
Title: Carissima
Date: Saturday 13th-Saturday 20th March 1982
Type: Musical
Location: Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield, England
Music: Hans May
Lyrics: Eric Maschwitz
Book: Eric Maschwitz
Production: by the Sheffield Amateur Operatic Society
Collection Folder: Folder 12
Cast
Caporelli, a tailor: Dennis Goodison
Barolo, a wine merchant: Don Lee
Pietro, a waiter: Terence Mounsey
Binci, a music teacher: Harry Clarke
Bazzini, a hotel proprietor: Frank Hammond
Testi, a reporter: Adrian Trotter
Paolo Marinelli, a famous singer: Andrew Nimmo
Giulietta, Binci’s daughter: Gwendoline Nimmo
Contessa Maggie, an English widow: Janet Marshall
Lord Poleigh, an Englishman: David Middlebrook
Lisa Marvin, an American businesswoman: Barbara Middlebrook
Edith, a secretary: Kath Hammond
Snowy Adams, a radio announcer: Susan Wagstaff
Engineer: Stan Ratcliffe
Assistant Engineer, John Krajewski
‘Joe Erdman’: Gerry Plumb
Ladies’ Chorus: Brenda Clarke, Pamela Evans, Gladys Fleming, Joan Giles, Shirley Hawkins, Pat Hiley, Denise Johnson, Cicely Moore, Carolyn Napier, Julie Neilson, Joyce Plumb, Irene Ratcliffe, Pat Tuner, Susan Wagstaff, Maureen Walker, Marilyn Windle
Gentlemen’s Chorus: Harry Clarke, David Collins, John Krajewski, Don Lee, Gerry Plumb, Stan Ratcliffe, John Twells, Adrian Trotter
Dancers: Hazel Cantril, Pam Scime, Judith Spowage
Crew
For Carissima
Director: Colin Windle
Musical Director: Jane Spencer
Choreographer: Pam Scime
Accompanist: Margaret Phillips
Scenery Decor Designer: Roy Joffrey
Scenery Decor Design Assistants: Harry Howarth, John Povolny, Paul Neilson
Scenic Design & Painting: Colin Windle
Scenic Painting Assistants: John Povolny, Marilyn Windle
Lighting: John Eaton, Craig Palmer
Sound: H. Gathercole
Stage Director: Roy Jeffrey
Stage Manager: Norman Marsh
House Manager: Richard Coghill
Wardrobe Mistress: Mabel Delamore
Continuity: Betty Wilkinson
Backstage Team: Harry Howarth, Howard Marshall, Ken Neary, Paul Neilson, Patrick Nolan
Properties: Keith Evans, Pauline Coopland, Peter Warhurst, Juliet Warhurst
Programme Printed By: Eastwood Press Ltd., Rotherham
Notes
A date written on the front of the programme note the original owner attended a performance on Saturday 13th March