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The Lantern Marriage/The Sorcerer

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Good Shepherd Parish House
June 3-5, 1958

The Lantern Marriage

Dramatis Personae

Peter, a peasant farmer Lionel Boucher

Denise, second cousin of Peter Eileen Kashulines

Two rather merry widows

Catherine Barbara Monroe

Ann Frances Peterson

Announcer Gerald Stevenson

SCENE: Outside Peter's house
TIME: The present

(The tradition of the lyric theatre will be followed and curtain calls will be made at the end of each act.)

(There will be a ten minute intermission between operettas; refreshments are available in the lounge, where smoking is permitted.)

The Sorcerer

Dramatis Personae

Mrs. Partlet Ethel Shenton Jones

Constance, her daughter Mary Strickland

Dr. Daly, Vicar of Ploverleigh Leonard Rule

Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre Gerald Stevenson

Alexis, his son William E. Morgan, Jr.

Aline, betrothed to Alexis Anne Olshewsky

Lady Sangazure, a Lady of Ancient Lineage Marcelle Houle

Notary Chauncey Uphoff

Hercules, assistant to Mr. Wells Ted Labombard

John Wellington Wells, of J. W. Wells & Co., family of sorcerers Rodney Mansfield

Chorus of Friends Kay Goranson, Doris Cobb, Beth Tebbetts, Arlene Annis, Theresa Hauser, Betty DerManoogian, Louise Stulgis, Margaret Tamulonis, Helen Kiratsos, Ellen Jebb, Constance Wood, Nancy Hammond, Roger Lovejoy, Donald Hurd, Robert Simoneau, Kenneth Mayo, Edgar Simoneau, Harry Tong, Gobert Goss, David Cross, Ernest Peterson, Albin Tamulonis, Harold Annis, James Burns

Attendants Donald Mellor, Daniel Hodge, Robert Burns, William Simoneau

ACT I: Exterior of Sir Marmaduke's Mansion
Time: Midday

(Twelve hours are supposed to elapse between Acts I and II)

ACT II: Exterior of Sir Marmaduke's Mansion
Time: Midnight

(Date - in the late 1800's)

(There will be curtain calls after each act; a ten minute intermission will occur between acts)

Musical Synopsis
OVERTURE (Pianists)

ACT I
CHORUS, "Ring forth ye bells" (Chorus)
RECIT & ARIA, "When he is here" (Mrs. Partlet & Constance)
RECIT & BALLAD, "Time was" (Dr. Daly)
CHORUS, "With heart & with voice" (Chorus)
RECIT & ARIA, "Happy young heart" (Aline)
RECIT, "My child" (Lady Sangazure)
CHORUS, "With heart" (Chorus)
DUET, "Welcome joy" (Marmaduke & Sangazure)
ENSEMBLE, "All is prepared" (All)
BALLAD, "For love alone" (Alexis)
SONG, "My name" (Mr. Wells)
INCANTATION, "Sprites of earth" (All)
FINALE, "Now to the banquet" (All)

ACT II
TRIO and CHORUS, "Tis twelve" (All)
ENSEMBLE, "Dear friends" (All)
BALLAD, "It is not love" (Alexis)
QUINTETT, "I rejoice" (Aline, Mrs. Partlet, Alexis, Dr. Daly, Marmaduke)
RECIT & DUET, "Oh I have wrought" (Mr. Wells & Lady Sangazure)
RECIT & AIR, "Alexis" (Aline)
SONG, "Oh my voice" (Dr. Daly)
ENSEMBLE, "Oh joyous boon" (All)
RECIT, "Prepare for sad surprises" (Alexis)
FINALE, "Or he or I must die" (All)
(The term "navvy" appears in some of the text and means "an unskilled or common laborer")

Credits

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