1953

The Pirates of Penzance &

Trial By Jury


Monday 7th to Saturday 12th December 1953


Winter Gardens, Waterloo

Dramatis Personae

The Pirates of Penzance

Major-General Stanley

The Pirate King

Samuel, his Lieutenant

Frederic, the Pirate Apprentice

Sergeant of Police

Mabel, General Stanley’s Daughter

Edith, General Stanley’s Daughter

Kate, General Stanley’s Daughter

Isabel, General Stanley’s Daughter

Ruth, Pirate Maid of all Work

William Jones

Walter Hosegood

Griffith Williams

Denis Smerdon

Albert Dunn

Olive Thomas

Beti Lloyd-Jones

Pat Jones

Vi Moore

Lilian Collingwood

Pirates & Policeman


Cecil Abbotson

William Andrews

Bernard Callaghan

Arthur Chapple

Hal Forrest

James Hepburn

Malcolm Kelly

Thomas McAleer

Gerard Martin

Harold Moore

Robert Parry

George Poynor

Wesley Roberts

Joseph Tarrant

David Thompson

Owen Williams


General Stanley’s Daughters


Marjorie Abbotson

Phoebe Armstrong

Daphne Beesley

Enid Black

Mary Brown

Elsie Clark

Stephanie Coles

Mabel Cookson

Gwen Doyle

Eileen Drury

Joanne Johnson

Joyce Jones

Philippa O'Donnell

Dorothy Porter

Joyce Proctor

Kathleen Ryder

Kathleen Stananought

Mollie Stananought

Margaret Taylor


Trial By Jury

The Learned Judge

The Plaintiff

The Defendant

Counsel for the Plaintiff

Usher

Foreman of the Jury

Albert Dunn

Dorothy Porter

Gerard Martin

Wesley Roberts

Joseph Tarrant

Walter Hosegood

Gentlemen of the Jury


Cecil Abbotson

William Andrews

Bernard Callaghan

Arthur Chapple

Hal Forrest

James Hepburn

William Jones

Malcolm Kelly

Thomas McAleer

Harold Moore

Robert Parry

George Poynor

Denis Smerdon

David Thompson

Griffith Williams

Owen Williams

Public Gallery


Marjorie Abbotson

Elaine Allan

Phoebe Armstrong

Daphne Beesley

Enid Black

Mary Brown

Elsie Clark

Stephanie Coles

Mabel Cookson

Gwen Doyle

Eileen Drury

Joan Galliford

Gladys Jackson

Joanne Johnson

Elsie Jones

Joyce Jones

Philippa O'Donnell

Dorothy Porter

Joyce Proctor

Kathleen Ryder

Kathleen Stananought

Mollie Stananought

Margaret Taylor

Ruth Woodfield


Production Team

Producer

Musical Director

May Collins

Wilfred Murray

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