Document ID ET-D505
| Archive Location | ET PROGS ET-D418a-551;561a-589, 1916 (BL) Loan 125/23A/5 |
|---|---|
| Document description | programme |
| Date | 7 July 1916 |
| Document form | D - Programme |
| Document attributes | Annotated |
| Production Date(s) | 7 July 1916 |
| Venue | Royal Opera House |
| Venue address | Covent Garden |
| Time of performance | 3pm |
| Stage Manager | A. Bellew and W. Abingdon |
| Orchestra | Palace Theatre Orchestra |
| Conductor | Henry Geehl |
| General notes | A Shakespeare Pageant for Women's Tribute Week. Music composed by Edward German. |
| Language | English |
Works Cited
| Title | Romeo and Juliet |
|---|---|
| Original author | William Shakespeare |
| Title | The Merchant of Venice |
| Original author | William Shakespeare |
| Title | The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| Original author | William Shakespeare |
| Title | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Original author | William Shakespeare |
| Title | As You Like It |
| Original author | William Shakespeare |
| Title | Coriolanus |
| Original author | William Shakespeare |
| Title | The Winter's Tale |
| Original author | William Shakespeare |
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Patron H.M.Queen Alexandra. President The Duchess of Somerset. Women's Tribute Week. July 3rd to 8th. Patriotic Fair & Entertainments. The Women's Tribute to the Sailors & Soldiers of the Empire. Royal Opera House Covent Garden. By kindness of the Directors of the Grand Opera Syndicate Ltd.
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Programme Friday, July 7. Afternoon at 3 p.m. A Shakespeare Pageant (Arranged in Chronological Order) Master of the Pageant – Arthur Collins, Music arranged and conducted by Henry Geehl, "Ferdinand. This is a most majestic vision, and Harmonious charmingly : May I be bold to think these spirits? Prospero. Spirits, which by mine art I have from their confines call'd to enact my present fancies." The Tempest. Romeo and Juliet (1592) Arranged by Owen Nares and Fisher White. Escalus – C. V. France, Paris – Arthur De Robin, Montague – Frederick Kew, Capulet – Georges Mertens, Romeo – Owen Nares, Mercutio – Owen Roughwood, Benvolio – Ernest Graham, Tybalt – Fred Groves, Friar – Fisher White, Peter – Joe Nightingale, Apothecary – Ivan Berlyn, Abraham – Leonard Shephard, Balthasar – J. Cooke Beresford, Sampson – Sydney Paxton, Gregory – Leonard Calvert, Chorus – Frances Dillon, Lady Montague – Helen Haye, Lady Capulet – Ellen O'Malley, Juliet – Marie Lohr, Nurse – Rosina Filippi. Incidental Music by Edward German.
