Ely High School 1905-1972 - July 1954 Production of St Joan
ELY HIGH SCHOOL
P R O G R A M M E
July 15th & 17th, 1954
Ely High School Girls present
"SAINT JOAN"
by George Bernard Shaw
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CAST, in order of appearance:
| Robert de Baudricourt | A Lawrence |
| Steward | P Griffin |
| Joan | S Wymer |
| Bertrand de Poulengy | M Gurton |
| Lord Chamberlain | O Carter |
| Archbishop of Rheims | J Sowerby |
| Page | G Skinner |
| Bluebeard | R Larkin |
| La Hire | D Murfitt |
| The Dauphin | M Williams |
| Courtiers: | P Boutell, A Cornell, B Gimbert, Y
Hartop, D Jones, S Jordan, J McCullagh, P Norman, J Rich, M Taylor, P Tye |
| Duke of Vendôme | J Mann |
| Dunois | A Burrows |
| Page | W Sealey |
| Earl of Warwick | P Talbot |
| Chaplin, John de Stogumber | J Howard |
| Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais | M Mott |
| Page | S Riley |
| Canon d'Estivet | H Smith |
| Chief Inquisitor | G Robinson |
| Canon de Courcelles | G Fuller |
| Assessors: | J Barker, J Butler, B Hall, J Ison, S Jephson, B Latham, P Petch, P Robinson, J Sallis |
| Ladvenu | F Crane |
| Executioner | Y Driver |
| Soldiers | D Dunbavin P Taylor |
| English Soldier | S Spicer |
| The Gentleman | D Chambers |
| SCENE I | The Castle of Vaucoulers, Spring 1429 |
| SCENE II | Chinon, in Touraine |
| SCENE III | Orleans |
| SCENE IV | The English Camp |
| SCENE V | Rheims Cathedral |
| SCENE VI | Rouen, 1431 |
| EPILOGUE | King Charles the Seventh's Bedroom, 1456 |
PRODUCED by MISS PR BROOK
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| ST JOAN row 4, back: Olive Carter - Yvonne Driver - Phyllis Norman row 3: 1 - 2 - 3 - Janet Mann - Julie Rich - Jean McCullagh - Dorothy Dunbavin - Shirley Spicer - 9 - Glenys Fuller - Jill Ison - Barbara Latham - 13 row 2: Marilyn Girton - Rosemary Larkin - Dawn Murfitt - Frances Crane - José Howard - Pat Talbot - Ann Burrows - Sylvia Wymer - Marilyn Williams - Margaret Mott - Judith Sowerby - Gwen Robinson - Helen Smith - 14 - 15 row 1: front: Averil Lawrence - Pat Griffin - 3 - 4 - Susan Riley - Wendy Sealy - Gloria Skinner - 8 - 9 - Peggy Tye - Dawn Chambers. IDs : Ann Dix, Helen Smith image source: Ann Dix (Burrows): original by Starr & Rignall |
standing: Yvonne Driver - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 (tall) - 5 (short) -
6 - Jill Ison - Helen Smith - Pat Talbot
middle: Pauline Robinson - Frances Crane - 3 - Glenys Fuller
- Pat Petch - José Howard - Margaret Mott - Gwen Robinson.
front: Sylvia Wymer - Susan Riley
image source: Helen Smith
from the May 1955 Ely High School Magazine
St Joan - Shaw - July 1954 production
Dramatics.
Activities in the Dramatic field have this year been and are being, especially lively, even for us with our long tradition of interest in acting. Last summer a new departure was made and an ambitious project undertaken in putting on, as the School Play, Shaw's "St. Joan."
The large cast obviously found the theme inspiring, and, in spite of the difficulty of some of the subject matter, under the capable direction of Miss Brook, they gave a performance which reached a really high standard, and was most moving in its simple sincerity.
D. G. DEFEW.
Programme source: Helen Smith
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