Title: The Sound of Music
Date: December 1961
Type: Musical
Location: Palace Theatre, London, England
Music: Richard Rodgers
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
Book: Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Production: Original West End Production
Collection Folder: Folder 10B

Cast

Maria Rainer: Jean Bayless
Captain Georg von Trapp: Roger Dann
The Mother Abbess: Constance Shacklock
Elsa Schraeder: Eunice Gayson
Max Detweiler: Harold Kasket
Rolf Gruber: Nicholas Bennett

Liesl von Trapp: Barbara Brown
Friedrich von Trapp: John Coxall/Paul Ellison
Louisa von Trapp: Janet Ware/Janet Aust
Kurt von Trapp: John Bosch/Grant Ellison
Brigitta von Trapp: Susan Whitnell/Ann Dyer
Marta von Trapp: Ann Dyer/Susan Marshall
Gretl von Trapp: Melanie Parr/Diane Cane

Sister Berthe: Silvia Beamish
Sister Margaretta: Olive Gilbert
Sister Sophia: Lynn Kennington
Franz, the Butler: Jay Denyer
Frau Schmidt, the Housekeeper: Diana Beaumont
Ursula: Betty Wood
Herr Zeller, The Gauleiter: Peter Swanwick
Baron Elberfeld: Jack Lorenzo
A Postulant: Marilyn Dougan
Admiral von Schreiber: Hilary Wontner

Ensemble: Patricia Brooke-Greene, Irene Cole, May Cunningham, Marilyn Dougan, Marie Fidock, Elaine Howells, Patricia Kilgarriff, Joan Lilley, Marie Lorraine, Alison McGuire, Georgina Pearce, Sonia Peters, Patricia Ridgway, Tina Ruta, Lisa Tovey, Betty Wood, Christina Wren

Understudy Maria Rainer: Sonia Rees
Understudy Georg von Trapp: Nevil Whiting
Understudy Mother Abbess: Silvia Beamish
Understudy Max Detweiler: Jay Denyer
Understudy Elsa Schraeder: Lynn Kennington
Understudy Rolf: George Rutland
Understudy Liesl: Fiona Dickson
Understudy Franz: John Wynyard
Understudy Children: Teresa Siegle, Lynette Hill, Laure Heath, Leslie Hart

Crew

For The Sound of Music

Producer: Williamson Music Ltd.
Originally Produced in New York By: Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
London Production Director and Supervisor: Jerome Whyte
American Production Director: Vincent J. Donehue
Costume Design: Lucinda Ballard
Scenic Design: Oliver Smith

Staging, Musical Numbers: Joe Layton
Choral Arrangements: Trude Rittman
Orchestrations: Robert Russell Bennett
Music Director: Robert Lowe

Scenery Construction: Brunskll & Loveday Ltd., Theatre Royal Drury Lane Workshops
Scenery Construction Supervisor: Louis Walton
Scenery Painting: Alick Johnstone Ltd.
Lighting and Sound: George Wright
Lighting and Sound Assistant: John Bowman

For Williamson Music Ltd.

General Manager: William Stiles
Company Manager: Geoffrey Miller
Stage Manager: Gerard Phillips
Deputy Stage Manager: John Cleaver
Assistant Stage Managers: Michael Pearce, Jack Lorenzo

Ballet Mistress: Babbie McManus
Wardrobe Mistress: Emma Doughty
Assistant Wardrobe Mistress: Madge Davies
Matrons: Irene Jelec, Dorothy Fry, Emma Marsh
Press Representative: Torrington Douglas

For the Palace Theatre

Licensee and Manager: Emile Littler
Theatre Manager: Harry W. Briden
Assistant Manager: W. Taylor
Box Office Manager: J. W. Hayes
Chief Engineer: Eric B. Willett
Public Relations: Patrick Selby

Programme Printed By: Eden & Finsbury Press Ltd., London

Notes

Production opened May 1961. Specific date estimated by printing date of programme.