Bray G olf Club and subsequently, in 1948, the Castle G olf Club, where he played every Thursday and Sunday u ntil 1996. His particular partners were called T h e Good C om panions’ and, doubtless, played no sm all p art in having him elected a life m em ber o f the club on D ecem ber 12th, 1991. A proud and m em orable day, n o t alone for him , but also for Eithne, Joan and Paula.

Then there w ould be his latest book. Sensibly, he spoke little about w ork, except fo r the occasional interesting anecdote: a sign o f his keen sensibility and awareness th a t m ost people are only m oderately interested in the m inutiae o f other people’s professional lives.

C lem ’s professional career, fo r the greater part, was w ith The Irish N ational Insurance Com pany, and for a brief period w ith the insurance brokers, Lloyd, A rm strong and Ramsey. In the course o f his duties he encouraged m any valuable and lasting supporters in the direction o f the Rathm ines and Rathgar Musical Society. And, when th ey were com fo rtab ly settled in as m em bers and least expected it, he w ould ever-so-discreetly introduce the subject o f m ore tangible support for som e project or som e p ro du ction being m ounted at the Gaiety Theatre or the National C oncert Hall. He was honorary General Secretary o f the Society for 21 years, and was elected an H onorary Life M em ber - a d istinction accorded to very few since the foundation o f the Society in 1913. He becam e President in 1987, an honour w hich he greatly appreciated. Yet, his innate m odesty had him grum bling perpetually about having to wear the cerem onial chain o f office on public occasions. However, he lived in the proud know ledge th a t three generations o f his fam ily were to be active participants in the Society.

To his Vkdfe Eithne, his daughters Joan and Paula, his grandchildren and his extended fam ily, we offer our sym pathy and give thanks fo r C lem ’s long and happy life. The angels have surely led him in to Paradise and the saints and m artyrs greeted him .

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‘Tevye’s Daughters’, a collection of stories by the great Yiddish author, Sholem Aleichem, inspired the composer, Jerry Bock, the lyricist, Sheldon Harnick, and the librettist, Joseph Stein to create the musical Fiddler on the Roof. In association with director-choreographer Jerom e Robbins and producer Harold Prince, they transformed the Tevye stories into one of the m ost successful, long-running musicals on Broadway and throughout the world.

Told with wit and humour, Fiddler on the Roof is a powerful statem ent about the evils of prejudice and the importance of maintaining a warm and caring communal and family life in the midst of severe oppression.

Although the story of Tevye’ the Dairyman and his family is concerned specifically with the lives of impoverished Jew s in Czarist Russia, at heart it is built around them es so universal that audiences of every age, ethnic and cultural background can identify with it.

The world on stage reveals what life was like in Anatevka, an Eastern European shtetl at the turn of the century. The shtetl was an area where a minority group, Jews, were forced to live and from which they could be evicted at any time. Since many of Anatevka’s inhabitants were poor and their futures were uncertain, life often seem ed bleak. However, because they were people of tradition, hope and spirit, there were m om ents of tenderness and joy.

While the shtetls of Eastern Europe and their populations were largely destroyed by Hitler during Worid War 11, their contemporary equivalents exist around the wodd and in America today. The plight of the shtetl dwellers lives on wherever prejudice pits one group against another, and wherever minority communities are economically and politically isolated in ghettos, barrios, on reservations, and in rural pockets of poverty.

NOEL McD o n o u g h N oel’s credits include the M erry W idow , D ie Flederm aus and Give m y Regards, w ith the Glasnevin M usical Society in the N ational C oncert Hall. He has been very successful in the W aterford International Festival o f L ig ht Opera, w inning the Best D irector Awards fo r his production of M a c k a n d M ab el (Sandym ount M usical Society), Chicago, Cabaret and in 1995, B a rn u m fo r A rth ur’s Team . He specialises in prem ieres, and w ith A rth u r’s Team he d irected LiVAbner, D am es a t Sea, N e w P irates o f Penzance, O n Your Toes, 4 2n d Street, Guys a nd D olls and S in g in in the Rain. Also to his credit are the Irish prem ieres o f A S lice o f S a tu rd ay N ight, Last o f the Red H o t Lovers in Andrew ’s Lane, and Rebecca S to rm ’s H o lly w o o d Ladies at the Tivoli.

