Title: Carissima
Date: December 48
Type: Musical
Location: Palace Theatre, London, England
Music: Hans May
Lyrics: Eric Maschwitz
Book: Eric Maschwitz, from the story by Armin Robinson
Production: Original West End Production
Collection Folder: Folder 10B

Cast

Pietro: Morgan Davies
Caporelli: Guido Lorraine
Binci: Frederick Schiller
Testi: Alan Tilvern
Telegraph Boy: Frank Ward
Bazzini: Leo De Pokorny
Paolo Marinelli: Robert Shackleton
Lord Poleigh: Peter Haddon
Giulietta Binci: Elizabeth Theilmann
Lisa Marvin: Shirl Conway
Edith: Rosemary Morgan
Contessa Spoldini: Hannah Watt
Barolo: George Lowndes
Snowy Adams: Gerry Metcalfe
Radio Engineer/Barman: Philip Morgan
Maître d’Hotel: Peter Dunlop
Camera Man: Dennis Fraser
Joe Erdman: Charles Farrell

Dancers: Anita Phillips, John Gregory, Maureen Sims, Igor Barczinski, Sonya Hana, Frank Ward
Musicians: Wolkowsky Mandolin Trio

Crew

For Carissima

Producer and Production Supervisor: Lee Ephraim
Direction: Reginald Tate
Design, Venetian Scenes: Professor Ernst Sten
Design, New York Scenes: Leon Davey
Scenery Building: Brunskill & Loveday Ltd.
Scenery Painting: Alick Johnstone

Orchestrations: Hans May
Musical Director: Walter Stiansy
Ensembles: Joan Davis
Ballets: Alan Carter

Costume Design & Execution (Miss Conway and Miss Watt’s Costumes and Hats; Miss Theilmann’s Costume in Act III Scene I; Guests’ Costumes in Act II Scene III): Norman Hartnell Ltd.
Costume Execution (Carnival Costumes, Act I Scene II; Gowns, Act III Scene I): Therese (London) Ltd.
Costume Execution (Act III Scene III): Ulic Brown
Costume Design (Carnival Costumes, Act I Scene II): Elizabeth Fanshawe
Costume Design (Venetian Costumes, Act I Scene I): Reece Pemberton
Costume Execution (Venetian Costumes, Act I Scene I): Morris Angel & Son
Men’s Costumes: Morris Angel & Son
Ladies’ Hats: Madame Suzy, Chapeaux Therese

For Lee Ephraim

General Manager: Francis H. Short
Stage Director: Anthony Blake
Stage Manager: James Fraser
Ballet Master: Igor Barczinski
Press Representative: H. C. G. Stevens

For the Palace Theatre

Licensees and Directors: Tom Arnold, Emile Littler
Manager: Francis H. Short
Box Office Manager: L. F. Elliott

Programme Printed By: Cockayne & Co. Ltd., London

Notes

Production ran at theatre March 1948-May 1949. Specific date estimated by advertising in programme