The Cradle song by Gregorio and Maria Martinez Sierra
5th-6th March 1948 at St Francis Theatre, Letchworth

Comedy. The story of a child brought to a convent and of the extraordinary change in the lives of the nuns wrought by the presence of the infant.

Cast

Sister Sagrario : Sybil Foster

Sister Marcella : Muriel Whalley

The Prioress : Beatrice Downey

Sister Joanna of the Cross : Ella Edwards

Mistress of the Novices : Molly Booth

The Vicaress : Ida Price

Sister Inez : Margaret Bidwell

Sister Tornera : Winnie Stubbs

Sister Maria Jesus : Marjorie Manners

Doctor : Hugh Bidwell

Teresa : Barbara Bird

Antonio : Russell Rogers

Lay Sisters : Dorris Barrett and Vera Allsopp

Crew

Producer : Gwen Spinks

Stage Manager : Eddie Cobb

Assistant Stage Manager : Stanley Chapman and Derek Spinks

Electrician : Warwick Taylor

Mistress of the Robes : Dorris Barrett

Device design : Noel Ripley

Orchestra under the direction of C.A. Hobart

Violins : Stuart Tatt, Pat Saunders, Morris Rogers

Viola : Stanley Gomersall

Cello : Cecil Hobart

Piano : Winifred Hobart