On the Twentieth Century- April 1980

Title: On the Twentieth Century
Date: April 1980
Type: Musical
Location: Her Majesty’s Theatre, London, England
Music: Cy Coleman
Lyrics: Betty Comden & Adolph Green
Book: Betty Comden & Adolph Green
Production: Original West End Production
Collection Folder: Folder 33

Cast

Lily Garland (Mildred Plotka): Julia McKenzie
Oscar Jaffee: Keith Michell
Leticia Primrose: Ann Beach
Owen O’Malley: Fred Evans
Oliver Webb: David Healy
Bruce Granit: Mark Wynter
Congressman Lockwood: Colin Thomas
Max Jacobs: Richards Manuel
Conductor Flanagan: David Bexon
Agnes: Chris Melville
Imelda Thornton: Valerie Leon

Train Secretary Rogers: Harry Perscy
Anita: Carole Brooke
Redcap: Clive Aiden
Maxwell Finch: Bernard Martin
Otto Von Bismark: Peter Johnston
Dr Johnson: Jeannie Harris
Hospital Attendants: John Conroy, Teresa Wellard

Porters: Ricardo Sibelo, William Vanderpuye, Ewart James Walters, Johnny Worthy
Passengers: Susan Flannery, Debbie Goodman, Patricia Hall, Alan Horsfield, June Shand, Geoff Thomas, John Waldon, Jeff Wayne, Patrick Wilkes

Swings: Debbie Goodman, Alan Horsfield, Clive Aiden

Understudy Oscar Jaffee: Richard Manuel
Understudy Lily Garland/Imelda: June Shand
Understudy Bruce Granit: John Conroy
Understudy Leticia Primrose: Jeannie Harris
Understudy Oliver Webb: Patrick Wilkes
Understudy Owen O’Malley: John Walden
Understudy Train Secretary Rogers: Peter Johnston
Understudy Conductor Flanagan: Jeff Wayne

Orchestra

Betty Mace (Leader)
Lynn Baker
Peter Beament
Barry Belcher
Malcolm Bennett
Myrtle Bruce-Mitford
Neil Cameron
Daniel Emond
Janice Gardner
Julie Gelson
Bernie George
Billy Graham
Derek Gutteridge
Ray Harris
John Jones
Bob Lewcock
Jane Lister
Graham Lyons
Ken Parker
Ken Poole
Ursula Stedman
Ken Thomas
Roger Ward

Crew

For On the Twentieth Century

Producer: Harold Fielding
Director: Oeter Coe
Original Broadway Director: Harold Prince
Original Choreography: Larry Fuller
Choreographic Reproduction: Gerald Teijelo
Costumes: Florence Klotz
Scenery: Robin Wagner
Lighting: Eric Delzenne
Sound: Edward Fardell

Orchestrations: Hershy Kay
Production Musical Director: Ray Cook
Deputy Musical Director: Ray Harris
Orchestral Managers: Alan Franks, Chick Norton

For Harold Fielding

Company Manager: Joan Preston
Production Stage Manager: David Freeman
Deputy Stage Manager: Paul Mackay
Assistant Stage Managers: Kate Salberg, Philip Dart
Ballet Master: David Kerr
Head Porter: Johnny Worthy
Production Secretary: Jeanette Peters

Wardrobe Mistress: Velta Caklais
Assistant Wardrobe Mistress: Dolly Hodges
Wig and Hair Dresser: Rosemary Hanley

Casting Consultants: Talent Artists Ltd.
Advertising Consultants: Haymarket Advertising Ltd.
Public Relations: Peter Thompson Associates

For Her Majesty’s Theatre

Lessees: Associated Theatre Properties Ltd.
Chairman: Lord Grade
Deputy Chairman: Louis Benjamin
Managing Director: Toby Rowland

General Manager: Raymond Lane
Master Carpenter: Victor Clifford
Chief Electrician: Gregory Hamlin
Assistant Manager: John Causebrook
Box Office Manager: Ken Campbell

General Manager & Director, ATP Ltd.: R.S. Swift
Group Engineer, ATP Ltd.: Cyril Griffiths
Advertising Manager, ATP Ltd.: Brenda Thomas

Programme Printed By: Garrod and Lofthouse International Ltd.

Notes

Programme Signed By: Julia McKenzie, Mark Wynter, Ann Beach

Production opened at theatre March 1980.