Title: Showboat
Date: August 1971
Type: Musical
Location: Adelphi Theatre, London, England
Music: Jerome Kern
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
Book: Oscar Hammerstein II
Production: 1971 West End Revival
Collection Folder: Folder 33

Cast

Cap’n Andy Hawks: Derek Royle
Magnolia Hawks: Lorna Dallas
Gaylord Ravenal: Andre Jobin
Julie La Verne: Cleo Laine
Steve Baker: John Larsen
Parthy Ann Hawks: Pearl Hackney
Pete: Brian Gidley
Joe: Thomas Carey
Queenie: Ena Cabayo
Frank Schultz: Kenneth Nelson
Ellie: Jan Hunt
Kim: Yvonne Peters
Windy McClain: Len Maley

Vallon/Jim: Michael Napier-Brown
Rubberface: Albin Pahernik
Calliope Woman/Landlady/Mrs Durante: Margo Cunningham
The Backwoodsman: Ron Rich
Jeb/1st Barker/Drunk: Stanley Fleet
2nd Barker: Brian Gidley
3rd Barker: Chris Dyson

Miss England: Josie Ashcroft
Miss France: Alison Robertson
Miss America: Carole Todd
Coochie Dancer: Nicky Midgen

Knife Thrower: Miguel Godreau
Knife Thrower’s Assistant: Lynda Bainbridge
Maid: Mercedes Kirkwood
Stage Manager: Len Maley
Pianist: Ray Cook
Doorman: Robert Labassiere

Lottie: Beatrice Aston
Dollie: Rae Delarosa
Hazel: Kelly Wilson
The Jazz Dancers: Miguel Godreau and the Boy Dancers

Dancers: Josie Ashcroft, Lynda Bainbridge, Maggie Dew, Nicky Midgen, Alison Robertson, Carole Todd, Ray Cornell, Gordon Coster, Jack Gunn, Albin Pahernik, Bryan Payne, Ken Robson

Singers: Beatrice Aston, Barbara Bate, Rae Delarosa, Katherine Dyson, Jennifer Evans, Jeanie Harris, Grace Hutchinson, Mercedes Kirkwood, Peggy Phango, Dorothy Ross, Jane Walter, Kelly Wilson, Chris Dyson, Antony Farley, Stanley Fleet, Brian Gidley, Simon Gilbert, Minoo Golvala, Lewis Henry, Robert Labassiere, Joe Mogotsi, Ramon Opie, Alan Page, Wallace Stephenson, Eddie Tagoe, Johnny Worthy

Crew

For Showboat

Producer: Harold Fielding
Director and Choreographer: Wendy Toye
Scenery & Costume Design: Tim Goodchild
Lighting Design: Richard Pilbrow
Script Editor: Benny Green

Associate Choreographer: Frederic Franklin
Assistant to Tim Goodchild: Bob Morse
Assistant to Richard Pilbrow: Howard Eldridge

Musical Director and Dance Music Arrangements: Ray Cook
Orchestrations: Keith Amos
Choral Director: John McCarthy
Deputy Musical Director: Reg Cole
Music Copyist: George Bayton
Orchestra Leader: Celia Sheen

Company Manager & Assistant to the Director: Joan Preston
Production Stage Manager: David Freeman
Deputy Stage Managers: Richard Andrews, Roger McDougall
Sound Controller: Robert K. Bush

Wardrobe Mistress: Dollie Hodges
Assistants to Wardrobe Mistress: Kerrin Moore, Carole Phillips
Wig & Hairdresser: Janet Archibald
Model Makers: Bob Ringwood, Michael Glyne

For Harold Fielding

Casting Adviser: Ian Bevan
Scenery Manager & Master Carpenter: Jimmy Bailey
Chief Engineer: Eric Delzenne
Ballet Master: David Kerr
Production Secretary: Jeanette Peters
Orchestral Managers: Joan Bullimore, Alan Franks

Press and Public Relations: Roger Clifford

For the Adelphi Theatre

General Manager: Thomas Porter
Assistant Manager: A.R. Pelly
Box Office Manager: Rita Readshaw

Programme Published By: Theatreprint Ltd.

Programme Printed By: Waterlow and Sons Ltd./Garrod and Lofthouse International Ltd.

Notes

Printing date of programme used to estimate date