Programme Cover for the Buckley Amateur Pantomime Company's Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves"

Tivoli, Brunswick Road, Buckley

March 1944

Buckley Amateur Pantomime Company

present

The Spectacular Pantomime

ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES

In the Tivoli Theatre, Buckley

For one week only

March 6^th to 11^th, 1944

Once nightly at 7.30

2 houses Sat. 5.40 & 8.30 p.m.

Matinees Wednesday & Thursday at 4pm.

Dress Circle 3/6, Family Circle 2/6

Orchestra Stalls 2/6 Centre Stalls 2/- Rear Stalls 1/6

Seats at 3/6, 2/6 &2/- Numbered and Reserved

No Half-prices except to Matinees

Seats booked by phone must be claimed

within 24 hours

Programme 2d.

E. Cropper, Printer

INSIDE SPREAD

BUCKLEY AMATEUR PANTOMIME COMPANY present

ALI ABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES

Book, Production, and Musical Direction by Dennis Griffiths

CAST

Ali Baba PETER WILCOCK

Cogia (his wife) DICK CATHERALL

Neddy (his donkey) ERNEST BOLTON

Cassim (his brother) FRANK ROBERTS

Abdullah ALFRED BELL

(Captain of the 40 Thieves)

Ganem WINNIE SPENCER

Ali's son Prin. Boy

Morgiana PEGGY HUGHES

Mrs Cassim's maid, Prin Girl-

Genii of the Mystic Cave WINNIE HUMPHREYS .

The Caliph of Bagdad ROBT. POWNALL

Mustapha (The Old Cobbler) Dialogue by FRANK ROBERTS

Song by JESSE ROBERTS

AND

THE THREE GREAT SPECIALITIES

Peggy Griffiths

Peter Davies

Jesse Roberts

SCENES

Part One

1.Before the Dawn

2.The Market Place, Bagdad

3.The House of Ali and Cassim

4.The Cave of the Forty Thieves

5.Inside the Robbers' Cave

6.The Ballet

Part Two

1.Ali Baba's New Palace

2.Robbers' Cave

3.Ali Baba's Back Door

4.The Palace Yard

5.The Wedding Reception

And Novelty Scena

Dances arranged and taught by Miss Peggy Griffiths

Assisted by Mrs Peter Wilcock

BACK PAGE

Chairman: Mr. R. L. Hopwood.

Vice-Chairman: Mr. Fred Dugdale,

Secretary: Miss Clara Messham.

Treasurer: Mr. Fred Dugdale.

Publicity Manager: Mr. T. Wilcock

Sequence Director: Mrs. Peter Wilcock.

Wardrobe Mistresses: Miss Messham, Mrs. R. L. Hopwood and Mrs. Dugdale.

Stage Managers: Messrs. F. Dugdale, R. L. Hopwood and Alec Hughes

Lighting by Mr. C. Wilcock.

Stage Carpentry by Mr. T. Trevor-Davies

ORCHESTRA-

1st Violins, Mr. H. E.: Rowlands (Leader), Miss L. Bryan, Mr. M. B. Harrop, Miss C. Jenkinson

Cello, Mr. E. T. Cropper

Trumpets, Mr. J.J.Griffiths, Mr. W. Davies

Trombone, Mr. N. Griffiths

Piano, Mr L. Ellis

Drums, Mr C. Ellis

Bass, H Williams

Clarinet, N. Davies

. . . ~.

Orchestrations and arrangements by Mr H. E. Rowlands

CHORUS

SENIOR CHORUS Minnie Bellis, Mary Connah, Ailsa Grindley, Brenda Jenkins, Betty Messham, Doreen Ratcliffe, Molly Royce, Joan Roberts, Peggy Wilcock, May Tudor, Betty Bennett, Edna Davidson, Eileen Ashfield, Winnie Jones, Vera Fletcher, Shirley Smith, Jean Hobson, Vilma Jenkins

INTERMEDIATE CHORUS Dulcie Ellis, Ruth Owens, Noeline Weigh, Betty Royce, Glenys Whitley, Betty Catherall, Joan Edwards, Sheila Hayes, Iris Fellowes, Joan Crawley, Florence Shone, Mabel Nickson, Elona Connah, Nellie Pritchard, Mary Hughes, Wendy Jones, Caroline Lamb, FionaTurner, Edith Jones, Mary Burton, Thelma Whitley, June Bennett, Hilary Catherall

JUNIOR CHORUS Valerie Masterson, Maureen Masterson, Merelyn Hopwood, Enid Weigh, Lorna Lamb, Audrey Shone, Emmie Ratcliffe, Rena Williams, Mona Williams, June Owens, Marjorie Owens, Margaret Bell, Molly Ellis, Reubina Piercy, Elizabeth Davies, Marion Booth, Margaret Rowlands, Beryl Stanley, Celia Jonathan, Doris Iball, Betty Ellis, Louisa Lamb

GET YOUR TICKET EARLY F'OR THE

PANTOMINE FANCY DRESS BALL ,

PRIZES FOR THE BEST FANCY DRESS, OLDE, TYME

AND MODERN

Monday March 13th. Gaiety Dance Band

Admission 2/6 M.C.s The Comedians

Author: Buckley Amateur Pantomime Company

Programme Cover for the Buckley Amateur Pantomime Company's Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves"

Tivoli, Brunswick Road, Buckley

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