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Miss EVELINE STEVENSON
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(The Rebel Maid) (Soprano)
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ABIGAIL (her maid)
DOROTHY |
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Miss GLADYS PALMER (Contralto)
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| PERCY |
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Mr. EDWARD CROWTHER (Tenor)
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| DEREK |
Mr. THORPE BATES
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(Commander of the Rebel Cutter) (Baritone)
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BUNKLE (An Inn Keeper)
LORD MILVERTON
STEPHEN |
JOHN HARGREAVES (Baritone)
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| SOLOMON (Derek's Servant) |
V. ELLIOTT (Baritone)
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CHORUS OF GUESTS, COURTIERS, SERVING MAIDS, VILLAGERS, SOLDIERS, FISHERMEN, etc
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Part 1 Act I.
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Introduction and Opening Chorus |
"This English Land"
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Duet (Dorothy & Perry) & Chorus |
"In 1688"
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Song (Derek) |
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"Home Again"
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Song (Mary) and Chorus |
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"Sunshine and Laughter"
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Quartet and Gavotte
(Mary, Dorothy, Perry & Derek) |
"Shepherdess and Beau Brocade"
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Song (Derek) and Chorus |
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"Unavailing Little Lady"
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Song (Mary) |
"When a Dream of Love You Cherish"
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8. Finale (Principals and Chorus) |
"But Stay, Confession I should make" |
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Part 1 Act II.
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Song (Bunkle) and Male Chorus |
"We've searched the Countryside"
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Song (Abigail) |
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"I want my Man to be a Landlord"
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Madrigal (Chorus) |
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"How Strange this Tumult"
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Song (Mary) |
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"The Old-fashioned Cloak"
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Chorus of Serving Maids |
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"Serving Maidens Merry"
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Duet (Solomon and Bunkle) with Male Chorus |
"Ho, Ho, Diddle Dum"
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Song (Mary) and Chorus |
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"Are my Lanterns Shining"
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Finale (Principals and Chorus) |
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"Now Hold, can we not Save?"
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Part 1 Act III
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Jig (Orchestra) |
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Opening Chorus |
''When the Heart is Blithe and Jolly"
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Song (Derek) and Chorus |
"The Fishermen of England"
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Song (Mary) |
"Sail my Ships"
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Madrigal (Chorus) |
"Wisdom and Folly"
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Duet (Mary and Derek) |
"Now stand we on the Summit of the Hill"
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Finale |
"They have come from over the Seas"
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Part 2
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| "The Flower Sons" ("Carmen") |
Bizet
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MR. EDWARD CROWTHER
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"Have you seen but a whyte lillie grow"
(Old English Air) |
Words by Ben Jonson
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"Whither runneth my sweetheart" |
John Bartlett, 1606
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Miss GLADYS PALMER
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"The Three Comrades" |
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Hans Hermann
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MR. THORPE BATES
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"Bid me discourse" |
Bishop (Words by Shakespeare)
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With Orchestral Accompaniment
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Miss EVELINE STEVENSON
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"Young Dietrich" |
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Henschel
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MR. JOHN HARGREAVES
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GOD SAVE THE KING
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Officials
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| President |
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Mr. A. WILMOTT
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| Vice-Presidents |
Mr. C. W. Horrell, J.P., C.A. |
Mr. Fred Corby
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Mr. W. E. Capon |
Mr. F. J. Sharwood, C.C.
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(Advisory Committee) |
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Mrs. J. Clark |
Mr. W. M. Horrell
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Mrs. G. Selwood |
Mr. J. F. Knight
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Mr. H. Clifton |
Mr. B. Ladds
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Mr. J. S. Denton |
Mr. O. A. H. Muxlow
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Mr. W. T. L. Flood |
Mr. G. S. North
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Mr. H. S. Gates |
Mr. J. W. Radburne
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Mr. John Harris |
Mr. J. Roe
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Mr. J. S. Clipson |
Mr. T. Sanders
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| Conductor |
Mr. BERNARD TOMKINS |
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| Accompanist |
Mr. J. LINDSAY CLIPSON, A.R.C.O. |
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| Hon. Secretary |
Mr. L. V. ELLIOTT |
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| Hon Treasurer |
Mr. A. S. KNIGHT |
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Orchestra |
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Violins :
J. W. Cooke (leader)
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W. Thompson
K. Cotten
F. Hart
Yvonne Hall
S. Whitworth
S. Hobbs
R. Tunn |
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Viola :
S. Seamarks
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Cello:
H. Homer
Joyce Hall
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Pianoforte :
