The Merry Widow is a romantic operetta set in Paris, following a wealthy widow whose fortune becomes the focus of diplomatic and romantic schemes as a small European nation tries to keep her money from leaving the country. It features music by Franz Lehár.
Creative team
- Pat Donovan Director
- Charles Comley Musical Director
- Barbara Wheeler Choreographer
- John Hurley Stage Director
Principal cast
- Alex Worster Baron Mirko Zeta
- Daphne Barlow Valencienne
- Rolland Hauser Count Danilo Danilovitch
- Enid Hogden Anna Glawari
- Keith Hardy Camille de Rosillon
- Geoffrey Brecknell Vicomte Cascada
- Deryck Johnstone Raoul de St Brioche
- Graham Haines Brogdanowitsch
- Anita Miles Sylvane
- William Gibbs Kromow
- Carol Rawlins Olga
- John Purdy Pritschitsch
- Beryl Goodridge Praskowia
- Dennis Reynolds Njegus
- Dulcie Dunne Lolo
- Vera Bennett Dodo
- Jean Chivers Jou-Jou
- Patricia Ranford Frou-Frou
- Jill Early Clo-Clo
- Jill Fleetwood Margot
- Patricia Bennett & David Lilley Vilia pas de deux
Ensemble
Hilda Bassett, Angela Bedford, Monica Collins, Violet Field, Jean Glover, Jean Guntrip, Joan Hartless, Beryl Jones, Christine Long, Betty Oldland, Elizabeth Plumb, Everald Poole, Jean Sismey, Sheila Snook, Janet Webb, Margaret Weightman, Phyllis Whitewood, Joyce Willettes, Hadyn Andrews, Reginald Baker, Gordon Bezer, Michael Chivers, Barries Cooper, Raymond Dance, Leslie Heal, Alan Hogden, Peter Smith, Frederick Stroud, Christopher Viveash, George Wheeler, Clifford Winslow, Rosalind Amor, Valerie Andrews, Andrea Ashby, Patricia Bennett, June Carter, Joan Gough, Sheila Hazell, Marguerite Kitching, Betty Symonds, Barbara Wheeler