Venue: Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh 

Dates: 28 March 1977 to 1 April 1977 at 7.30pm

            02 April 1977 at 7.15pm

 

Original book and lyrics by RIDA JOHNSON YOUNG

Adapted and revised by PHIL PARK

Music by VICTORT HERBERT

Music adapted and arranged by RONALD HANMER 

 

 

NEW ORLEANS 1780. ...... Returning fom his "travels" Etienne Grandet (alias Bras Pique the Pirate) is greeted by girl admirers with the Story that the Place D'Arms is haunted by a ghost voice, which repeatedly sings an unfinished snatch of a song.

 

Captain Dick Warrington, his servant Silas, and a friend, Sir Harry Blake, arrive to present their credentials to the Governor. Dick hs been commissioned to capture Bras Pique. Little knowing that Etienne is the Pirate, he accepts his offer of an introduction to the Governor, who is Etienne's father.

 

Another reason for Dick calling at New Orleans is the expected arrival from France of the "Casket Girls" seeking husbands. Each has a casket containing an unspecified dowry - a gift from the King of France.

 

Silas sees in every turn of events a chance to better himself.

 

It appears that one of the Casket Girls, Marietta (who is in reality a Contessa) vanished during the journey. She has, in fact been hiding in a disused fountain in the Square, and it is her voice singing the unfinished song. This song is Marietta's "dream melody." She believes that the man who completes the refrain will be her true love.

 

Rudolfo, owner of the MARIONETTE Theatre, Adah, a quadroon slave girl, Silas, and Lizette, a Casket Girl, are all involved in the unfolding of the plot, culminating in the unmasking of Bras Picque.

 

Captain Dick completes the refrain of the "dream melody" and Marietta at last finds her true love.

 

 

Marietta	Evelyn Moffat
Captain Dick Warrington	Michael Turnbull
Lieutenant Governor Grandet	Alex Brown
Etienne Grandet	John Robertson
Silas Slick	Graham Hudson
Lizette	Evelyn Purves
Rudolfo	Hal Halliday
Adah	Janet Brown
Sir Harry Blake	Frank Craigie
Florenz	Graeme Moffat
Felice	Lilian Warwick
Nanette	Brenda Purves
Fanchon	Julie McDonald
Graziella	Margaret Talman

 

Ladies of the Chorus
Karen Chalmers	Margaret Crombie	Mary Dalgleish
Irene Drajkowski	Janet Ferguson	Anne Halliday
Anne Hamilton	Madge Henderson	Katriona Ireland
Margaret Johnston	Pat Johnson	Linda Logan
Melba Rennie	Alison Riddle	FlorenceTavendale
Jean White

 

 

Gentlemen of the Chorus
John Buchan	John Cunningham	Roy Elliott
John E. Gelder	William Gibson	John Mitchell
Gordon McFadyen	Bernard Rushton	Jack Smith

 

Production Team
Musical Director	Neville Garden
Producer	Doris Bruce
Accompanist	Gladys Gray
Stage Manager	Michael Pendlowski
Wardrobe Mistress	Jessie Ballantyne
Costumes	WM. Mutrie & Sons Ltd.
Scenery	Border Studios