Title: Mame
Date: October 1969
Type: Musical
Location: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, England
Music: Jerry Herman
Lyrics: Jerry Herman
Book: Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee
Production: Original West End Production
Collection Number: 2403_1969_01

Cast

Patrick Dennis, Age 10: Gary Warren
Agnes Gooch: Ann Beach
Vera Charles: Margaret Courtenay
Mame Dennis: Ginger Rogers
Ralph Devine: David Wright
Bishop: Christ Dyson
M. Lindsay Woolsey: Brian Jackson
Ito: Burt Kwouk
Doorman: Wallace Stephenson
Elevator Boy: George May
Messenger: Bruce Harris
Dwight Babcock: Guy Spaull
Art Model: Betty Winsett
Dance Teacher: Carolyn Gray
Leading Man: David Wright
Stage Manager: Victor Woolf
Madame Branislowski: Sheila Keith
Gregor: John Raymon
Beauregard: Barry Kent
Uncle Jeff: Ted Gilbert
Cousin Fan: Eve Tunstall
Sally Cato: Betty Winsett
Mother Burnside: Sheila Keith
Patrick Dennis, Age 19-29: Tony Adams
Junior Babcock: Ken Walsh
Mrs Upson: Sheila Keith
Mr Upson: Norman Macleod
Gloria Upson: Julia McKenzie
Pegeen Ryan: Jill Howard
Peter Dennis: Christopher Reynalds
Mame’s Friends: Bernice Adams, Annie Bee, Sheila Coxhill, Carolyn Gray, Alison Ingram, Wendy Lampard, Honor Lewis, Mary Murphy, Eve Tunstall, Lindybeth Wiles, Roy Durbin, Chris Dyson, Ted Gilbert, Simon Gilbert, Eric Greenall, Bruce Harris, George May, Donald McLennan, Rhys Nelson, Alan Page, John Raymon, Wallace Stephenson, Ken Walsh, David Wright

Standby for Mame: India Adams
Standby for Madame Branislowski, Mother Burnside and Mrs Upson: Elsie Winsor
Standby for Dwight Babcock and Mr Upson: Victor Wolfe
Standby for Vera Charles: Betty Winsett
Standby for Agnes Gooch: Julia McKenzie
Standby for Beauregard: Simon Gilbert
Standby for M. Lindsay Woolsey: Wallace Stephenson
Standby for Patrick: John Raymon
Standby for Ito: Roy Durbin
Standby for Young Patrick: Christopher Reynalds

Conductor: Reg Cole

Crew

For Mame

Producers: Bernard Delfont, Harold Fielding
Settings: William and Jean Eckart
Costumes: Robert Macintosh
Lighting: Tharon Musser
Vocal Arrangements: Donald Pippin
Dance Music Arrangements: Roger Adams
Orchestrations: Philip J. Lang
Musical Director: Ray Cook
Stager, Dance and Musical Numbers: Onna White
Assistant Choreographer: Patrick Cummings
Choral Director: John McCarthy
Associate Producer: John Bowbab
Original Director, New York: Gene Saks
Director, London: Lawrence Kasha
Scenery Builders: Brunskill and Loveday Ltd.
Scenery Painters: Alick Johnstone Ltd., Harkers Studios Ltd.
Company Manager and Assistant to the Director: Joan Preston
Stage Manager: John Cleaver
Deputy Stage Manager: Ann Spiers
Assistant Stage Managers: Peter Barringer, Allison Rockley, Ernest E. Hall
Sound Controller: Anne Bickerstaff
Wardrobe Mistress: Rose Swale
Orchestra Leader: Robert Trory
Sound Consultants: David Collison, Antony Horder
Scenery Manager and Master Carpenter: Jimmy Bailey
Chief Engineer: Eric Delzenne
Ballet Master: David Kerr
Orchestral Manager: Herbert Bullimore
Production Secretaries: Jeanette Peters, Shirley Douglas
Press and Public Relations: Talent Artists Ltd., Roger Clifford Ltd.

For the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Chairman: Prince Littler
General Manager: George Hoare
Secretary: S.L. Drew
House Manager: Ernest Kingdon
Advertising Manager: A.A. Coombs
Press and Public Relations: Arthur Willcox
Stage Manager: Louis Walton
Chief Engineer: George Wright
Musical Advisor: Eric Tann
Box Office Manager: T.G. Rees

Programme Printed By: Garrod and Lofthouse Ltd., London

Notes

Part of a longer run, February 1969-March 1970. Date an estimate, coming from What’s On guide in programme. Guide features a show that opened in September 1969, and advertises a November show as Coming Soon.