1903 And So What, The New Letchworth Revue by Hugh Bidwell and Donald Griggs with additional scenes by Noel Ripley
18-19 September 1963, The Little Theatre
A Joint Production between S.P.A.D.S and the Settlement Players
Garden City Collection contains two newspaper reviews (Ref: LBM4101.11.80 and LBM4101.11.94) for this production.
Cast
Prologue : Spoken by John Elson
Early Days –
Compere : Albert Claydon
Ebenezer Howard : Joe Platten
Bathing Beauties : Patricia Smedley, Gill Dixon, Jacqueline Cresswell, Margaret Bidwell, Angela Tomlinson, Eileen Johnson
The Working Song –
Michael Everitt, Fred Morton, Derek Lev, Harold Lyth, Eric Warriner
Charles Ball : Bert Stedman
The Cottage Exhibition –
John : John Elson
Edith : Elizabeth Fletcher
Bert : Harry Kemp
Daisy : Biddy Reed
The Arbor Day Song –
Elaine Tickle, Elizabeth Fenn, Agnes Lyons, Margaret Bidwell, Elsie Kedge, Edith Chapman
May Day –
The Cast
The Drinking Song at the Skittles Inn –
Bert Stedman, John Elson, Fred Morton, Michael Everitt, Joe Platten
Letchworth’s First Shop Keeper –
The Road from Hitchin –
First Hitchin Worthy : Michael Everitt
Second Hitchin Worthy : James Innes
Fred : Fred Morton
Patrol Leader : Bert Stedman
Patrol Deputy : John Elson
Victim : Joe Platten
Song of the Fine Old English Gentlemen –
Donald Griggs, Harold Lyth
The Railway Station –
Commuters : John Elson, Bert Stedman, Fred Morton, Eric Warriner
Station Master : Joe Platten
Boy : Graham Lyth
Nurse : Elaine Tickle
The Song of the Firm Foundations –
Gill Dixon, Jacqueline Cresswell, Angela Tomlinson, Eilen Johnson, Patricia Smedley, The Spirella Girls
Bert and Daisy’s Cottage in War Time (1941) –
I’m Dreaming –
The Soldier : Fred Morton
The Evacuee : Elizabeth Fenn
I’m All Right, Jack –
1st Jack : Derek Lev
2nd Jack : Michael Everitt
3rd Jack : Eric Warriner
4th Jack : Fred Morton
A Road in Letchworth, Bert and Daisy
Song of Expansion:
Donald Griggs, Harold Lyth
Letchworth 1963
Mr Smith : Derek Lev
Mr Brown : Michael Everitt
Mrs Brown : Margaret Bidwell
Mrs Smith : Eilen Johnson
The Man : James Innes
The War of the Roses –
Speakers : John Elson, Joyce Jones
Citizeness : Patricia Smedley
Soldiers : Bert Stedman, Joe Platten, Fred Morton
Horatius : Harold Lyth
Bert and Daisy’s Children : Diana Bidwell, David Bidwell, Sara Griggs, Malcolm Griggs
The Finale : The Cast
Crew
Director : Noel Ripley
Producers : Harold Lyth, Joan Dixon, Michael Everitt
Prompt : Joan Dixon
Costumes : Elaine Tickle
Stage Manager : Percy Simmonds
Lighting : David Fyfe
Music arranged by : Janet Tate
Tape Recording and Sound Effects : Douglas Tate