The Yeomen of the Guard
Performances were on Friday November 6 and 13, Saturday November 7
and 14, all at 8:15 pm, and Sunday November 8 and 15 at 2 pm, in Alice
Statler Auditorium. 1981.
The videos are from a pickup rehearsal on November 12th, 1981.
Phoebe Meryll Miss Heidi Merritt
Dame Carruthers Miss Anne Hering
Kate Ms. Laurajane Fletcher
Colonel Fairfax David Usher
Sergeant Meryll David Wyatt
Jack Point Fred Ahl
Elsie Maynard Ms. Diane Duke
Wilfred Shadbolt Robert T. Farrell
Sir Richard Cholmondely Michael Johnson
Leonard Meryll David Shefsiek (Tim Wells on Nov 14th)
Dramatic direction by Victoria Kummer
Musical direction by David Van Leer
Sets and lighting by Jim Novack
Costume Design by Charlotte Mueller and Alene Wyatt
Choreography by Bernadette Fiocca
Videography by Jim Novack
Audio by Barbara Usher.
Leonard
Meryll = David Shefsiek, except Tim Wells on Saturday 14th November,
and Jim Mueller sang 1st and 2nd yeomen in the opening chorus.
A playlist is available for all of the following numbers, in their correct order.
ACT I
Overture
"When Maiden Loves, She Sits and Sighs" - Phoebe Meryll.
"Heartless Jade", Wilfred Shadbolt the head jailer and assistant tormenter. This song is frequently omitted from the show.
"When Our Gallant Norman Foes" - Dame Carruthers.
"Is Life a Boon" - Colonel Fairfax.
"Here's a man of jollity" and "I have a song to sing, O!" - Elsie Maynard and Jack Point.
"How say you, maiden, will you wed" - The Lieutenant, Elsie Maynard and Jack Point.
"I've jibe and joke" - Jack Point and the Lieutenant.
"'Tis done! I am a bride!" - Elsie Maynard
"Were I thy bride" - Phoebe Meryll and Wilfred Shadbolt.
"Oh, Sergeant Meryll, is it true" - Men's Chorus with Sergeant Meryll and Fairfax
"The pris'ner comes to meet his doom" - Elsie Maynard and Chorus
"My lord! my lord!" - last part of Finale to Act I.
ACT II
"Night has spread her pall once more" - Dame Carruthers and chorus
"Oh! a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon" - Jack Point
"Hereupon we're both agreed" - Jack Point and Wilfred Shadbolt
"Free from his fetters grim" - Colonel Fairfax
"Strange Adventure" - Dame Carruthers, Kate, Sergeant Meryll, Colonel Fairfax.
"Hark! What was that, sir?" - Elsie, Phoebe, Dame Carruthers, Fairfax, Wilfred, Point, Lieutenant, Sergeant Meryll, and chorus.
"A man who would woo a fair maid" - Elsie, Phoebe, and Fairfax.
"When a wooer goes a-wooing" - Elsie, Phoebe, Fairfax, and Point
"Rapture, rapture!" - Dame Carruthers and Sergeant Meryll
"Comes the pretty young bride" - Finale to Act II
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