Rushden Research Group: Court Estate Concert Party 1960

From the programme

Court Estate Concert Party

Serenade in Maytime - 1960

Characters In Order of Appearance
THE PRESENT
COUNTESS BARBARA KLEISER		VERA CLELAND
COUNT ADRIAN KLEISER		PETER HODGKINS
MADAME SARINA CARLETTA		MARGARET SKINNER
THE PAST
ANTON KIRNER	An Artist	PETER RANDALL
RENALDO SALVATORE	A peasant	PETER WHELAN
JOHANN PASSER AEU	A Composer	CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR
COUNT JOSEF KLEISER		CLAUDE KING
COUNTESS ZORINA	His wife	JEAN HUNT
MARGUERITE	Their daughter	MARGARET SKINNER
ALBRECHT	Their son	PETER HODGKINS
LOUISE	Governess to Marguerite	FLORENCE LINE
THERESA	Renaldo's sister	CONNIE HOLT
FREDERICK	A servant boy	NORMAN KING
COUNT OLAF VON EBEN		RAYMOND KING
PIERRE	An Inn keeper	DONALD SANDERS
LILLI	A Flower Girl	LILY HARTOP
JACQUE DE SALLE	A Gambler	ERNEST STOCK
MARGUERITE		MARIAN BRADSHAW

Chorus, Dancers, Peasants, Etc.
M. Bradshaw	Ruth Burgess	Vera Cleland
Anne Wilding	Pamela Sinfield	Ernest Stock
Norman King	Donald Sanders	Lily Hartop

Musical Arrangements by Joan Hart, A.L.C.M.,
Doreen Wilford and Peter Whelan

Scenery and Portrait of Marguerite
Painted by Peter Hodgkins

Costumes Designed and made by
The Court Estate Players

Stage Electrician : David Osborne
assisted by Peter Maund

Stage Manager : Brian Makeham
Assisted by : Patrick Holt

Wardrobe Mistress : Vera Hodgkins

Prompter : Bertram Hales

Pianist: Doreen Wilford.

ENTIRE PRODUCTION BY PETER WHELAN

THANKS - The members of the Concert Party would like to extend their sincere thanks to all those who have helped in any way towards this production, especially the Church Room Committee for the use of the Church Room, also the Sharnbrook and North Bedfordshire Operatic Society for the use of Stage Lighting

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Evening Telepgraph

"Serenade in Maytime", the latest production of Rushden Court Estate Concert Party, got off to a good start in the estate's church room on Tuesday—for a four-day run.

It was written by 30-year-old Mr. Peter Whelan, who also wrote the music and directed the company.

Mr. Whelan takes the leading role of Renaldo, the Italian lover of Marguerite, played by Margaret Skinner.

Those in principal parts include: Vera Cleland, Peter Randall, Claude King, Jean Hunt, Christopher Taylor, Peter Hodgkins, Florence Line, Connie Holt, Norman King, Raymond King, Donald Sanders, Lily Hartop, Ernest Stock and Marian Bradshaw.

Mrs. Doreen Wilford, who also plays the piano accompaniments, and Mrs. Joan Hart assisted in the musical arrangements. The scenery and a portrait of Marguerite were painted by Peter Hodgkins; costumes were designed and made by concert party members. Brian Makeham is stage manager, assisted by Patrick Holt.

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