Production 33 - Merrie England
By Edward German and Basil Hood
Performed during July & August 1965 at Deal Castle
By kind permission of The Minister of Public Buildings & Works
The Cast
| The May Queen | Doris Cohen or Zena Almond |
| Katie | Zena Almond or Thelma Faulkner |
| Ben (Royal Forester) | Tony Faulkner |
| Tom (Royal Forester) | Philip Bowthorpe |
| A Tailor | Robin Davies or Bert Bradshaw |
| A Butcher | Roger Taylor or John Evans |
| A Baker | Arthur Birch |
| A Tinker | Reuben Atkinson or Raymond Osborne |
| Jill-All-Alone | Diane Almond |
| Walter Wilkins (Player in Shakespeare’s Company) | Julian Grenville |
| Silas Simkins (Player in Shakespeare’s Company) | Conrad Sherwin |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | Alec Thomson or Martin Thomson |
| Miss Bessie Throckmorton | Madeleine Franklin |
| The Earl of Essex | Ronald Latham |
| Lord-in-Attendance | Martin Thomas or John Evans |
| Queen Elizabeth | Phyllis Gray or Iris Doms |
| 1st Royal Page | Adrian Doms |
| 2nd Royal Page | Jacqueline Ward |
| Marjorie | Iris Doms |
| The Queen’s Fool | Peter Eckersley |
| Lady-in-Waiting | Helga Latham |
| Townswomen | Thelma Faulkner & Mollie Boyce |
| Dancers (Pupils of the Eileen Thomas School of Dancing) | Gloria Aylett, Annette Castle, Carol Comaish, Jacqueline Ellis, Linda English, Alison Grove, Barbara Harcourt, Ann Harrison, Ann Hewish, Daphne Jack, Dominic Jack, Donald Jack, Rosemary Horton, Christopher Jack, Susanne Jack, Susan Nowers, Sharon O’Dwyer, Louise Perse, Wendy Radford, Julie Tharp, Lesley Turner, Jill Vidler, Jean Wolsoncroft, Judith Wood & Wendy Wood |
| SINGING PARTS | |
| Queen Elizabeth & Jill-All-Alone | Thelma Greenstreet |
| The May Queen & Bessie Throckmorton | Eileen Rickon |
| The Earl of Essex & Tom | John Davies |
| Sir Walter Raleigh & Walter Wilkins | Donald Wynn |
| Chorus | Christine Baker, Cyril Buggy, George Catt, David Foreman, Kathleen Gilby, Bridgett Gill, Mary Horton, Cosette Joy, Jean Riley, Hazel Roberts, Ann Southey, Joan Southey, Ronald Southey, Susan Stapleton & Allen Tucker |
| Orchestra | Harry Lipman (Leader), William Brown, Margaret Buggy, Leo Collins, Joseph Dudley, Harold Eden, David Johnson, Louise Leask, Arthur Lipple, Leslie Lukehurst, Gerald Martin, Phylis Nicholson, Patrick Ovens, Alison Reynolds, Frank Whitford & Freda Yeomans |