In 1996 Noel directed/devised D ifferent D ream s on television for RTE and staged The ‘Last N ight o f the Prom s’ and the ‘Viennese N ig h t’ for the B ank o f Ireland Proms in the RDS. In D ecem ber 1996, Noel directed the Irish prem iere o f Stephen S ondheim ’s Assassins in the Sam uel Beckett Centre.

In 1997 his credits include G ershwin’s Crazy fo r You and the professional prem ieres o f Brian O ’Reilly’s m usical B uskin', and m ore recently S h o w tim e fo r Glasnevin Musical Society in the N ational C oncert Hall and M e a n d M y G irl in the C ork Opera House. Noel is also the d irector o f the fo rth co m in g Gaiety Theatre C hristm as P antom im e C inderella.

Noel graduated in 1997 from T rin ity College w ith BA (Mod,) H onours Degree in Drama and Theatre Studies. He welcom es the o pp ortun ity to d irect F id d le r on the R o o f for the R&R and has enjoyed the experience o f w orking w ith the friendly, talented cast and production team , in bringing a c o m m u n ity o f sp irit to Anatevka.

GEAROID GRANT Gearoid studied m usic w ith the late Dr. J. O ’Reilly in the College o f M usic and graduated w ith a B.Mus. from CICD. Subsequently, he studied conducting w ith, am ong others, George H urst in London. Since then he has w orked as conductor, m usic d irector and arranger fo r m ost Irish theatrical com panies in works ranging fro m M ozart to Sondheim .

A t present, he is resident co nd ucto r w ith the R & R .

Gearoid has appeared as guest co nd ucto r w ith the Irish C ham ber O rchestra, O ur Lady’s Choral Society, the N ational S ym phony Orchestra o f Ireland and the RTE C oncert O rchestra.

JACKIE CURRAN OLOHAN Daughter of Josephine Scanlon and Chris Curran, Jackie has distinguished herself as a performer, musician, music director and chorus master. Her musical education thrived under Sr. Agnes Cecilia at St. Mary’s College, Arklow, the College of Music and CICD. She has been Music Director for many show premieres including Zorba, The Hired Man, Most Happy Fella, Anything Goes, Into the Woods, La Cage aux Folles and A Chonts Line. She was awarded Best Music Director at the 1992 Waterford International Festival of Light Opera for her work on Sondheim ’s Into the Woods and this, with conducting her father in the production of Annie at the Olympia, she regards as her highlights to date.

Jackie has m ade m any solo appearances in the NCH and works regularly on television and radio. With husband Sean, she sings as part of the group Avoca and works as a backing vocalist on the session scene. She teaches music at Our Lady’s School in Rathnew.

RITA KEALY Rita was born in Dublin and trained and danced with the fam ous choreographer Alice Dalgarno. She has choreographed for many musical societies throughout the country and this is her ninth season to work with the R & R. Rita has also worked in films and television including the RTE Proms. She has won m any awards for her work including Best Choreographer at the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera on four separate occasions. She has also been aw arded Best Choreographer with AIMS. Rita choreographed the Irish Distillers Tops of the Town which won the National Final on RTE.

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GARRY MONTAINE As a baritone Garry has appeared in Dublin and around the country, playing m ajor roles as diverse as ‘Finch’ in H o w to Succeed in Business Without Really Tnjing to Tevye’ in Fiddler on the Roof.

Born in Dublin, he became a member of the popular Young Peoples Theatre Group and has appeared in their productions to date including Plaza Suite (Jessie Kipplinger) and Nicholas M ck e lb y (Lord Hawke and other roles).

He Has won many awards for his work as an actor and singer.

He studied with Dr. Veronica Dunne at The Leinster School of Music and Professor Paul Deegan at the RIAM. He appeared in the Opera Theatre Company’s production of M ahogany Spongspiel for the Dublin Theatre Festival and Sceanarios production of In Company w ith Sondheim staged at the National Concert Hall.

He appeared with D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, playing ‘Poo-Bah’ and ‘Wilfred Shadbolt’ in their productions of The M ikado and the Yeomen o f the Guard (which has been recorded for TER/EMI), at Sadlers Wells, London and the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham .

Television and radio include The Late Late Show, Live a t 3, Theatre Nights all for RTE. ‘Shadbolt’ in Yeomen o f the Guard and ‘Pooh-Bah’ in The M ikado for BBC Television.

Garry’s m ost recent productions include ‘Ramades’ in the Risen People at the Gaiety Theatre.

