The Pirates of Penzance 1947
or the Slave of Duty
May 23 and 24
Darien Junior High School
Norwalk High School
Director: Carlyle Bennett
Accompanist: Ruth Nytvedt
Cast
Major-General Stanley …. Joel Fairfax
Pirate King……………………. Ray Kraft
Frederick……………………… Gordon Hendricks
Sergeant of Police………… Fred Scharmer
Ruth ……………………………. Lillian Lehmacher
Mabel …………………………. Celia Hanson
Samuel ……………………….. Henry Hamilton
Edith …………………………… Dorothy Doyle
Kate …………………………….. Barton Wylie
Chorus
Genevieve Betts, Alicia Burrell, Helene Carpenter, Connie Cariri, Louise Dorrance, Virginia Dowdling, Doris Doyle, Sally Draper, Virginia FIshell, Annabelle Leininger, Audrey Molinar, Betty Putney, Virginia Pierce, Ida Scharmer, Dorothy Tower, Eleanor Wallin, Wilnor Weck, Barton Wylie.
Athur Bower, Ben Cariri, John davis, Jr, Maurice Davier, George Fisher, Alan Fort, Jr, Alan For, Sr, Ronald Heinbaugh, Alan Knowles, Anthony Montanaro, John McLain, Jr, John Painter, Lorrain Pitman, Larry Reiner, James Tower.
Backstage: Walter H Tyler, Frederick Scharmer, Wilhelmina Gay
Stamford Advocate
Troupers established themselves…as the best Gilbert and Sullivan Company this area has seen to date.
The Darien News
The pleasantest surprise of the evening came in a pair of romantic leads capable of looking, acting and singing the parts.