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The Merchant of Venice (1594) Arranged by Edith Craig. Shylock – Matheson Lang, Nerissa – Marion Terry, Portia – Ellen Terry, Jessica – Hutin Britton, Lorenzo – Dennis Terry, Bassanio – Gerald Lawrence, Antonio – Henry Ainley, Arragon – Ernest Thesiger, Gratiano – Lauderdale Maitland, Salanio – H. Harben, Stephano – Ben Field, Leonardo – A. Ensor, Morocco – Frank Petley, Tubal – T. Heslewood, Old Gobbo – O. B. Clarence, Lancelot – Leon. M. Lion, Duke – H. Vibart, Magnificos – H. Steerman and W. Drayton. Lord – Herbert Norreys, Pages – Fabia Drake, Teddy Craig, Nellie Craig, Gwen Lally, Moors – H. Bright and Prunella Page, Revellers – Ina Pelly, Olive Terry, Margaret Drew, Athene Seyler, Saba Raleigh, Auriol Lee, Martha Vigo, Jane Comfort, Amy Lamborn (Mrs. Page), Francis Wetherall, Marjorie Mumford, Inez Bensusan, Rosie Craig, Miss Lawford, Rose Wells, Jean Rutter, Florence Glossop-Harris, Olive Walter, and Mercia Cameron. Incidental Music by Arthur Sullivan. The Merry Wives of Windsor (1597) Arranged by Lady Tree. Stage Managers, Edward Sass and Herbert Norris. Sir John Falstaff – Charles Hawtrey, Fenton – Gerald Ames, Shallow – H. Bellew, Slender – Norman Forbes, Master Ford – Dennis Eadie, Master Page – Patrick Kirwan, Sir Hugh Evans – E. M. Robson, Dr. Caius – A. E. George, Host – Norman V. Norman, Bardolph – W. H. Berry, pistol – Hubert Carter, Nym – Herbert Norris, Mistress Ford – Lady Tree, Mistress Page – Winifred Emery, Anne Page – Viola Tree, Mistress Quickly – Lottie Venne, Hostess – Olga Nethersole, Robin – Julia James. Incidental Music by Sir Edward Elgar. Much Ado About Nothing (1599). Arranged by Sir George Alexander, Stage Manager, E. Vivian Reynolds. Don Pedro – Fred Terry, Don John – H. R. Hignett, Claudio – Ben Webster, Benedick – Sir George Alexander, Leonato – Alfred Bishop, Antonio – E. Vivian Reynolds, Borachio – Frederick Ross, Conrade – Alfred Harris, Dogberry – Nigel Playfair, Verges – H. V. Esmond, 1st Lord – William Horne, 2nd Lord – Geoffrey Douglas, Friar – Alfred Brydone, Boy – Madge Titheradge, Hero – Joyce Carey, Beatrice – Julia Neilson, Margaret – Ellen O'Malley, Ursula – Norma Whalley, Ladies in Attendance: Helen Ferrers, Margaret Halstan, Grace Lane, Alma Murray, Henrietta Watson, Stella Mervyn, Campbell Patricia Hanne, Cecil Otway. Incidental Music by Edward German. As You Like It. (1599) Arranged by Dion Boucicault. The Banished Duke – Dawson Milward, Jaques – Herbert Waring, Oliver – Stanley Drewitt, Orlando – Martin Lewis, Touchstone – George Grossmith – Charles the Wrestler – Hilliard Vox, Corin – Clive Currie, Silvius – Warwick Ward, Huntsman – Frederick Ranalow, Rosalind – Irene Vanbrugh, Celia – Dorothy Green, Audrey – Hilda Treveylan, Hymen – Joan Challis, Huntsmen – Lichfield Owen, J. O'Connell, Edgar G. Wood, Douglas Jeffries. Incidental Music by Edward German.
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Coriolanus (1609) arranged by Genevieve Ward and Acton Bond. Coriolanus – Sir Frank Benson, Titus Lartius – C. F. Collings, Cominius – Henry Baynton, Menenius Agrippa – Acton Bond, Sicinius Velutus – H. A. Saintsbury, Young Marcius – Rene Waller, Tullus Aufidius – Halladay Hope, Volumnia – Genevieve Ward, Virgilia – Lady Benson, Valeria – Miss Fortescue, Gentlewoman – Lydia Bilbrooke. Incidental Music by Edward German. The Winter's Tale (1611) arranged by Ben Greet, assisted by Mrs. H. B. Irving, Hermione – Mary Anderson, Perdita – Sybil Thorndike, Paulina – Beatrice Wilson, Emilia – Claire Pauncefort, Attendants – Helen Head and Margaret Sutcliffe, Mopsa – Vane Featherstone, Dorcas – May Congdon, Leontes – Ben Greet, Polixenes – Ernest Walker, Camillo – W. R. Staveley, Florizel – William Stack – Archidamus – Ernest Meads, Dion – Russell Thorndike, Old Shepherd – Arthur Fayne, Young Shepherd – Duncan Yarrow, Cleomenes – Jose De Navarro, Soldiers – Joseph Anderson and Lawrence Anderson, Autolycus – Robert Atkins, Time – Charles Fry, Peasants: Mona Maughan, Olive Walter, Gwen Lally, Winifred Oughton, Ray Litvin, Muriel De Castro, Doris and Gwyneth Keys. The National Anthem will be sung by Madame Kirkby Lunn. Incidental Music by Roger Quilter, Stage Manager, Ernest D'Auban, Assistant Stage Manager, Denier Warren. 2. Minute and Trio – William Sterndale Bennett. The Women's Tribute: An Extraordinary General Meeting reported by Louis N. Parker. Scene: A Board Room. The Members Present (in order of the Roll Call) Britannia – Lady Tree, Truth – Miss Henrietta Watson, Youth – Miss Renee Mayer, Faith – Miss Dorothy Parker, Hope – Miss Madge Titheradge, Love – Miss Ellen O'Malley, Courage – Miss Miriam Lewes, Mother – Miss Mary Rorke, Wife – Miss Mary Barton, Sweetheart – Miss Jessie Winter, Drama – Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Music – Miss Viola Tree, Art – Miss Jane Wells, Worker – Miss Athene Seyler, Postwoman – Miss Sydney Fairbrother. Books of the "Interlude," price 1s., are on sale for the benefit of "The Women's Tribute". Interval
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Variety Entertainment Friday, July 7. Afternoon at 3 p.m. Organised by Mr. Alfred Butt. 1. Overture The Palace Orchestra, conducted by Herman Finck. 2. Danse des Allies. (From "The Passing Show of 1915"). The Palace Girls Music by Herman Finck. The Dance arranged by George Shurley. 3. Miss Violet Essex will sing. 4. Grock and Partner, Musical Comedians. 5. Mlle. Alice Delysia, from the Ambassadors' Theatre, will sing "Le Reve Passe", 6. Mr Raymond Hitchcock, from the Prince Wales' Theatre. 7. Miss Gertie Millar, assisted by the Palace Girls and Chorus from the Palace Theatre, in "One Hundred Years Ago" (Lionel Monckton), from "Bric-A-Brac". 8. Mr. Robert Emmett Keane and Miss Muriel Window in some Original Comedy. 9. Olga, Elgar, and Eli Hudson in A New Musical Melange, composed, arranged and produced by Eli Hudson. 10. Mr. Du Calion, the loquacious laddie on the Tottering Ladder. 11. Mr. Joseph Coyne supported by the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Chorus of The Adelphi Theatre, The Gaiety Theatre, The Palace Theatre, The Prince of Wales' Theatre and the Palace Girls in "England Every Time For Me" (Lyric by Arthur Wimperis and Hartley Carrick Music by Irving Berlin) from "Follow the Crowd." The Palace Theatre Orchestra under the direction of Mr. Herman Finck, Stage Manager – A. H. Majilton, God Save the King. Stage Manager – Richard Brennan – General Manager – Maurice Volny. Stage Managers for Tribute Week, Messrs. A. Bellew and W. Abingdon. Programme of Concert Friday, July 7. Evening at 8 o'clock by The London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor – Mr. Hamilton Harty. Part I overture "Carnaval Romaine" – Berlioz, L'apres-midi D'un Faune – de Bussy, Song "Che faro" – Gluck Madame Kirkby Lunn, Solo for violin "Rondo Capricioso" – Saint-Saens – Miss Marie Hall, Dances from "Prince Igor" – Borodine. Part II Orchestral Poem "A Fantasy of Life and Love" – Cowen, Solo for Violoncello "Rococo Variations" – Tschaikowsky – Miss Beatrice Harrison, Song "Mon Coeur s'ouvre a ta voix" – Saint-Saens, Madam Kirkby Lunn. Shepherd Fennel Dance – Balfour Gardiner, Overture "Cockaigne" – Elgar.
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