‘Henry Higgins’ in M y Fair Lady at the Gaiety Theatre, ‘Joe Keller’ in A ll m y Sons at the Andrew Lane Theatre, ‘Emile’ in South Pacific at the Gaiety Theatre, ‘Sam Byck’ in Assassins at the Beckett Theatre, ‘Kruschev’ in JFK at the Olympia Theatre, ‘Dancairo’ in Carmen at NCH, and has m ost recently completed a twelve week run playing ‘The Man’ in B u skin ’ at the Tivoli Theatre and the Opera House, Cork.

SIOBHAN FAWSITT Siobhan is from Wexford and moved to Greystones where she became involved with the Greystones Operatic & Dramatic Society. She has played many leading roles with them including ‘Katisha’ in The M ikado and ‘Eliza’ in M y Fair Lady.

She has worked m ost recently with Kevin H ough’s Theatre Nights concerts, both on The Late Late Show and in the Rose o f Tralee Festival. She has appeared as soloist in the m ost recent AIMS concerts.

Siobhan has also worked with Kilmacud and DAYMS. She played the part of ‘Ruth’ in The Pirates o f Penzance, and that o f the ‘Duchess of Plaza-Toro’ in The Gondoliers with the R&R in their productions in the National Concert Hall.

In April this year Siobhan played the part of ‘Florence’ in Chess with the Wexford Light Opera Society and was then awarded ‘Best Female Singer’ and ‘Best Overall Performer’ for her performance by AIMS. Siobhan played the part of ‘Queenie’ in last year’s production of Show boat and is delighted to join the R&R again to play this wonderful role.

MELANIE KEATING Melanie studied speech and dranna with Rosalind Lloyd and singing with Professor Paul Deegan at the Royal Irish Academy o f Music.

Melanie has worked with many drama groups and musical societies. W ith the Kilm acud Musical Society she performed the title role in Irene, and for her role as ‘Ado Annie’ in Oklahom a she was nominated for an AIMS Best Comedienne Award. She won the Best Actress Award in the Arklow Drama Festival for her title role in the Greek tragedy A ntigone and played ‘Laura’ in The Glass Menagerie which won the Best Overall Play Award in the festival the following year.

Melanie has taken part in several R&R productions. Her leading roles w ith the Society include ‘G ertie’ in Oklahom a! and ‘Winnie Tate’ in Annie Get Your Gun. She is delighted to be back to perform the role of ‘Tzeitel’ in Fiddler on the Roof.

LISA KELLY Over the last year Lisa gave lunchtim e recitals in the National Concert Hall with Landow Productions; The M agic o f Gershwin and the M agic o f Cole Porter, and was a runner-up in the finals o f the Moore Singer o f the Year 1998 Com petition with Kevin Hough, recently broadcast on RTE. She is a member o f SMCO since 1995, and played the part of ‘Velma Kelly’ in their production of Chicago in 1997, which won the ‘Best Overall Show’ Award in the Bangor Festival of Light Opera and has also played the parts of ‘Frenchie’ and ‘Sandy’ in Grease, ‘Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls, ‘Gilm er’ in Godspell and ‘Hodel’ in Fiddler on the Roof, with a junior drama group.

Lisa has participated in the Feis Ceoil for many years and has won numerous medals, and while in school she com pleted all the drama exams passing with honours.

At present, she teaches piano and is also in the process of com pleting a teaching diplom a with the Ballyfermot College o f Music while studying singing in the Leinster School o f Music with Kathryn Smyth. Lisa runs her own Folk Group in Knocklyon and sings at weddings throughout the year.

ELAINE HEARTY Elaine Hearty is in her final year of Speech and Drama Studies at the Dublin Institute of Technology, Rathmines.

She has a full repertoire of her own compositions, with one of which she won the Jac o b ’s 2FM Song Contest this year.

Since then, she has appeared on a num ber of radio and television programmes. Elaine reached all-Ireland sem i­ finals in the Scor Competition for recitation and ballad group singing, and has m ade a recording in England with ‘King’s Kids’ with whom she toured in Ireland and Germany.

PATRICIA HOUGH Patricia has played a variety of leading roles in over 25 shows with several musical societies. These have been as diverse as ‘Ado Annie’ in Oklahoma!, ‘Polly’ in The Boyfriend, ‘Tzeitel’ in Fiddler on the Roof, and ‘Phyllis’ in lolanthe.

