Gay’s the Word
At the Manchester try out the part of the Stage Door Keeper was played by William Clifford and John Wynyard was playing Old Man. By the time the show reached London John Wynyard was playing the Stage Door Keeper and the Old Man seems to have disappeared.
For the post London tour nearly all the original cast played their original parts. May Tomlin took over the part of Madame Nicolini and her part of Mrs Parkes was taken on by Margot Bryant in addition to her part as Lancashire Woman.
A new character called Ray Hartley, played by Frank Forsyth, seems to have appeared for the tour.
Cast & Crew
Cast
| Birdie Wentworth | Hilary De Chaville |
|---|---|
| Birdie Wentworth (Replacement) | Iris Tully |
| Dancer – Female | Mary Allen |
| Dancer – Female | Doreen Arden |
| Dancer – Female | Pamela Bernard |
| Dancer – Female | Diane Clarence |
| Dancer – Female | Gilda de Raadt |
| Dancer – Female | Elizabeth Fry |
| Dancer – Female | Priscilla Fry |
| Dancer – Female | Barbara Gray |
| Dancer – Female | June Laverick |
| Dancer – Female | Renee Pasby |
| Dancer – Female | Dinah Pope |
| Dancer – Female | Elizabeth Seal |
| Dancer – Female | Eugenie Sivyer |
| Dancer – Female | Adela Wright |
| Dancer – Female (Replacement) | Pat Clare |
| Dancer – Female (Replacement) | Fay Croft |
| Dancer – Female (Replacement) | Juliet Darnley |
| Dancer – Female (Replacement) | Jennifer de Bruges |
| Dancer – Female (Replacement) | Thais Jobling |
| Dancer – Female (Replacement) | Beryl Thomas |
| Dancer – Female (Replacement) | Mavis Traill |
| Dancer – Male | Denny Bettis |
| Dancer – Male | Eric de Paul |
| Dancer – Male | Bobby Drage |
| Dancer – Male | Kenton Duff |
| Dancer – Male | Henry Miles |
| Dancer – Male (Replacement) | Philip Casson |
| Dancer – Male (Replacement) | Ken Smalley |
| Gay Daventry | Cicely Courtneidge |
| Lancashire Woman | Margot Bryant |
| Linda | Lizbeth Webb |
| Madame Nicolini | Josephine Wray |
| Madame Nicolini (Replacement) | May Tomlin |
| Margaret Fallowfield | Beryl Harrison |
| Miss Cheadle | Molly Lumley |
| Monica Stevens | Maidie Andrews |
| Mr Nespoulos | Dennis Val Norton |
| Mrs Parkes | May Tomlin |
| Mrs Parkes (Replacement) | Margot Bryant |
| Peter Lynton | Thorley Walters |
| Pierre Silvano | Carl Jaffe |
| Prince | Dunstan Hart |
| Ray Hartley | Frank Forsyth |
| Rosetta | Lizbeth Webb |
| Singer – Female | Maureen Bergin |
| Singer – Female | Kathleen Day |
| Singer – Female | Wynna Evans |
| Singer – Female | Janice Lee |
| Singer – Female | Daphne Minter |
| Singer – Female | Audrey Mortimer |
| Singer – Female | Christine Moss |
| Singer – Female | Susan Swinford |
| Singer – Female (Replacement) | Alma Booker |
| Singer – Female (Replacement) | June Grace |
| Singer – Female (Replacement) | Mary Hill |
| Singer – Male | Ron Alexander |
| Singer – Male | John Bohea |
| Singer – Male | Tim Douglas |
| Singer – Male | John Edridge |
| Singer – Male | Kenneth Granville |
| Singer – Male | Harold Harris |
| Singer – Male | Laurie Lawrence |
| Singer – Male | John Vernon |
| Sir Claude Burton | Emerton Court |
| Stage Door Keeper | William Clifford |
| Stage Door Keeper (Replacement) | John Wynyard |
Crew | |
| Choreograher | Eunice Crowther |
| Choreograher | Irving Davies |
| Costumes | Berkeley Sutcliffe |
| Designer | Edward Delany |
| Director | Jack Hulbert |
| Lyrics | Alan Melville |
| Music & Book | Ivor Novello |
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