1943/44 LTM NATIONAL
PANTOMIME
SOLIDAY
AND THE WICKED BIRD
The
Story
Once upon a time in a beautiful Carib Isle there lived a happy
people. All day they would sing and dance, and then - alas a terrible
calamity befell them. A wicked bird bewitched these happy people
and everywhere there was sadness.
But in this country many were brave and good; and young Soliday,
(whom some said was the true spirit of the land) with the help
of a beautiful maiden who had a golden voice and the light of
a wonderful kindness in her eyes set out to slay the wicked bird.
Now children, you and I know that where there is real goodness
and happiness and a young man like Soliday with a love for his
country flaming in his heart, there are sure to be fairies and
music and dancing.
Not even a villain like Anancy in disguise could really stop our
hero. Brave young Soliday set out into the dark and dreary woods
knowing full well the dangers that lay before him and the spells
that the Wicked Bird possessed. But Goodness and Truth and Beauty
were in his heart and gave him courage, and so these happy sunlit
people were freed of the evil bird and started to build anew in
their green and pleasant land amid the joyous dancing and singing
of the happy people.
Cast of Characters Soliday ............................ Gabrielle Mirtilla ........................... Olga Mollison Queen Constanza ............ Peter Samuel The Prince of Teheran..... John Irving Princess ......................... Lucille Waldron M. deBaloney, the Astrologer.................. Mike Campbell Sir Archibald.................. Pat Burke Sir Arthur ....................... Herbert Malabre Sir Aston ........................ John Hunt Policeman ..................... Bill Blakely Big Sambo Gal.............. Louise Bennett Doney Darby & Frankie Ferguson Ladies in Waiting............. Cissy DaCosta, ................................... Pat Escoffery, .................................. June Escoffery, .................................... Bunty Hemsworth Two Jolly Hunters......... Ranny Williams & Andy Chorus: Pat Bell, Hazel Blake, Merline Boult, Ouida Buckley, Joan Buie, Hazel Doran, Barbara dePass, Eileen Drew, Marjorie Dunlop, Gloria Fletcher, Vilma Feres, Joyce Gordon, Audrey Gunter, Marjorie Jackson, Norma Lawson, Patricia McIntosh, Joyce McIntosh, Marguerite Morris, Gloria Smedmore, Cynthia Vautier, Mavis Bennett, Ana Campbell, Winifred Doran, Ivy Ellis, Ivanhoe Braithwaite, Leo Burke, George Dowsett, Dudley Doran, Douglas DuQuesnay, David Ffrench, James Fuller, Ronald Faull, Stuart Goffe, John Gordon, Lloyd Hall, Vivian Hamilton, Frank Kelly, Aurelio Levers, John Lopez, Stuart Martin, Donell Martin, Errol McIntosh, Rae McLaughlin, Donald Mills, Derrick McKenzie, Warren Robinson, Louis Sorapore, Roy Smythe, Lloyd Williams, Michael Wickers Dancers: Daisy Riley, Amy Barry, Darcia Darby, Pat Feltis, Amy Hudson, Yvonne Lofthouse, Marjorie Kirkpatrick, Dorothy Mae Martin, Mary Moyston |
Musical
Numbers Act One Linstead Market You No Yerry Whe De Young Man Sey Jama-Conga Chi Chi Bud Oh Every Time I feel the Spirit Sweet Little Jesus Boy Come We Guh Down a Unity Le Me Have My Fish and Ackee Bring Me My Bow Act Two Dances: The Spirit of the Dawn, Fairies Dance, Dance of the Bumble Bee Let My Song Fill Your Heart Dance of the Butterflies Act Three Jamaica Big Big Sambo Gal Ada Anancy Jamaica Gals Got Rhythm Finale |