She received the Best Female Performance Award for her portrayal of the title role in Loue from. Judy at the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera. In the same year she was awarded Best Female Principal by the Association of Irish Musical Societies. With the St. Louis Musical Society she was leading lady in their three award-winning productions: The Golden Years, The Boyfriend and Loue from Judy.

She has also played female lead in Anne of Green Gables and in The King and I.

PAT McELWAIN Pat is no stranger to the stage, having appeared in num erous musicals and plays since succumbing to the acting bug whilst still at school. Pat’s professional debut was in the Irish premiere of M edea in the City Arts Centre and this was closely followed by a highly successful run of Return to the Forbidden Planet in both Andrews Lane and the Tivoli earlier this year where he played ‘Ariel the Robot’.

Pat’s television appearances include Secrets, Liue at Three, Talkabout, E cho Island and a spot as ‘the manic Beetlejuice’ in the John Player Tops National Final 1996.

Last year Pat won the Best Comic Actor award at the Northern Ireland Festival of Light Opera for his portrayal o f ‘Gerald Bolingboke’ in M e and M y Girl.

Other parts played include ‘Gar Public’ in Philadelphia Here I Come!, ‘Ju a n ’ in Yerma, ‘Manus’ in Translations, ‘Dick Deadeye’ in HMS Pinafore, ‘Riff in West S id e Story, ‘Melvin P. Thorpe’ in The B est Little W horehouse in Texas and ‘Bill Sykes’ in Oliver.

A primary school teacher by day, Pat can be found playing bass guitar after dark with his band ‘The Prickly Pairs’. This is Pat’s first appearance with the R&R and he hopes that everyone enjoys the show.

PATRICK O’CONNOR Patrick has been acting since he was eight years old. He started out in Howth Com m unity Group doing a number of small plays with them every year. In 1995 he attained a place in Dublin Youth Theatre. During his tim e with them he has played in a number of contemporary plays by writers such as Jim Cartwright, Paul Mercier and Jerry Stembridge. in 1996 Patrick joined Baldoyle Musical Society and has done two shows with them so far Beauty and the Beast where he acted and sang in the chorus and the lead role of ‘Curley’ in the show Oklahoma!. This show was taken to the Festival of Light Opera in Bangor where it won numerous awards and Patrick won the award for Best Male Singer. This is his first show with the R&R and he is thoroughly enjoying the experience.

BRENDAN HUGHES Brendan has been treading the boards now for over thirty years, playing a wide variety of roles, both musical and straight drama. He is a three-time award winner at the W aterford Festival of Light Opera: as ‘Noah’ in Two by Two (Best Male Performer), as ‘Luther Billis’ in South Pacific (Best Comedian) and as ‘Nathan D etroit’ in Guys and Dolls (Best Male Performer).

Other musicals include, F in ia n ’s Rainbow, Promises Promises, Company, The Fantastics, A Funny Thing Happened on the W ay to the Forum, Best L ittle Whorehouse in Texas, H ow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, 42nd Street, L i’l Abner, Fiddler on the R oof and many more. He has appeared in the National Concert Hall with Scenario in In Company w ith Sondheim and in the Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College in Sondheim ’s Assassins.

PASCHAL WALSH Paschal has been a member of the R&R since 1962 when he joined the chorus for the production of Wild Violets.

He has played in m ost productions since then, playing many parts including ‘Luther Billis’ in South Pacific and ‘Buffalo B ill’ in Annie Get yo u r Gun. He played the part of ‘Mendel’ in our original production of Fiddler on the R oof in 1972.

Musical Numbers A c t O ne Tradition "

Matchmaker, M atchm aker I f I Were a R ich M an Sabbath Prayer To Life M iracle o f M iracles

Tevye and th e Villagers Tzeitel, Hodel, and Chava Tevye Tevye, Golde, and the Villagers Tevye, Lazar and th e Men Motel

Teuye’s Dream

Tevye, Golde, G randm a Tzeitel, Frum a-Sarah and the Villagers

Sunrise, Sunset

Tevye, Golde and the Villagers

B ottle Dance/W edding Dance

The Villagers

Two N o w I Have E verything Do You Love Me I Just Heard

Perchik and Hodel Tevye and Golde Yente and the Villagers

Far From the H om e I Love

Hodel

Chava Sequence

Tevye

Anatevka

Tevye, Golde, Yente, Lazar, Mendel, M ordcha an d Villagers

Epilogue

The Entire C om pany

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Teuye

Garry Montaine

Golde

Siobhan Fawsitt

Tzeitel

Melanie Keating

Model

Lisa Kelly

Chava

Elaine Hearty

Shprintze Bielka

Kate Monnelly/Fiona Barnes Dearbhia McGuinness/Helena Ryan

Yente

Patricia Hough

Motel

Pat McElwain

Perchik

Pat O’Connor

Lazar Wolf Mordcha Rabbi Mendel Avram Nachum Grandma Tzeitel Fruma-Sarah Constable Fyedka Shandel

