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1955-SHOW BOAT1954-THE DESERT SONG

THE

PRESTON MUSICAL COMEDY SOCIETY

PRESENTS

BBIGADOONBy arrangement with Samuel French, Ltd.

A MUSICAL PLAY IN. TWO ACTS

Music by FREDERICK LOEWE

at the

GAUMONT - THEATRE . PRESTONMONDAY to ·SATURDAY

30th September to 5th October1957

At 7-15 p.rn.

MATINEES THURSDAY and SATURDAY at 2-30 p.m.

Hen. Producer: HARRY CROSSLEY

1956-"ANNIE GETYOUR GUN" 19S7-WILD VIOLETS

Affiliated to the National Operatic and Dramatic Association.

'Page q_ne

WYN TOOTELL as .. Fiona ..

Photo. by Arthur Winter

Page Nine

JOHN WILMER as "Tommy Albright"


Page E.leven

JOfiN FEWERY as " Harry Ritchie ..


Page Thirteen


ERNEST PHILLIPS as .. Jeff Douglas"

Page Seventeen'

HEATHER FITCHETT as .. Maggie Abernethy"


Page Nineteen

GEOFFREY RAE as "Charles Cameron ..


Page Twenty-one


WYN TOOTELL(" Fiona ")

JOHN WILMER(" Tommy")

.Page Twenty-three

KATHLEEN JONES(" Jean ")

GEOFFREY RAE(" Charlie ")


Poge Twenty-Five

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JOYCE MERCER (" Jane ")

Page Twenty-seven

JAMESHILTO

N("Mr.Murdock

Of)JOHN

FEWERY

("Harry

Ritchie

Of)ARTHUR

L.MOULD

("Andrew

MacK

eith")

Photo.byArthur

Winter

GEOFF. COUSENJOHN FEWERYEDDIE REGAN

Sword Dancers


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Book and Lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER

THE CAST

(in order of appearance)

Presented by arrangement

1TOMMY ALBRIGHT }

Americans -JEFF DOUGLAS

ANGUS MacMONIES -

DONALD RITCHIE -

SANDY -

MAGGIE ABERNETHY

MacGREGOR

STUART CAMERON -

HARRY RITCHIE (Donald's Son) -

MEG BROCKIE -

ANDREW MacKEITH

FIONA} (His Daughters)JEAN

CHARLES CAMERON (betrothed to Jean) -

Mr. MURDOCH (the Dominie)

1st SWORD DANCER

2nd SWORD DANCER -

PIPER

FRANK (a Bartender)

JANE ASHTON (Tommy's Fiancee)-

{JOHN WILMER

ERNEST PHILLIPS

FRANK WORSWICK

WILLIAM H. LAWSON

GEORGE CROSTON

HEATHER FITCHETT

ROBERT DARK

CLIFFORD REGAN

JOHN FEWERY

BARBARA DALTON

ARTHUR L. MOULD

{WYN TOOTELL

KATHLEEN JONES

GEOFFREY RAE

JAS. HILTON

W. BARROWCLOUGH

GEOFF. COUSEN

LEN HENSON

DUNCAN HILTON

JOYCE MERCER

The entire production under the direction of HARRY CROSSLEY

Choreography by MARGARET SANDHAM

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lDOON:with Samuel French, Ltd.

Music by FREDERICK LOEWE

rJ

TOWNSFOLK OF BRIGADOON

LADIES OF THE CHORUS:

'C. Balmer. D. Bell. W. Crook. M. Durham. J. M. Fairclough. P. Heaney. M. Howarth. E. McCulloch.A. Mannion, D. Meyler, E. Mould, E. Mercer. F. Mee, M. Nickson, P. T. Manders, a. Richmond,a. Ratcliffe, M. Ryan. J. Smails, J. E. Whitter.

GENTLEMEN OF THE CHORUS:

G. Croston. R. Dark. F. Davis. T. Eccles. D. Hilton. W. H. Lawson, C. Lyon, P. Radmore, G. Regan.C. Regan, F. Parker. E. White, F. Worswick.

