These Foolish Kings
Revue devised by Jack Hylton. Comedy Scenes by William Shakespeare and Bud Flanagan; Comedy directed by Charles Henry; Music & Lyrics by Ross Parker; Choreography by Lionel Blair and Colette Brosset; Musical Director - Jack Ansell. Staged by Alec Shanks. Orchestrations by Billy Ternent.
Victoria Palace Theatre, London - 18 December, 1958 (882 perfs)
The Cast included
Jean Wynser, the Radio Revellers, the John Tiller GIrls, the Showladies, Nervo & Knox, Bud Flanagan, Naughton & Gold, Eddie Gray, Sonya Cordeau, Sigrid Heine, Gerry Atkins, Les Joyeux Rossignols
Programme
- OVERTURE - Orchestra under the direction of JACK
ANSELL
- THIS CRAZY GAME (Decor and Costumes by
Erte)
(a) Only a Piece on the BoardThe White Queen - JEAN WYNSER
The Singers - THE RADIO REVELLERS
Pieces on the Board - The Dance Group (Sigrid Heine, Gerry Atkins, Dennis Griffiths)
Pawns - The John Tiller Girls
Knights, Queens and Castles - The Showladies
(b) These Foolish Kings - THE CRAZY GANG and 'Monsewer' EDDIE GRAY
- BACK AGAIN - THE
CRAZY GANG
- DANCING LIGHT (Costumes by Erte)
(a) Enchantment
The Maid - SONYA CORDEAU
The Crystal Chandeliers - The Showladies(b) By Candlelight - THE JOHN TILLER GIRLS ( Routine by Barhata Aitken)
- THE CHRISTENING - THE CRAZY GANG
- SUNSHINE IN PORTUGAL (Decor by Anthony Holland) (Costumes by Josephine Clinch)
Fishermen - THE RADIO REVELLERS
Village Girls - The Showladies and the John Tiller Girls
The Coquette - Sigrid Heine
Peeping Pedro - Gerry Atkins
- SENTIMENTAL SERENADE (Sketch by Ralph
Reader) -
THE RADIO REVELLERS and THE CRAZY GANG
- CONVERSATION PIECE - LES JOYEUX ROSSIGNOLS
- RIVIERA NIGHTS (Designed by Dennis Wreford and Alec Shanks) (from an idea by Robert Dhery)
(a) Here Comes the Navy
The Cafe Singer - SONYA CORDEAU
Monsieur le Patron - 'Monsewer' EDDIE GRAY
Les Matelots - THE CRAZY GANG(b) Visitors from the Deep - The John Tiller Girls
(c) Beauty on the Beach - Gold Diggers of 1957 - JEAN WYNSER and the Showladies
(d) Les Trollops de Monte Carlo - THE CRAZY GANG(e) In the Money - The Company
- MORE EXERCISE (Decor by Dennis Wreford) (Tiller
Costumes by Spectator Sports Ltd.)
The Keep Fit Girl - JEAN WYNSER
The Gymnasts - The John Tiller Girls
- MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Act V, Scene 1) (Directed by
Dennis Carey) - THE CRAZY GANG
- RAIN -
THE RADIO REVELLERS
- THE PORCELAIN OF DELFT (Decor by Dennis
Wreford) (Costumes by Josephine
Clinch)
Figurines - The Showladies
Skaters - The Dance Group
Dancing Dolls - The John Tiller Girls (Routines by Barbara Aitken) - BACK AGAIN - 'Monsewer' EDDIE GRAY
- BUD FLANAGAN'S SCRAP BOOK
- The Hyltonian Repertory Company
present THE LEGEND OF WYATT TWERP - THE CRAZY GANG
- CHECK AND MATE
(a) Fast Movers - The Dance Group
(b) All on the Board - THE ENTIRE COMPANY