Slings and Arrows

An Intimate Revue Devised by Hermione Gingold and Charles Hickman.

The Cast is shown alongside the programme items below.

At the Piano HARRY JACOBSON and EDNA DOWNING: Directed by CHARLES HICKMAN: Settings and Costumes by Berkeley Sutcliffe: Choreography by Pauline Grant

Comedy Theatre, London - 17 November, 1948

Programme

ACT I

1. OPENING : MORNING, AFTERNOON and EVENING By Leslie Julian Jones

DRESSMAKER : John Hewer

CLIENT : Gwen Cherrell

MORNING : Monica Mallory, Wallas Eaton, Robert Bishop, Diana Maddox, Byfield Riches, Kathleen Stuart

AFTERNOON : Gretchen Franklin, Laurel Grey, Christopher Hewett, Charlotte Bidmead, Pamela Kail

EVENING : Hermione Gingold, Walter Crisham

2. SCANDAL ON THE SABBATH (By Peter Myers. Music by Norman Dannett)

Diana Maddox, Pamela Kail, Monica Mallory, Laurel Grey, Kathleen Stuart

3. BRITISH WAY By Kenneth Dear

COMMERE : Kathleen Stuart

Part I.

FATHER - Walter Crisham

MOTHER - Charlotte Bidmead

BUTLER - Wallas Eaton

SON - Christopher Hewett

YOUNG WOMAN - Monica Mallory

Part II.

MOTHER - Gretchen Franklin

DAUGHTER - Gwen Cherrell

SON - Byfield Riches

FATHER - Walter Crisham

4. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - (By Peter Myers. Music by Har

ry Jacobson)

Hermione Gingold

5. I BOUGHT A MOUNTAIN - (By Leslie Julian Jones and Virginia Winter)

Walter Crisham

6. SIT DOWN A MINUTE MEDEA - (By Arthur Macrae)

WOMEN OF CORINTH - Christopher Hewett, Laurel Grey, Kathleen Stuart
NURSE - Charlotte Bidmead
MEDEA - Hermione Gingold
JASON - Robert Bishop
MESSENGER - Wallas Eaton

7. TAKEN AS RED (By Sandy Wilson)

Gwen Cherrell

8. PUIR WEE LASS ( By Andrew Crawford. Music by Clarry Ashton)

Diana Maddox, Gretchen Franklin, Laurel Grey, Christopher Hewett, John Hewer, Byfield Riches

9. GARDENERS ALL(By Caryl Brahms. Music by Leslie Julian Jones)

Hermione Gingold, Walter Crisham, Wallas Eaton, Pamela Kail, Robert Bishop.

10. BOTTICELLI ANGEL (By Simon Phipps. Music by Geoffrey Beaumont)

Laurel Grey

11. LATE PASS - ( By Peter Myers Music by Norman Dannett)

SAILOR - John Hewer
GIRL - Monica Mallory
A.T.S. - Diana Maddox
HUSBAND - Wallas Eaton
OFFICER - Byfield Riches
GIRL - Pamela Kail

12. WOLF CUBS (By Peter Myers Music by permission of Lawrence Wright)

Hermione Gingold, Walter Crisham

13. PET AVERSION (By Gretchen Franklin. Music by Jack Strachey)

Gretchen Franklin

14. MASSEUSE (By Peter Myers. Music by Norman Dannett)

Hermione Gingold

15. SEND ME BACK TO NAPLES (By Leslie Julian Jones)

Walter Crisham Gwen Cherrell

16 BLESS THE SHOW (By Leslie Julian Jones)

Hermione Gingold, Walter Crisham and Company

ACT II

1. SUNDAY AFTERNOON ( By Peter Myers. Music by Norman Dannett)

YOUNG LADIES : Charlotte Bid mead, Pamela Kail, Monica Mallory, Diana Maddox
YOUNG MEN : Christopher Hewett, John Hewer, Byfield Riches, and Robert Bishop.
CHILDREN : Gretchen Franklin, Gwen Cherrell, Laurel Grey and Kathleen Stuart.

2. THE GODS LOOK DOWN (By Peter Myers)

Hermione Gingold, Walter Crisham, Gretchen Franklin, Wallas Eaton, Christopher Hewett, Laurel Grey, Monica Mallory, Kathleen Stuart, Byfield Riches, and Gwen Cherrell.

3. THANKS MR. RANK (By Sandy Wilson)

Diana Maddox

4. BUTTERFLY IN THE RAIN ( By Leslie Julian Jones)

Walter Crisham

5. COME FOR A BATHE AT BRIGHTON (By Sandy Wilson. Music by Geoffrey Wright)

Hermione Gingold and the Boys

6. CREEPS (By Michael Bryan. Music by Harry Jacobson)

Wallas Eaton

7. TWILIGHT IN THE TUILLERIES (By George Wood)

THE MAN - Walter Crisham
THE WOMAN - Charlotte Bidmead
THE GIRL - Pamela Kail
Other Characters : Gwen Cherrell, Laurel Grey, Monica Mallory, Kathleen Stuart, John Hewer

9. BLANCHISSEUSE HEUREUSE (By Arthur Macrae. Music by Harry Jacobson)

Hermione Gingold

10. MENU (By Peter Myers. Music by Harry Jacobson.)

Christopher Hewett

11. "AND TO HELL—" (By Leslie Julian Jones)

Walter Crisham and the Girls

12. FOREVER ENGLAND (By Barbara Vereker)

Part I. Christopher Hewett, John Hewer, Byfield Riches.
Part II. Hermione Gingold, Wallas Eaton.

14. MRS. WEAVER'S BEAVER MUFF (By John Jowitt. Music by Harry Jacobson)

Gretchen Franklin, Laurel Grey, Byfield Riches

15. ALL MY OWN WORK By Barbara Vereker. Music by Harry Jacobson()

Gretchen Franklin

16. FLOWER SHOW (By Leslie Julian Jones)

Hermione Gingold, Walter Crisham, and the Company

Items not used

Symphony of Love (Peter Myers)
Lovely Day (Philip Loftus. Music by Leslie Julian Jones)
Rita Raven (by Cliff Gordon. Music by Cliff Gordon and Stanley Black)