The Gaieties
Revue devised by Carroll Gibbons and Douglas
Furber.
Music and Lyrics: Carroll
Gibbons and Douglas Furber.
Winter Garden Theatre, London - 29 March 1945
The Cast included:
Avril Angers, Hermione Baddeley, Walter Crisham, Carroll Gibbons and His Orchestra, Leslie Henson, Graham Payn, Cyril Smith
Programme
OVERTURE - CARROLL GIBBONS AND HIS ORCHESTRA
A PROLOGUE WRITTEN AND SPOKEN by A. P. HERBERT
- AT YOUR SERVICE. Scene : An Airfield—anywhere.
- ROUND THE MAP … (Gibbons and Furber)
- Introducing FREDDIE CARPENTER'S DANCERS
- HERMIONE BADDELEY and LESLIE HENSON
" MISS THE BUS " … (Greatorex Newman)
- WALTER CRISHAM decides
" NOT TO GET LIT UP " ... (Hubert Gregg)
- " I THINK OF YOU " (Gibbons
and Furber) - GRAHAM PAYN, JOAN ALEXIS AND THE DANCERS
- HERMIONE BADDELEY commands the WOMEN'S CHEERY
WORKERS Including MOLLY GAY, DECIMA KNIGHT and PRUDENCE HYMAN
'
Scene : A Government Office ... (Adam Leslie)
- LESLIE HENSON and WALTER CRISHAM are
" THE WHITEST MEN YOU KNOW " (John Watt and Michael North)
- GRAHAM PAYN presents a famous old picture
" THE BOYHOOD OF RALEIGH " … (Various)
- DECIMA KNIGHT'S " HEART IS WITH A CONVOY " (Vivian
Ellis)
- HERMIONE BADDELEY and LESLIE HENSON are
" TWO FIGURES OF SPEECH " In a Naval Dockyard (Ellis and Henson)
- AVRIL ANGERS natters a bit — a case
of mind over natter!
"I didn't like it " — VIVIAN ELLIS
- WALTER CRISHAM and PRUDENCE HYMAN feel
" THEY MUST HAVE BEEN DREAMING " (Hubert Gregg)
- AVRIL ANGERS, DECIMA KNIGHT, and JOAN ALEXIS
are"THREE LITTLE WRENS" ... (Vivian Ellis)
- HERMIONE BADDELEY and LESLIE HENSON present
another picture, finished off by
CYRIL SMITH … (Denis Waldock)
- HELLA TOROS and the DANCERS all spick and
Spanish
In " MUSIC OF THE NIGHT " - (Edward Horan and Frank Eyton)
- It's off the record but WALTER CRISHAM is
really a
" WATER DIVINER " (Leslie Julian Jonesand John Jewett)
- A few moments with Shakespeare Scene : A
Court in Venice
(Produced by Bud Flanagan)Portia … HERMIONE BADDELEY
Antonio … GRAHAM PAYN
Narissa ... JOAN ALEXIS
Bassanio … MOLLY GAY
Duke of Venice … CYRIL SMITH
Shylock … LESLIE HENSON - To give Carroll Gibbons a rest, Leslie Henson brings on OUR
TOWN BAND (Vivian Ellis)
- THE SNEAK OF ST. SWITHiNS … (Adam
Leslie)
Miss Forsythe … JOAN ALEXIS
Myrtle Merrivale … HERMIONE BADDELEY
Dagmar Dangerville … WALTER CRISHAM
Veronica … JOAN ALEXIS
Alice Harriss … MOLLY GAY
Lily … DECIMA KNIGHT
Hilda … AVRIL ANGERS
Miss Cora Caldicott - Head Mistress … LESLIE HENSON
Hobson, the Aged Gardener … CYRIL SMITH - JOAN ALEXIS
- ON SECOND THOUGHTS (Richard Hearne)
Mrs. Botpenny … AVRIL ANGERS
Bert - from Chappells … LESLIE HENSON
Clarence from Chappells … CYRIL SMITH
Mr. Botpenny … GERRY FITZGERALD - GRAHAM PAYN and HERMIONE BADDELEY agree
" IT WAS SWELL WHILE IT LASTED " (Carroll Gibbons)
- IN THE DIM-OUT … (Nicholas Phipps)
A lonely soldier … WALTER CRISHAM
(By request) - Scene : Parliament Square
- GRAHAM PAYN and THE DANCERS
LEAD THEMSELVES A DANCE ... (Gibbons and Furber)
- HERMIONE BADDELEY
is a " VERY PRUDISH DUDE" (Harold Purcell)
- WALTER CRISHAM and PRUDENCE HYMAN allow
" A HOLIDAY FOR STRINGS " … (David Rose) - Staged by George Carden
- AVRIL ANGERS tears on again
- TO-MORROW THE LUNTS (Denis Waldock)
Alfred Lunt … LESLIE HENSON
Lynn Fontaine ... HERMIONE BADDELEY
Her Son … WALTER CRISHAM
Scene : Stage of the Lyric Theatre - DANCING GOWN ... GRAHAM PAYN ... (Vivian
Ellis)
- HERMIONE BADDELEY and WALTER CRISHAM have
their own opinion of Strauss … (Hubert Gregg)
- LESLIE HENSON will burst into song with a
ballad by B. C. Hilliam
- HELLA TOROS presents " MARIONETTES " (Edward
Horan)
- GRAHAM PAYN and WALTER CRISHAM get into their
" WHITE TIE AND TAILS " … (Zoe & Hubert Gregg)
- CARROLL GIBBONS. accompanies "THE GAIETIES" Into THE
FINALE