"LILAC TIME"

SSAOS 1939 production

• The music of Franz Schubert
  

• Lyrics by A.P.Herbert
  

• SSAOS Production at Queen's Theatre, South Shields, 6th - 11th March, 1939
  
  (This was to be the last show by the SSAOS until after the war. After two concert versions in 1949 and 1950, the
   first post war production in 1950 was "ROSE MARIE")
  

• SUBSCRIPTIONS. As mentioned in the 1930 production notes for "IOLANTHE" the number of Vice-Presidents then was 37. The number of Subscribers was not listed in the programme for "LILAC TIME" but there were 72 Honorary Members listed. The previous year (1938 - "BITTER SWEET") there were currently then 58 Subscribers. 60 Honorary Members and the number of V.P.'s stood at 34 

Cast

Principals:
Ella Dennison, Harry Dial, William Bruce, Rosamond Turnbull, Jack Gallagher, Margaret Atkinson, Dulcie Denison, Gladys Armstrong, Greta Boal, Audrey Youens, Fred Lawson, Audrey Wilson, Alex. Forrester, Mary Clunie, Alan Hockey, Mildred Ellis, Katherine Gallagher, Peggy Bell, Robert Pilbin, Jack Thompson, Ian Tait, John Cockburn

Ladies of the Chorus:
Isabel Butler, Nancy Clough, Jessie Dial, Evelyn Mordain, Marion Shields, Sadie Shields, Connie Spence, Estelle Whitfield,  Josephine Barlow, Gwen Nicol, Joan Berwick, Tissie Boyce, Rena Brown, Dorothy Coates, Vi Curry, Vi Coverdale, Winnie Gibson, Marion Low, Nellie Lishman, Rowena McDermid, Nellie Ritchie, Eleanor Shields, Irene Sanderson, Hilda West, Bessie Yule, Grace Darling, Irene Ellis, Margaret Robson, Isa Peterson, Hylda Perridge, Lilian Thubron, Margaret Turner, Billie Woodcock, Jean Winter, Nan West, Rita Wood.

Chorus Gentlemen:
John Bradley, Lesley Brown, W. Alan Coates, Harry Funnell, Wm. Hall, E. Forsyth Hedley, Wm. Helm, F. Alan Hope, Jos. Kell, Jos. C. McKay, Wm. Owen, Harry Low, Jnr., John R. Pilbin, Tom Swindell, J. C. Smith, Leslie Stobbs, Ernest Teasdale, Geo. T. Thornton, Cyril Thubron, Douglas Woodcock.

NOTE: In pre-war programmes it was the custom to list the names of Stewards and Programme Sellers. For older readers and those with long memories here are the names of those who were honoured in this year's programme.

Stewards:
John Huntley, M. Coverdale, Chas. Metcalf, Alf Jones, Robt. Ridley, Leslie H.Bulmer, Wilfred Robson, Milton Swales (Jnr.)

Hon. Programme Sellers:
Annie Linn, Nancy Hedley, Althea Urwin, Annie Metcalf, Jean Huntley, Jen Owen, Marjorie Metcalf, Lily Bulmer, May Huntley.

Lili - Nancy Page   Franz Schubert - James Etherington

Christian Veit Alex. Forrester

Mrs Veit Bessie Bell

Johann M Vogl Tom Smith

M. von Schwind  Adam West

Kappel Jos. Swann

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