LADY DANCERS:

M. Bilsborough. J. Baxter. M. Brooks. S. Busby, J. Lockley, J. McKenna, D. Standring, A. Whitehead,E. Swan, M. Blything. P. Heaney. B. North. I

GENTLEMEN DANCERS:

W. Barrowclough, P. Bell, F. Barnes. G. Cousen, J. Fewery, J. Frankland. P. Jones, E. Regan.

Scene 1

Scene 2

Scene 3

fScene 4

Scene 5

1 Scene 6

Scene 1

Scene 2

Scene 3

Scene 4

Scene 5

SYNOPSIS OF SCENES

ACT 1

A forest in the Scottish Highlands, about 5 a.m. on a May morning, 1956.

A road in ~Brigadoon, then the Village Square-MacConnachy Square-9 o'clock the samemorning.

The Brockie Bothy, noon the same day.

The MacKelth house, mid-afternoon the same day.

Outside the house of Mr. Murdoch, immediately following.

Outside the Kirk of Brigadoon. early evening the same day.

ACT 2

A forest near the border of Brigadoon, later that evening.

A road in Brigadoon, a few minutes later.

The Glen, a short while later.

A bar in New York City, four months later, late afternoon.

The forest in the Highlands, some days later.

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Programme of Musical Numbers

PRESTON MUSICAL COMEDY SOCIETY ORCHESTRAunder the direction of JOHN STOREY, AR.C.M., L.R.A.M.

BRIGADOON-

ACT 1Introd uctionPrologue-!' Once in the Highlands"" Brigadoon" -" Vendors' Calls .." Down in MacConnachy Square .." Waitin' for My Dearie "" I'll Go Home with Bonnie Jean .." The Heather on the. Hill" The Love of My Life" -" Jeannie's Packin' Up .." Come to Me, Bend to Me "." Almost Like Being in Love"Entrance of the ClansWedding CeremonySword Dance and Reel

- Chorus- Chorus

- Stuart, MacGregor and Chorus- Sandy, MacG~egor, Stuart, Meg and Chorus

Fiona and GirlsCharlie and Chorus- Tommy and Fiona

MegGirls

- Charlie- Tommy and Fiona

Harry, Sword Dancers, and Chorus

ACT 2

ENTR'ACTE

The Chase - - MacGregor, Stuart, Tommy, and Men's Chorus- Tommy

- Meg and Chorus- Maggie

- FionaandTommyFionaFiona

- Charlie

" There but for You and I" -" My Mother's Wedding Day"Funeral Dance (Traditional Pibrochead)" From This Day On "Reprises: (0) "Come to Me, Bend to Me ..

(b) "The Heather on the Hill"(c) "I'll Go Home with Bonnie Jean" -(d) "From This Day On" -(e) "Down in MacConnachy's Square" -

- Fiona and Tommy- Chorus- ChorusFinale _-

Page Thirty-five

JOHN WILMER(" Tommy ")

JAMES HILTON(" Mr. Murdock ")

WYN TOOTELL(" Fiona ")


LEN HENSON(Piper)


BARBARA DALTON(" Meg ")

ERNEST PHILLIPS(" Jeff ")


KATHLEEN JONES(" Jean ")

ARTHUR L. MOULD(" Andrew MacKeith ")


Highland Fantasy

The story of Brlgadoon begins two hundred years ago, when it vanished in the Highland miststo lift once only in every two hundred years.

On such a day two Americans, Tommy Albright and his pal Jeff Douglas, stumble on the village,and in the village square they become part of a world that had stood still for one hundred years, andwhere they meet Fiona Mac Keith and Meg Brockie.

Tommy and Fiona find in each other a deep understanding, Meg Brockie makes no pretenceof her feeling towards Jeff, who is kept constantly on his guard against her affectionate advances.

There is a wedding to be performed in Brlgadoon that very day and Fiona invites Tommy toaccompany her to her father's house while Jeff is to accompany Meg.

While Tommy and Jeff are at Fiona's house they discover an old Family Bible, and are amazedwhen they read-" Fiona, born October 10th, 1722, and Jean, April 8th, 1728."

