Follow the Sun

Charles B. COCHRAN'S 1936 REVUE

Dialogue by RONALD JEANS and JOHN HASTINGS TURNER; Lyrics by
HOWARD DIETZ and DESMOND CARTER; Music by ARTHUR SCHWARTZ

Scenery designed by ERNST STERN; Costumes designed by ERNST STERN and ADA PEACOCK

The Entire Revue Produced under the Direction of CHARLES B. COCHRAN
The Orchestra under the direction of FRANK COLLINSON, Mus. Bac.

Dances and Ensembles by BUDDY BRADLEY and FREDERICK ASHTON (the latter by courtesy of Lilian Baylis). Staged by FRANK COLLINS

The Programme

PART I.

Scene I (A) THE DRESSING ROOMS

A Principal - MADELINE GIBSON
Her Dresser - GAY DAVIS
Mr. Cochran's Young Ladies - PAT ADAMS, PEGGY BARTROP, GOLA BETTI, EILEEN CARROLL, SARAH CHURCHILL, ANN CLARE, ZENA DELL, TONI DEXTER, VALERIE FRASER, SABINA GORDON, SHEILA HUNTLEY, FELICITY LAWFORD, MARGARITA MASTERS, DESIREE MOORE, MARIE NASHE, JENNY NICHOLSON, SYLVIA PERMAN, DOREEN PERCHERON, VALERIE STANTON, SYLVIA TAPERELL, RENEE VERONICA, PEGGY WATSON, ANN WHEATLEY SHEILA WILSON
The Contortionist - EVE
The Ballet Dancer - EILEEN O'CONNOR
The Comedian - KENNETH WARE
Actresses - IRIS MARCH, LISA D'ESTERRE, JOYCE HODGKISS
The Call Boy - ROBERT RUDD
The Juvenile - ALAN SHIRES

(B) FOLLOW THE SUN Lyric by DESMOND CARTER

MADELINE GIBSON and ALAN SHIRES, IRIS MARCH, EVE, EILEEN O'CONNOR, PHILIP MORGAN, JEAN DAVAUT and Mr. COCHRAN'S YOUNG LADIES

Madeline Gibson's dress by Charles James, Ltd.
Iris March's, Eve's, Eileen O'Connor's by Reville, Ltd.
Mr. Cochran's Young Ladies' costumes designed by ADA PEACOCK Executed by Reville, Ltd.
Scene 2. REEL LIFE (RONALD JEANS)

The Commère - ELISABETH CORCORAN
Sir Roscoe Candlebury - LANCE LISTER
Lady Candlebury - MARGARET CHATWIN
Barnet (their Butler) - KENNETH WARE
Det.-Inspector Snagg - GERALD NODIN
A Chauffeur - STANLEY HAIG-BROWN
1st Policeman - JEAN DAVAUT
2nd Policeman - W. LAWSON-McLAREN
A Doctor - PHILIP MORGAN
Sir Roscoe Candlebury - RALPH ROBERTS
Lady Candlebury- BETTY SHALE

Scene 3. THE TWO SOULYS
Scene 4. THE COMING YEAR AT OLYMPIA (RONALD JEANS)

The Demonstrator - VIC OLIVER
A Typist - GWEN RADCLIFFE
The Mayfair Flat - ELISABETH CORCORAN
An Ordinary Man - KENNETH WARE
The Pedestrian of 1945 - PETER GYLL

Elisabeth Corcoran's dress by Tiziana, Ltd.
The Costume of the Pedestrian (1945) designed by ERNST STERN; Executed by L. & H. Nathan Ltd.
Scene 5. THE THREE HOLY KINGS (Music by HANNES RUCH; Words adapted from Heine's Poem by DESMOND CARTER)

The Singer - IRENE EISINGER
Her Attendants: OLIVE ACKROYD, MAISIE BAXTER, EDNA BROUGH, LISA D'ESTERRE, PEGGY HALE, EVELYN ROUSE
The Three Kings - LANCE FAIRFAX, MORTON FLAVELLE, ALEXANDER FRANKS
The Angels - VIVIEN LAMBELET, JUNE SPENCER-DYKE

Costumes designed by ERNST STERN. Executed by B. J. Simmons & Co., Ltd.
Scene 6. THE LADY WITH THE TAP (Lyric by HOWARD DIETZ, Idea Conceived by VINCENTE MINNELLI)

An Officer - GERALD NODIN
His Men: - DONALD CARSON, FRANK COSS, MORTON FLAVELLE, ALEXANDER FRANKS, AUBREY ROUSE, MARKBY RYAN, BARRY SHERWOOD, PAUL STANTON
The Soldiers - Mr. COCHRAN'S YOUNG LADIES
The Lady with the Tap - CLAIRE LUCE

Claire Luce's dress designed and made by Xenia, Ltd. The other costumes designed by ERNST STERN, Executed by L. & H. Nathan, Ltd.
Scene 7. BROADCASTING (RONALD JEANS)

