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Dramatic Productions 1949

AS YOU LIKE IT

Presented, with a junior cast, by the

MALTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL
DRAMATIC SOCIETY

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The Characters.
  • Duke, living in banishment: Irvine (Form V).
  • Frederick, his brother, usurper of his kingdom: Lamb (Fm IV)
  • Amiens, lord attending the banished Duke:Rollinson (Form I).
  • Jaques, lord attending the banished Duke:Burley (Form IV).
  • Le Beau, a courtier attending Frederick: Muir (Form IV).
  • Charles, wrestler to Frederick: Benson (Form IV).
  • Oliver, eldest son of Sir Rowland de Boys: Slaughter (Form IV).
  • Orlando, brother of Oliver Flynn (Form III).
  • Another brother Rolls (Form III).
  • Adam, servant to Oliver: Marwood (Form V).
  • Touchstone, a clown: Tyson (Form III):
  • Corin, a shepherd: Thackray (Form IV).
  • Sylvius, a shepherd: Ramsden (Form IV).
  • William, a country fellow, in love with Audrey: Dyson (Form III).
  • Hymen, the god of marriage: Diana Taylor (Form III).
  • Foresters attending the banished Duke: Bower (Form II) Cundell, Fletcher (Form I).
  • Rosalind, daughter of the banished Duke: M. Holliday (Form III).
  • Celia, daughter of Frederick: M. Thackray (Form III).
  • Phebe, a shepherdess: P. Lund (Form III).
  • Audrey, a country wench:M. Jarvis (Form V).
  • Pages to the banished Duke S. Hornsey (Form I). B. Holmes (Form I).
The Scene.

ACT I: The usurper's court.

ACTS II, III, IV, and V: The Forest of Arden.

THere will be a short interval between Acts III and IV.

The Orchestra.

Conductor: Mr Ron Hudson (O. M.). Instrumentalists: Mr Beverley, Capt. Barratt, Mr Jarvis Hickson, Miss Frasser, Mr Barty, Mr Mudge, Mr Bratt, G. Crowther (Form VIA), I. Mackinnon, D.Laverack, J. Robson, M. Binks (Form V), Bourne (Form II), J. Armitage (Form I).

Selections:

  • "Masque at the Fryers" - From the 17th Century Suite;
  • "Now is the Month of Maying" - Adapted by T. Morley.
  • "Bouree in D Minor" - From the Firework Music by G. F. Handel.
  • "Sarabande" - Purcell.
  • "Giles Farnaby - His Rest" - Giles Farnaby.
  • "Strawberry Leaves" - Anonymous Elizabethan Composers

Acknowledgments

  • Producer: Miss Howarth, assisted by Mr Williams and Mr Rolls.
  • Make up:Miss Howarth and Miss Adam.
  • Dresses: Miss Fraser, Miss Booth and especially M. Jarvis (Form V) among the girls.
  • Prompter: Sheila Meaden (Form VIA)
  • Stage manager: Rowsby (Form IV).
  • Swords: Mr Dowding and Pugmire (Form V).
  • Tickets: M. Grice, D. Croser, Calow, Hind (Form VIA).
  • Tarpaulins: Messrs Russells' and Wrangham and British Railways.

    • The Open-Air Stage.

    There can be few schools fortunate enough to possess an open-air stage so exquisitely adapted as is that of M. G. S. for the production of what, in our tradition, are known as Pastoral Plays. It was first planned and, in part, actually made, by Mr E. L. Watt, the first headmaster of the refounded Malton Grammar School.

    Members of the audience are cordially invited to make a tour of inspection back stage after the performance. They will, we think, be impressed by the forethought Mr Watt showed thirty-seven years ago.

    The programme on the left is taken from two ageing folded foolscap sheets, typed in fading text, which has been thoughtfully saved in an envelope labelled "Playbill", glued in to a large black album with the inscription "M. G. S. Dramatic Society". The photos below are from the same album, all mounted with four corner mounts on black pages, all printed by Massers of Malton, and all 5 x 3 inches.