Tommy knows Fiona to be 24, and her sister six years younger. Jeff comes to the conclusionthat these two girls have been named aft,er the ones in the Bible, but Tommy remembers that it isJean who is to be married to-day to Charles MacPherson, while in the Bible there is an entry-JeanMaclaren married to MacPherson, May 24th, 1746.

Tommy asks Fiona for an explanation, she suggests they accompany her to the house of Mr.Murdoch, the village schoolmaster, who, upon her request, agrees to tell them the wonderful storyof "Brigadoon".

Mr. Murdoch tells them: "What happened in Brigadoon was a miracle; and most folk don'tbelieve in them. Miracles require faith, and there's not much of that in the world to-day. Now, ifan outsider were to come to Brigadoon and hear the tale from the lips of a lassie or of a laddie theywould think she or he were daft, and that would be humiliating for the story teller. But if I wereto tell them, whatever they thought it wouldn't hurt me, that is why only I can tell the miracle tostrangers.

" It happened two hundred years ago when the Highlands were plagued with witches, wickedsorcerers, who were taking the Highland folk away from the teachings of God and putting the Devilin their souls. These women were not real sorcerers, there were no such things, but their influencewas very real. In Brigadoon we had an old minister of the Kirk named Mr. Forsythe, the kindestman in Scotland. No man ever loved his parish more than he did, but he was growing old, and itgrieved him that one day soon he would have to leave all those dear to him; he wanted to save hisparish from all the outside evils of the world before he died, which would require a miracle.

" He spent many days walking through the glen thinking and consulted with me, as he wantedit to be a well-organised miracle, and finally decided what he was going to pray for, and at an earlyhour on Wednesday morning he went out to a hill beyond Brigadoon and made his prayer to God."

" There in the hush of a sleeping world, he asked God that night to make Brigadoon, and allthe people in it, vanish into the Highland mist, vanish, but not for always. It would return Just asit was for one day every hundred years. The people would go on leading their customary lives, buteach day when they awakened it would be a hundred years later. Mr. Forsythe figured there wouldbe no change in the lives ofthe people, they just would not be in any century long enough to be awayfrom Brigadoon knowing if the miracle were granted he would never see it again. That was two

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Higl"land Fantasy-continued from page47

hundred years ago. He had intended to ask for the miracle on the Tuesday but Charlie was notexpected back from Edinburgh University 'till Tuesday late, and he didn't want anything to go wrongwith the wedding so he left it until WEldnesday. According to the contract he made, If one of theinhabitants leaves this Brigadoon the miracle is broken for ever. A stranger can stay if he loves some-one here enough to give up everything in the world outside, which is how it should be, after all, ifyou love someone deeply, anything is possible."

At the wedding celebrations Harry Ritchie, who had always loved Jean, asked permissionfrom Charlie to dance with her, Charlie consented. Harry had always been jealous of Charlie.Suddenly there was a scream from Jean and Harry tried to attack Charlie with a dirk and was preventedby Tommy. Harry, in his anger, told the people if he couldn't have what he wanted he would breakthe spell of Brigadoon by leaving, and dashed Into the forest. Poor tormented Harry Ritchie lost hislife trying to escape and happiness was turned into mourning.

Tommy broke the news to Fiona that he must return to America immediately. On his returnto America, Tommy told the girl he was engaged to, that during his absence something had happenedwhich now made it impossible for him to go through with the wedding.

Suddenly, in a New York bar he saw a vision of Fiona and decided there and then to returnto her. Jeff travelled back to the Highlands with him and as they came upon the spot where theyhad left Brigadoon for a few brief moments it once more returned out of the mists and Tommy wentinto them, the words of Mr. Murdoch ringing in his ears: "If you love someone deeply, anythingis possible."



JAMES HILTON(" Mr. Murdock ")


HEATHER FITCHETIas .. Maggie"


BARBARA DALTONas II Meg ..


GEOFFREY RAE(" Charlle Cameron ")

ARTHUR L. MOULD(" Andrew MacKeith ")


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