The English Singer - BETTY SHALE
B.B.C. Announcer - RALPH ROBERTS
The American Singer - MADELINE GIBSON
U.S.A. Announcer - VIC OLIVER
Scene 8. LOVE IS A DANCING THING (Lyric by HOWARD DIETZ)

IRENE EISINGER and Mr. COCHRAN'S YOUNG LADIES

Solo Dancer - EILEEN O'CONNOR

Costumes by Charles James, Ltd.
Scene 9. THE YOUNGER DE-GENERATION (RONALD JEANS)

(A) A Psycho-Analyst - RALPH ROBERTS
The Child - SADIE CORRE
The Mother - ELISABETH CORCORAN

(B) Penelope - CLAIRE LUCE
George - WALLACE DOUGLAS
Crump (their Butler) - GERALD NODIN
The Footman - VIC OLIVER
Monica Sitzwell - JUNE SPENCER-DYKE
Lionel Sapp - LANCE LISTER
Jane Wiffin - IRIS MARCH
Jimmy Wiffin - PHILIP MORGAN

Claire Luce's and Iris March's dresses by Charles James, Ltd.
Scene 10. "CUBA" (Ciro Rimac conducting)

(A) CIRO RIMAC'S " RUMBALAND MUCHACHOS"

1. MAXIXE-CARIOCA - CIRO RIMAC and CARITO
2. HOT MAMA INEZ - CHARLEY BOY
3. LA RUMBA - CARITO and CHARLEY BOY
4. JAZZ IMITATION - THE RIMACS

(B) Song—"NICOTINA" (Lyric by DESMOND CARTER)

LANCE FAIRFAX, EVE, CONCHITA, Mr. COCHRAN'S YOUNG LADIES and FULL COMPANY

Dances by—CLAIRE LUCE and PHILLIP MORGAN, DIAZ OFELIA and CORREA PIMENTO
Costumes designed by ERNST STERN, executed by L. & H. Nathan, Ltd.
Claire Luce's dress by Charles James, Ltd.
Madeline Gibson's dress by Xenia, Ltd.
Iris March's and other modern dresses by Reville, Ltd.

PART II.

Scene II. Polonaise—Mr. COCHRAN'S YOUNG LADIES

Costumes designed by ERNST STERN, executed by B. J. Simmons & Co., Ltd.
Scene 12. ALOYSIA (JOHN HASTINGS TURNER)

A Lady - GWEN RADCLIFFE
Her Partner - GERALD NODIN
Another Lady - JUNE SPENCER-DYKE
Her Partner - PHILIP MORGAN
A Major-Doma - KENNETH WARE
Ist Flunkey - STANLEY HAIG-BROWN
2nd Flunkey - MARKBY RYAN
The Princess of Orange - ELISABETH CORCORAN
Mozart - WALLACE DOUGLAS
Aloysia Weber - IRENE EISINGER
Guests: - OLGA ACKROYD, PAT ADAMS, PEGGY BARTROP, SARAH CHURCHILL, LISA D'ESTERRE, TONI DEXTER, FELICITY LAWFORD, GWEN RADCLIFFE, GEORGE BOWLER, DONALD CARSON, FRASER COSS, JEAN DAVAUT, PAT DAY, MORTON FLAVELLE, ALEXANDER FRANKS, W. LAWSON-McLAREN, AUBREY ROUSE, BARRY SHERWOOD, PAUL STANTON

Song — La Finite Semplice - (Mozart)

IRENE EISINGER

Scene and costumes rearranged from a design by KOMISARJEVSKY: The costumes executed by Motley, Ltd.
Scene 13. CRUISING; or, "ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE" (RONALD JEANS)

A Sailor - STANLEY HAIG-BROWN
A Deck Steward - LANCE LISTER
A Lancashire Man - GERALD NODIN
His Wife - BETTY SHALE
A Scotsman - KENNETH WARE
An American Girl - CLAIRE LUCE

Song—"How High Can a Little Bird Fly?" (Lyric by HOWARD DIETZ)

CLAIRE LUCE and Mr. COCHRAN'S YOUNG LADIES

Speciality Dance - ALAN SHIRES

Claire Luce's costumes by Roy Montgomerie: Mr. Cochran's Young Ladies' dresses designed by ADA PEACOCK and executed by Reville, Ltd.
Scene 14. AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOME (JOHN HASTINGS TURNER)

Dick Warner - VIC OLIVER
Lilian Wells - IRIS MARCH
Mr. Wells - RALPH ROBERTS
Mrs. Wells - BETTY SHALE
Charlie Wells - ALBERT KINGSTON
Harold Wells - JEAN DAVAUT
Betty Wells - ZENA DELL
Grannie - MARGARET CHATWIN

Iris March's dress by K. Fisher, Ltd.
Scene 15. ECONOMY

VIC OLIVER and IRIS MARCH
Scene 16. THE STEAM BOAT WHISTLE (Lyric by HOWARD DIETZ)

