YAOS Past Productions > Merrie England - 1973
Yeovil & District Amateur Operatic Society
Presents It's Fifty Fourth Production
'Merry England'
February 1973
Yeovil Technical College, Yeovil
Entire Production under the Direction of
Lilian Dunkley
Musical Director: Roger Howell
Joint Honorary Accompanists: Iris Jenkin & Mary Sercombe
By arrangement with Chappell & Co Ltd
Music by Edward German
Libretto by Basil Hood
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Cast for "Merrie England" (1973)
Principals
The Earl of Essex - John Curry
Sir Walter Raleigh - Jim Welsman
Walter Wilkins - Keith Saunders
Silas Simpkins - Wally Cottrell
Long Tom (Royal Forester) - Bryan Evans
Big Ben (Royal Forester) - Tim Hillard
The Queen's Fool - Ray Bartlett
A Butcher - Gerry Gee
A Baker - Len Smith
A Tinker - Harold Cowcher
A Tailor - Roy Perrins
Lords in Waiting - Terry Mitchell, Bill Stocks
First Royal Page - Clive Jennings
Second Royal Page - Paul Saunders
Heralds - Sandra Cottrell, Sharon Robbins
Queen Elizabeth - Mary Bramwell
Miss Bessie Throckmorton - Margaret White
"Jill All Alone" - Angela Rees
The May Queen - Isobel Tanner
Marjory - Jane Barrett
Kate - Rachael Dore
Ladies in Waiting - Ann Swain, Margot Young
Yeomen of the Guard / Soldiers - Barry Mills, Graham Riggs,
Colin Smith, Wreford Stainer
Dancers
Jane Barrett, Sue Burgess, Jem Dawe, Anne Hussey, Elaine Murphy,
Dawn Sumbler, Sylvia Thresh
Townsfolk
Marguerite Beard, Margaret Bishop, Sue Burgess, Jean Chinnock, Pat Cleverdon,
Joan Cousins, Jem Dawe, Anne Hussey, Sheila Johnson, Elaine Murphy,
Jacqueline Parsons, Eileen Richardson, Marian Stainer, Dawn Sumbler,
Sylvia Thresh, Jean Walford
John Bishop, Paul Easton, Brian Hussey, Alan Johnson, Ray Kelly, Ken Nichols,
Geoffrey O'Sullivan, Geoff Thresh
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