Title: Kismet
Date: Tuesday 27th-Saturday 31st October 1981
Type: Musical
Location: Gaumont Theatre, Southampton, England
Music: Alexander Borodin, adapted by Robert Wright and George Forrest
Lyrics: Robert Wright and George Forrest
Book: Charles Lederer, Luther Davis
Production: By the Southampton Musical Society
Collection Folder: Folder 30

Cast

The Imam of the Mosque: Ron Linsley
First Beggar: Ron Harper
Second Beggar: David Grace
Third Beggar: Allan Gray
Omar: Bernard Dingley
A Public Poet, later called Hajj: Bryn Jones
Marsinah, his daughter: Jane Courtenay
Hassan-Ben: John Sparrow
Jawan: Morien Williams
Chief of Police: Ron Linsley
First Policeman: Steve McTaggart
Second Policeman: John Moody
Third Policeman: Peter Easter
The Wazir of Police: Malcolm Clarke
Lalume: Ann Sealey
Princess of Ababu: Julia Watts, Sarah Magee, Gillian Jeffrey
The Caliph: Bryan Newman
Princess Zubbediyah of Damascus: Jane McKinnon
Ayah to Zubbediyah: Elizabeth Morrison
Princess Samaris of Bangalore: Jaqui Bowling
The Widow Yussef: Gwen Wilding

Townswomen, Buyers and Ladies of the Harem: Gwladys Bailey, Margaret Bettany, Sandra Bradley, Bridget Wedgwood-Daw, Barbara Gibbings, Janet Green, Hazel Killham, Hilda Kemp, Mitzie Lawrence, Nancy Lamerton, Mareen Magee, Jean Roberts, Karen Spilsbury, Lea Spilsbury, Margaret Turner, Enid White, Kitty White

Merchants, Townsmen, Litterbearers, Guards and Beggars: Jack Bainbridge, Glen Barham, Kevin Barham, Peter Easter, David Grace, Allan Gray, Peter Gristock, Ron Harper, Stephen Hickman, Peter Humby, Robert Humby, Janet Magee, Tony Magee, Richard Matthews, Stephen Matthews, Steve McTaggart, Ernie Moore, Duncan Pratley, Stuart Pratley, John Sparrow, Terry Tall, Ken Warner, Gareth Williams, Morien Williams

Dancers: Fiona Attwood, Sarah Barfoot, Carol Dear, Susan Doane, Sandra Morris-Falla, Diane Gillam, Beverley Hayter, Janet McTaggart, Glen Barham, Kevin Barham, Terry Tall

Crew

For Kismet

Director: Jack Wray
Assistant to the Director: Peter Humby
Musical Director: John Ware
Choreographer: Lois Bennett

Stage Crew: Bob Hickman, John Watts, Ray Matthews, Pete Humby, Ron Jeffrey, Ken Warner, Fred Elcock, Paul Fahey, Colin Norris, Dave Warder, Simon Grigg, Mark Ford, Don Anderson
Lighting Director: Mike Andrews
Lighting Crew: Graham Clift, Tim Fisher, Andrea Blundell
Property Master: Len Owen
Property Crew: John Owen, Barrie Watts, Dennis Bailey, Adrian Taylor, Shauna Payne, Stephanie Attwood

Makeup Director: Hazel Nicholson
Assistant Makeup Director: Joyce Spreadbury
Makeup Crew: Pat Baker, Pat Elcock, Vera Gristock, Caroline Humby, Angela Kearins, Kit Owen, Liz Owen, Caroline Robins, Mollie Stevens, Hazel Ward, Molly Williamson, Molly Wilson, Debora Wing
Wardrobe Assistants: Sue Hickman, Jill Pratley, Eve Hawker, Jackie Meering, Teri Moore, Liz Ware, Bertha Wells, Jessie Widgery, Moira Wilding

Prompter: Diane Grace
Call-boys: Duncan Pratley, Robert Humby
Programme Sellers: Pat Harper, Eileen Humby, Brenda Matthew, Amm Grugg, Lena Morgan

For the Southampton Musical Society

President: J. Ambrose Chalk
Chairman: Leslie Lidiard

Hon. Treasurer: Barrie Wells
Hon. Secretary: Jill Pratley
Hon. Business Manager: Colin Smithson

Hon. Stage Manager: Michael Pratley
Hon. Wardrobe Mistress: Gwen Wilding
Hon. Accompanists: Leonard Tomkins, Adrian Taylor

Hon. Members’ Secretary: Nancy Lamerton
Hon. Minute Secretary: Kit Owen
Hon. Programme Secretary: Joan Pressey
Rehearsal Secretary & Hon. Vice-Presidents’ Secretary: Peter Humby
Hon. Archivist: Bryan Newman
Hon. Auditors: Barbara Pond, Chris Courtenay

Committee: Susan Hickman, Nancy Lamerton, Mareen Magee, Joan Pressoy, Peter Humby, Phillip Molyneux, Len Owen, Jack Wray
Social Committee: Peter Gristock, Vera Gristock, Pat Harper, Ron Harper, Tony Magee, Kit Owen, Liz Owen, Bernard Dingley

For the Gaumont Theatre

General Manager & Licensee: C.K. Watts
Stage Manager: Ray Abbatt
Chief Electrician: Eric Butler
Sound Controller: Richard Vidler

Programme Printed By: Eastleigh Printing Works

Notes

A written date on the front of the programme notes the original owner attended a performance on Thursday 29th October