Brendan Hughes Paschal Walsh Chris Bruton Gavin McCaffrey Eoin O’Meill John Sweetman Marion Megannety Mary Flaherty Maurice O’Sullivan John McCall Margaret Timoney

Yussel

Robert Keogh

Sasha

Colm McLoughlin

The Fiddler Russian Tenor 1st Woman 2nd Woman

Lorcan Cosgrave Frank Beadle Imelda Bradley Veronica O’Loughlin

T he C horgs D a u g h te rs

R u s s ia n s

Reiltin Bowes

Paul Clarkin

Mary Flaherty

Colm McLoughlin

Niamh Flanagan Rebekah Kealy

Dancers

Mags McGrath

B rendan Atkins

Cora Sherlock

Lorcan Cosgrave Eddie Devoy

M am as

Larry Heffernan

Imelda Bradley Michelle Foynes Lorraine Frewen Ann G orm an Sue M cChesney Susie M eagher Veronica O ’Loughlin

V illa g e C h ild re n

J a m ie Baker Peter C oonan G raham Field Ciara Heron Zara K ratschm ar Alan M ountaine

S ons

Frank Beadle Paul Bolger Niall Carey Larry Heffernan Robert Keogh Adam Lewis Gavin McCaffrey

Pa pa s

Liam Carroll Michael Feighery Eoin O ’Neill Derek Ryan J o h n Sw eetm an Michael Walsh

Zach Murray Golden S ean O ’Dwyer Ciaran O ’Melia Donal O ’Shea Lisa O ’Sullivan Lyanne Ryan

(Village Children appear by Courtesy of Ann Cavanagh, Young Peoples’ Theatre)

S yn o psis o f S c en es

Act I Prologue Tradition’ in Anatevka 1905

Scene 1 Tevye’s Home (Interior) introduction to iiis wife Qolde and his five daughters.

Scene 2 Tevye’s Home (Exterior) Sabbath meeting of Villagers and Perchik.

Scene 3 Teveye’s Home (Interior) Sabbath celebration of family with Motel/PerchikA^illagers.

Scene 4 Anatevka Inn (Following Day) Lazar Wolfe proposes a ‘m atch’ with Tevye’s eldest daughter Tzeitel.

Scene 5 Outside the Inn Constable warns Tevye of possible anti-Jew demonstrations.

Scene 6 Tevye’s Home (Exterior) (Next Morning) Tzeitel is informed of the arranged m atch to Lazar Wolf - she confronts Tevye who reluctantly agrees to Tzeitel marrying Motel instead.

Scene 7 Tevye Bedroom The ‘Dream’ conversion of Golde.

Scene 8 Village Street Fyedka introduction to Chava.

Scene 9 Motel/Tzeital’s Wedding (Weeks Later) Hodel dances ‘with a m an’ Perchik; Constable/Russians break-up wedding celebration.

Act II Scene 1 Tevye’s Home (Exterior) (Days Later) Perchik proposes to Hodel; Tevye reluctantly agrees to a second ‘m atch’.

Scene 2 Village Street (Months Later) Rumours abound in Anataevka.

Scene 3 Train Station Hodel leaves to join Perchik in Siberia.

Scenes 4/5 Village Street and Motel’s Shop (Months Later) A new arrival for Motel/Tzeitel.

Scene 6 Tevye’s Home (Exterior) (Days Later) Golde tell Tevye of Chava’s marriage to Fyedka.

Scene 7 Tevye’s Home Exterior (Weeks Later) Villagers are banished from Anatevka.

Scene 8 Tevye’s Home (Exterior) The Family prepare to leave Anatevka.

Stage Crew: Ian M ulholland, M organ H a n n a h

Make-up: All M urphy

CHRIS BRUTON Chris played his first role with the R&R in the 1940s when he played M ajor General Stanley in the Pirates o f Penzance. Since then he has played many front line roles with the Society and has very happy memories of his years with the R&R. Associated with the Society for many years, Chris and the Society share a big birthday this year!

