Theatre Royal: "Twelfth Night" (1953)

Programme for the Huddersfield Repertory Company's 1953 production of "Twelfth Night", week commencing 28 April.

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collection:Leaflets, Pamphlets & Small Booklets
tags:1950-59, 1953, Digitised Items, Huddersfield Repertory Company, Programmes, Theatre Royal (Ramsden Street, Huddersfield)
date:28 April 1953.
rights:Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
date added:27 May 2017

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THEATRE ROYAL,
HUDDERSFIELD.
HUDDERSFIELD
REPERTORY
COMPANY
1953 SEASON
With Guest Stars
PROGRAMME PRICE 3d.
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PROPRIETORS: THE PEOPLE’S ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY LTD.
General Manager and licensee Alan Hay Secretary;: a. S. Everett, a.c.c.s.
Commencing Tuesday, 28th April, 1953.
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present
The Huddersfield Repertory Co.
(Member of the Council of Repertory Theatres)
IN
“TWELFTH NIGHT”
or “ What You Will ”
A Comedy by William Shakespeare Dress Circle Stalls Pit Stalls Pit Upper Circle
PRICES 5/- 41- 4/- 3/6 2/6 1/6 I/-(Unres.)
SATS. 5/- 4/6 4/6 3/6 2/6 2/-
Monday and Tuesday Nights — Two Seats for tite Price of One — To Theatre Club Members Only
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Children under six years of age not admitted
Box Office Open Daily 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
(or first interval whichever is later)
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CAST :
Orsino, Duke of Illyria DUDLEY FOSTER
Sebastian, Brother to Viola IAN SAINSBURY
Antonio, a Sea Captain, friend to Sebastian
DENVER THORNTON A Sea Captain, friend to Viola .. MAURICE BROWNING Gentlemen attending on the Duke :
Valentine REGINALD COLLIN
Curio CHARLES MILLER
Sir Toby Belch JULIAN d’ALBIE
Sir Andrew Aguecheek WILLIAM HEPPER
Malvolio, steward to Olivia WYNDHAM GOLDIE
Feste, a Clown LESLIE FRENCH
A Priest MAURICE BROWNING
Olivia HONOR BLACKMAN
Viola YVETTE WYATT
Maria, Olivia’s woman . JENNIFER CLARKE
Ladies in Waiting : Margaret Avery, Margaret Flint, Shirley Taylor
Lords, Sailors, Officers and Attendants : Charles Miller, Reginald Collin, David Crossley, Gerald Wood
SYNOPSIS OF SCENES :
The Scene is set in Illyria, near the sea coast
The Play will be staged in Three Acts with an Interval between
each Act
The Play Produced by LESLIE FRENCH
Scenery Designed and Painted by GRAHAM OAKLEY, assisted by Jane Dickins
Orchestra under the direction of JOHN ROCKETT
STAFF:
Stage Director Denver Thornton
Company Stage Manager . Caroline Swinton
Resident Stage Manager G. Leslie Brook
Assistant Stage Managers... Cynthia Grenville, Mary Johnston
Recorded Effects by Ross Records.
Special Properties kindly loaned by Claude Hill. Chandelier by Guy V. Laycock Ltd.
All Ladies’ Hair Styles created and executed by Vera Moore. Stockings by Kayser-Bondor.
PROGRAMME CONTINUED OVERLEAF
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Dear Patrons,
Next week our Guest will be another representative of a famous theatrical family, HENRY MOLLISON, who will appear with HONOR BLACKMAN in that popular romance by James Hilton, “ RANDOM HARVEST.” Many of you will have seen the Film with Ronald Colman and Greer Garson and we can confidently recommend this revival for an entertaining and stimulating evening.
The next Meeting of the Huddersfield Theatre Club will be in this Theatre on Sunday, May 10th, at 8-0 p.m.
Yours sincerely,
ALAN HAY.
Week Commencing Monday, 4th May THE HUDDERSFIELD REPERTORY COMPANY with HENRY MOLLISON and HONOR BLACKMAN in
“RANDOM HARVEST”
by James Hilton
“ NOTICE.”
In accordance with the requirements of the Watch Committee of the Huddersfield County Borough Council :—
(a) The public may leave at the end of the performance by all exits and entrances and the doors of such exits and entrances shall at that time be open,
(b) All gangways, passages and staircases shall be kept entirely free from ehairs or
(c) any other obstructions.
The safety curtain shall be lowered and raised in the sight of the audience immediately before the commencement of each performance, so as to ensure its being in proper working order.
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