Plain and Fancy
An excerpt from this production was televised by the BBC on 20th March 1956.
“At Drury Lane this piece, with its wholly delightful settings, boasted, apart from the two American stars, some talented English newcomers and a delightful American ingenue in Joan Hovis. The several ballets were also outstanding.” – Theatre World Annual (London), Number 7
Cast & Crew
Cast
| A Man | Terence Cooper |
|---|---|
| Abner Zook | Terence Cooper |
| Abner Zook (Replacement) | Robert Algar |
| Abner Zook (Replacement) | Stuart Reece |
| Another Man | Ivor Emmanuel |
| Another Man (Replacement) | Edwin Hill |
| Bessie | Leander Fedden |
| Children | Michael Craze |
| Children | Sylvia Denman |
| Children | Kenneth Kinner |
| Children | Hazel Mercer |
| Dan King | Richard Derr |
| Dancers | Patricia Berard |
| Dancers | Gilbert Brunnett |
| Dancers | Sheila Cairne |
| Dancers | Patricia Colbourne |
| Dancers | James Dark |
| Dancers | Paul Elsom |
| Dancers | Audrey Farriss |
| Dancers | Leander Fedden |
| Dancers | Seamus Gordon |
| Dancers | Jacqueline Guise |
| Dancers | Ross Howard |
| Dancers | Barrie Irwin |
| Dancers | Mary Levack |
| Dancers | Joan Merritt |
| Dancers | Harry Naughton |
| Dancers | Fred Owen |
| Dancers | Ann Roberts |
| Dancers | Wanda Sinclair |
| Dancers | David Spurling |
| Dancers | Joy Swanson |
| Dancers | Brian Todd |
| Dancers | Roger Tully |
| Dancers | Charles Yates |
| Emma Miller | Virginia Somers |
| Emma Miller (Replacement) | Olive Lucius |
| Esther | Barbara Lewis |
| Ezra Reber | Reed De Rouen |
| Hilda Miller | Joan Hovis |
| Ike Pilersheim | Barrie Irwin |
| Isaac Miller | Bernard Spear |
| Jacob Yoder | Michael Darbyshire |
| Katie Yoder | Grace O’Connor |
| Mary | Patricia Mortimer |
| Moses Zook | Frank Raynor |
| Papa Yoder | Malcolm Keen |
| Peter Reber | Jack Drummond |
| Rachel | Rita Varian |
| Rebecca | Olive Lucius |
| Rebecca (Replacement) | Patricia Mortimer |
| Ruth Winters | Shirl Conway |
| Samuel Lapp | Joseph Sealy |
| Samuel Zook | Harry Naughton |
| Samuel Zook (Replacement) | Harry Haythorne |
| Samuel Zook (Replacement) | David Spurling |
| Sarah | Renee Fellowes |
| Singers | Robert Algar |
| Singers | Trevor Anthony |
| Singers | Andrew Cole |
| Singers | Terence Cooper |
| Singers | Ivor Emmanuel |
| Singers | Renee Fellowes |
| Singers | Jenny Gaye |
| Singers | Dorina Gregory |
| Singers | Gilbert Harrison |
| Singers | Edwin Hill |
| Singers | Jane Hill |
| Singers | Colin Kemball |
| Singers | Roy Lees |
| Singers | Barbara Lewis |
| Singers | Olive Lucius |
| Singers | Jean Manning |
| Singers | Doreen Marlow |
| Singers | Glen Mildren |
| Singers | Patricia Mortimer |
| Singers | Leonie Page |
| Singers | Sonia Peters |
| Singers | Bernard Quinn |
| Singers | Frank Raynor |
| Singers | Joseph Sealy |
| Singers | Mel Todd |
| Singers | Basil Yeo |
| State Trooper | Ivor Emmanuel |
| State Trooper (Replacement) | Edwin Hill |
| Dan King (Replacement) | Bruce Trent
(started July 1956) |
| Peter Reber (Replacement) | Ivor Emmanuel
(started July 1956) |
| Ruth Winters (Replacement) | Roberta Huby
(started July 1956) |
Crew | |
| Book | Will Glickman |
| Book | Joseph Stein |
| Choreography and staging of musical numbers | Helen Tamaris |
| Entire production directed by | Morton Da Costa |
| Lyrics | Arnold B. Horwitt |
| Music | Albert Hague |
| Presented by | Chappell & Co |
| Presented by | Prince Littler |
| Sets and Costumes by | Raoul Pene du Bois |
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