GAVIN M cCa f f r e y Gavin first appeared at the Gaiety in 1987 in Sinbad the Sailor. With the Billie Barry School he performed in Cinderella, Babes in the Wood (both at the Gaiety), Snow White (Olympia) and completed worked for radio and television. He also studied trum pet at the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama for three years. Other credits include musical and dramatic performances at the National Concert Hall and m ost recently has played ‘Doctor Possum’ in Three Hours After M arriage at St. Anthony’s Theatre. Gavin is in his final year of Speech and Drama studies at DIT.

EOIN O’NEILL Eoin began singing when in primary school where he won awards for sean-nos singing. His first musical role was Lord M ount Ararat in the University o f Dundee’s 1996 production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s lolanthe.

He joined the R & R last September as a member of the black chorus in the R & R’s production of Show boat and played the part of ‘Bob Becket’ in HMS Pinafore in the spring.

MARION MEGANNETY Marion started her musical career with the Young Dublin Singers. She played leading roles in school productions and then joined St. Louis Musical Society where she played various parts in Anne of Green Gables, Half a Sixpence, Fiddler on the R oof and Carousel. S he also held the position of President of the Society.

She worked on children’s musical productions front and back stage in the early 1980s before becom ing a Montessori teacher.

She studied voice production under Maciej Smolenski at RIAM. Marion has taken part in m ost R&R productions since joining in 1983. She played ‘Mrs. Rose’ in Hello Dolly and ‘Mrs. O ’Brien’ in Showboat.

MARY FLAHERTY Mary has been interested in singing from an early age. She has studied with Veronica Dunne and Evelyn Dowling in the past and is currently studying with Mary Brennan.

She has performed on num erous occasion including narrator in Joseph an d the A m azing Technicolor Dreamcoat, ‘Golde’ in Fiddler on the R oof and ‘Maria’ in The Sound of Music.

Mary has been with the R&R for two years and is delighted to be playing the part of ‘Frum a-Sarah’.

MAURICE O ’SULLIVAN Maurice has been an active m em ber of the R&R for fifty years. In that time he has played in fifty productions with the Society. An expert on Gilbert & Sullivan he has appeared in nearly all the Savoy Operas usually in the ‘heavy’ roles. He has also played character roles in many musicals over the years. He has been active for many years on R&R committees.

He has produced musicals with a num ber of societies and has given talks on Gilbert & Sullivan.

JOHN McCALL Since first tai<ing to tine stage at tiie age of eleven, Jo h n has been heavily involved in both acting and singing.

His successes on stage include ‘Kurt von Trapp’ in The Sound of M usic’ and also Tevye’ in a junior production of Fiddler on the Roof. He has also performed for MYTh (Musical Youth Theatre) of Wicklow Town, playing ‘Zebulun’ in Joseph and the A m azing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

This is his first appearance for the R&R and he is delighted to be playing the role of ‘Fyedka’.

FRANK BEADLE Frank won a scholarship to the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama in 1994 studying under Mary Brennan and Deborah Kelleher. Since then he has sung many leading tenor roles in College productions including ‘1st Sailor’ (Dido & Aeneas) and excerpts from West Side Story, Show boat, The Magic Flute and The Marriage of Figaro.

In 1997 he won the Tenor Solo in the RDS Feis Ceoil. He joined the R&R for their production of S h ow boat and is delighted to be performing in Fiddler on the R oof

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Very probably you are a regular supporter of our Shows, where you will have noticed the happy atmosphere which prevails in our Society; this is a tradition of 85 years.

Our Associate Members are an important and valued section of our Society, and for an Annual Subscription of 1R£65 enjoy significant benefits.

1. Two seats of their choice to both Spring and Autumn presentations, at no charge.

2. Priority booking facilities for our Spring and Autumn presentations in advance of the general public.

3. Notification of all social functions during the year.

4. Associate Members take a major role in the affairs of the Society; they elect two of their m em bers to the Executive Committee annually. The Associate Members’ representatives are Mrs. Barbara Graham and Mr. Oliver Hill.

The crippling financial costs involved in presenting two Seasons of shows each year could put the financial viability of the Society in jeopardy except for the loyal support of the active members, the associate m embers, our friends and the public. For this we are very grateful. We would welcome you as an Associate Member.

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