Pantomime 15-19 January 1955 Sanderstead Memorial Hall, Purley Oaks Road
Babes in the Wood
By Alan Winter. Directed by Winston Grimes
Alan Winter’s pantomime, staged at Sanderstead Memorial Hall, Purley Oaks Road, on 15, 17, 18 and 19 January 1955, in the club’s thirty-fifth year (season 1954-55). After a prologue the story moves from the village green at Sunnydale to the Squire’s kitchen, the long gallery and the great hall; after the interval come the Enchanted Wood, a country lane and the gipsy camp before the finale in the Great Hall. Winston Grimes directed and produced.
Cast & crew
Cast
- Fairy
- Shirley Hunt
- Village Policeman
- Peter Simpson
- Penelope Wise
- Jill Raymond
- Colin Goodheart
- Dinkey Leonard
- Sally Wise
- Shirley Hampton
- Mrs. Wise
- Stanley Greville
- Robinson
- Stanley Innes
- Ghost of Lady Eleanor
- Molly Ibbetson
- Bill
- John Erskine
- Ben
- Peter Simpson
- Squire Fortescue
- Alan Winter
- Gipsy Chief
- Stanley Innes
- Beppo
- Ron Blake
- Meg Merryweather
- Laurie Innes
Chorus: Villagers, Guests, Gipsies
Ann Betty, Joan Claxton, Diana Dewsbury, Jennifer Lane, Janet Morris, Christina Reddy, Heather Towner, Jane Taylor, Carolyn Wadham, Ann White, Suzanne White
Dancer: Nymph & Sprites, Pierrot & Columbine
Children's Chorus: Birds, Mice, Rats, & Children
Jill Bayley, Linda Barrett, Susan Black, Susan Bridge, Lesley Forbes, Margaret Humphrys, Beryl Mealing, Linda Wheeler
Crew
- Director
- Winston Grimes
- Writer
- Alan Winter
- Choreographer (Ballet & chorus ensembles devised and arranged)
- Sheila Canty
- Choreographer (Children’s dances)
- Peggy Hunter
- Musical Director (Music arranged and directed)
- W. W. Marsh
- Musician (1st Violin (Leader))
- E. N. Hurst
- Musician (1st Violin)
- H. W. Kearsey, Mrs. K. M. Baxter
- Musician (2nd Violin)
- S. E. A. Johnson, R. J. Martin
- Musician (Viola)
- Mrs. K. M. Baxter
- Musician (Cello)
- W. A. Funnell
- Musician (Double Bass)
- H. R. Rivers-Moore
- Musician (Flute)
- D. J. Grew
- Musician (Clarinet)
- H. R. Taylor
- Musician (Piano)
- Mrs. M. Chick
- Musician (Trumpet)
- E. H. Coppard, C. N. Marsh
- Musician (Trombone)
- L. A. Voice
- Musician (Timpani, Drums, etc.)
- L. G. Hunt
- Stage Manager
- Phil Naish
- Assistant Stage Manager
- Priscilla Wright, Jennifer Taylor
- Set Design & Painting (Scenery designed and painted)
- Joan James
- Set Design & Painting (Assistant)
- Members of the Club
- Set Construction (Scenery constructed)
- Members of the Club
- Scenery Manager
- E. V. Peters
- Lighting (Lighting and effects)
- Bruce Westwood
- Lighting (Assistant)
- John Page, Michael Dossett
- Costumes & Wardrobe (Wardrobe Mistress)
- Mollie Ibbetson
- Costumes & Wardrobe (Assistant)
- Florence Boyer
- Costumes & Wardrobe (Costumes designed and arranged)
- Mollie Ibbetson
- Costumes & Wardrobe (Costumes made)
- Members of the Club
- Make-up
- Ted Howard, Phyl Howard, Gwen Foster
- Props (Property Mistress)
- Lesley Gosney
- Props (Assistant)
- Members of the Club
- Box Office
- Robert Simpson
The Programme
The original programme from the show. Flick through it here, or download a copy to keep.
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