A Quayside Ragamuffin - JENI LE GON
Stevedores: DONALD CARSON, FRANK COSS, MORTON FLAVELLE, ALEXANDER FRANKS, AUBREY ROUSE, MARKBY RYAN, BARRY SHERWOOD, PAUL STANTON
Their Womenfolk: - OLGA ACKROYD, MAISIE BAXTER, EDNA BROUGH, LISA D'ESTERRE, PEGGY HALE, VIVIEN LAMBELET, EVELYN ROUSE, JUNE SPENCER-DYKE
Steamboat Passengers: ELISABETH CORCORAN, GAY DAVIS, MADELINE GIBSON, IRIS MARCH, BETTY SHALE, GEORGE BOWLER, JEAN DAVAUT, PAT DAY, STANLEY HAIG-BROWN, ROBERT LINDEN, PHILIP MORGAN, W. LAWSON-McLAREN, GERALD NODIN, KENNETH WARE
A Lady of the Town - GWEN RADCLIFFE
Two Coons - THE TWO SOULYS
The Band - THE RIMACS
More Passengers - Mr. COCHRAN'S YOUNG LADIES
Two Children - BERYL FRASER, ALBERT KINGSTON
Two Urchins - SADIE CORRE, BARBARA JELLY

Chorus — "Loadin' Time" (Lyric by HOWARD DIETZ)
Song and Dance — "The Steam Boat Whistle" (Lyric by HOWARD DIETZ)

Dances by: JENI LE GON, THE TWO SOULYS

Costumes designed by ADA PEACOCK. Ladies' costumes executed by Motley, Ltd. Jeni Le Gon's by L. & H. Nathan, Ltd. Men's costumes by Morris Angel & Son, Ltd.
Scene 17. "INFLUENCE"

VIC OLIVER and IRIS MARCH
Scene 18. KLEINE ACROBAT (Lyric by HOWARD DIETZ)

The Acrobat - GERALD NODIN
His Partner - IRENE EISINGER

Gerald Nodin's and Irene Eisinger's costumes designed by ERNST STERN. Executed by B. J. Simmons & Co., Ltd.
Scene 19. THE FIRST SHOOT (A Ballet by OSBERT SITWELL Music by WILLIAM WALTON Choreography by FREDERICK ASHTON - (By courtesy of Lilian Baylis))

Lady de Fontenoy (formerly Connie Winsome of the Gaiety, or Daly's) - CLAIRE LUCE
Lord Charles Canterbury - PHILLIP MORGAN
The Pheasants: SARAH CHURCHILL, ANN CLARE, VALERIE FRASER,_DESIREE MOORE, MARIE NASHE, JENNY NICHOLSON
The Ladies: GOLA BETTI, EILEEN CARROLL, ZENA DELL, SABINA GORDON. DOREEN PERCHERON, SYLVIA TAPERELL, PEGGY WATSO , SHEILA WILSON
The Gentlemen: GEORGE BOWLER, PAT DAY, STANLEY HAIG-BROWN, W. LAWSON McLAREN, PHILIP MORGAN, GERALD NODIN, AUBREY ROUSE, BARRY SHERWOOD
The Footmen - ALEXANDER FRANKS, MARKBY RYAN

SYNOPSIS

The action takes place in a woodland glade, during a fashionable Edwardian shooting party, the first given by Lord de Fontenoy since his marriage to the lovely Connie Winsome, late of Musical Comedy. After an opening dance of pheasants, Lady de Fontenoy enters, soon followed by her admirer, Lord Charles Canterbury, who performs a dance for her pleasure, but they are interrupted by the rest of the party, who march round, firing in the air, and then dance off to luncheon. Lord Charles lingers, fires at another bird, and accidentally wounds Lady de Fontenoy. Dragging herself on to the stage, she dies in his arms, to the intense interest of the other guests.

The Scene and dresses designed by CECIL BEATON: The dresses executed by Madame Karinsky

Scene 20. A BRAND NEW SUIT (Lyric by HOWARD DIETZ)

JENI LE GON

Jeni Le Gon's suit designed by ADA PEACOCK: Executed by Morris Angel & Son, Ltd.
Scene 21. THE VOICE THAT IS STILL (RONALD JEANS)

The Doctor - KENNETH WARE
The Father - LANCE LISTER
The Daughter - IRIS MARCH
The Son - WALLACE DOUGLAS
Fotheringay - RALPH ROBERTS
The Mother - BETTY SHALE
Scene 22. DANGEROUS YOU (Lyric by DESMOND CARTER)

The Singer - LANCE FAIRFAX
The Girl - CLAIRE LUCE
The Poet - PHILLIP MORGAN
The Man About Town - PHILIP MORGAN
The Tough - STANLEY HAIG-BROWN
The Soldier - W. LAWSON McLAREN

Claire Lute's dress by Reville, Ltd.
Scene 23. VIC OLIVER
Scene 24. SLEIGH BELLS (Lyric by HOWARD DIETZ)

(A) Hyde Park (1936)
(B) Exterior of an Ale-house (1845)
(C) Finale ... ... ... ... THE FULL COMPANY

Costumes designed by ERNST STERN; Executed by B. J. Simmons & Co., Ltd. Madeline Gibson's costume by Reville, Ltd.