Yeomen of the Guard
or, The Merryman and his Maid
1972
April 21, 22, 27, 28, 29
Darien High School
Stage Director: Jeanne Fuller
Music Director: Murray Linden
Cast
Sir Richard…………….Richard Anthes
Colonel Fairfax………Ralph Ficker
Sergeant Meryll……..Paul Tibbets
Leonard Meryll……….Ross Ballew
Jack Point……………….Ray Arnold
Wilfred Shadbolt…….Walter Hallenborg
Elsie Maynard………..Sally Horowitz
Phoebe………………….Anita MacDonald
Dame Carruthers…..Carol Princiotti
Kate……………………….Jill Bosworth
First Yeoman……………..Lowry Kohler
Second Yeoman……….William Starkweather
First Citizen……………Robert Beaven
Second Citizen………..Tony Plomitallo
Chorus of Yeomen
Johan Anderson, Alexander Flandreau, Bruce Gerke, Scott McWillims, Stanley Mason, Robert O’Connell, Wayne Raulerson, Les Steffens, Ross Ballew
Chorus of Citizens and Gentlemen
Jill Amadio, Joan Balla, Carolyn Balsam, Ruth Burger, Marie Caban, Sylvia Callari, Frank Gibson, Diana Gladden, James Hamilton, Gretchen Hamilton, Barbara Hemenway, Joan Hunt, Eric Jeltrup, Lillian Jeltrup, Debbie Jenkins, Emily Kreis, Kumi Kumekawa, Lisbeth Leonard, Peggy Lewis, Gloria Linden, Melba Linne, Lesley Loosemore, Marge McIntosh, Martin Manaly, Edythe Neuhoff, John Platenyk, John Richards, Cynthia Robinson, Fran Starkweather, Alfred Tibbets, Ward Tracy, Fran Udall, Emmanuel Valentine.
Backstage: Wendell Stickney, Fred Scharmer, Lisbeth Leonard
The Greenwich Time
“…this reporter couldn’t decide who was having the most fun — the performers or the audience.”
Stamford Advocate
The chorus is outstanding and their clarity of diction amazing. One does not have trouble following a complex plot at a Troupers performance.