The Yeomen of the Guard
or, The Merryman and his Maid
1951
March 2, 3, 6
Darien Jr HS
Dolan Junior HS, Stamford
Stage Director: William Skelton
Drama Coach: Ward D Bing
Accompanist:
Laura MacCart Blair
Cast
Sir Richard…………….Alan Knowles
Colonel Fairfax………Aaron White
Sergeant Meryll……..Ray Kraft
Leonard Meryll……….Bob Geer
Jack Point……………….Fred Scharmer
Wilfred Shadbolt…….Joel Fairfax
Elsie Maynard………..Lois Sweeney
Phoebe………………….Barbara Price
Dame Carruthers…..Ellen Fairfax
Kate………………………Anne Strong
First Yeoman………….Hans Helbig
Second Yeoman……..Douglas Miner
First Citizen……………Robert Price
Second Citizen……….Paul Glenn
Headsman…………….Walter Brunner
His Assistants…Hamlin Leonard, G Edgar Lind
Women’s Chorus
Graham Billard, Louise DeVivo, Alice Deardorff, Virginia Dowling, Nancy Lee, Lisbeth Leonard, Margaret Lind, Irene Mannes, Virgina Fishell, Margaret Glenn, Joan Hopps, Colleen Hurst, Barbara Miller, Jean Miner, Dorothy Odle, Jane White.
Yeomen
Arthur Bower, Edward Cronin, Hans Helbig, Douglas Miner, Robert O’Connell, George Rowan, George Spelvin, James Stamboni.
Citizens
Harland Dewitt, Paul Glenn, John Pierpont, Robert Price.
Backstage: Walter H Tyler, Fred Scharmer
Darien Review
…we are happy to report that the Troupers acquitted themselves very well indeed. Our largest and choicest bouquet goes to Frederick Scharmer in the role of the jester– which is entirely as it should be. When it comes to Gilbert and Sullivan, Mr Scharmer has the voice, the acitn ability and the right touch. His Jack Point was at once bright, gay and pathetic, deserving a featured spot in the Troupers’ scrapbook.