J. L. Clipson, A.R.C.O.
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Bass :
W. Lockie
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INTERVAL - BROADCAST INTERLUDE - A portion of the Rushden Adult School Male Voice Choir's Broadcast from the Midland Station
will be heard, by courtesy of Messrs. Clark Bros., Rushden, during the interval.
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Mr. THORPE BATES
(Baritone) who sings"Derek," his original stage part
Stage successes by Mr. Bates have included "TheYankee Princess" (in New York). "The Rebel Maid" and "Maid of the Mountains". Educated at the Guildhall School of Music and Royal Academy of Music. Mr. Bates has sung as principal baritone at Promenade and Hallé Concerts.
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Miss EVELINE STEVENSON
(Soprano), taking the part of "Lady Mary Trefusis"
Since childhood’s days Miss Stevenson has been using her voice in song. She received her musical education in Birmingham, Paris and London, toured Canada in 1927, and has broadcast frequently from London, Birmingham, Glasgow and Belfast.Today she visits Rushden for the first time.
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THIS SOUVENIR PROGRAMME has been kindly donated by Mr.John White, to whom, and all other helpers and patrons, the Society tenders compliments and thanks.
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Miss GLADYS PALMER
(Contralto), sings "Abigail" and "Dorothy"
A Professor of the Royal College of Music, Miss Palmer has appeared as a principal in both German and Italian Opera at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden. She has visited Rushden on several occassions.
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Prologue to The Rebel Maid
"A Romantic Light Opera" it is called, but the "book" itself, with its Devonshire setting, its lovers and courtiers, its
blue-blooded ladies and rosy-cheeked serving maids, its fishermen and soldiers, is not more romantic than the story of its origin. Two young lieutenants in a submarine wrote it to relieve the monotony of long night watches during the Great War.
Montague Phillips established himself in this work as one of the leading composers of light music, and Gerald Dodson - now the Recorder of London - left us grateful for his lively imaginative lyrics.
Produced at the, Empire Theatre, London, on March 12th, 1921, the opera had in its notable cast Thorpe Bates (as Derek Lanscombe), Clara Butterworth (in the title role) and C. Hayden Coffin. For the concert version two madrigals and a finale were added and some comedy numbers omitted.
It will not be difficult to follow the story outline .... 1688 .... an anti-Stuart plot .... the "Curlew" cutter off Torbay with Derek Lanscombe aboard, prepared to assist the landing of William Prince of Orange .... Lady Mary ashore, entrusted with a lantern signal to guide him .... plot discovered, light changed, Derek ambushed, lovers estranged .... Derek escapes, learns the truth, and all is well. |
Mr. JOHN HARGREAVES
(Baritone), is "Bunklu" and "Lord Milverton"
On the permanent staff of the Sadlers Wells Opera Company, Mr Hargreaves has appeared this season as Valentine in "Faust" and Schaunard in "La Boheme". He has played with Tauber in "Land Without Music" and other films.
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Mr. BERNARD C. TOMKINS
Conductor, Rushden Choral Society
Steps in the career of Mr.Tomkins are Tenor, City Temple Choir, London; debut as concert artiste at Crystal Palace, 1906; Lena Ashwell concert parties 1914-18; conductor of Rushden and Bedford Operatic Societies; 21 years conductor of Rushden Park-road, Baptist Choir; teacher of singing at Rushden, Bedford and Northampton.
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Mr. EDWARD CROWTHER (Tenor)
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is a young artiste whose successes date from 1936, when he appeared with the British Music Drama Co. at Covent Garden. Already he has sung at Queen's Hall, London.
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