The Blue Goose

The Blue Goose

Programme of a comedy performed by the Hambros bank Dramatic Society in which Henry played the part of Hubert Briggs, signed by the cast members.

Four printed sheets

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Henry

The Hambros Bank Dramatic Society

present

THE BLUE GOOSE

A Comedy in Three Acts

by

PETER BLACKMORE

at

CRIPPLEGATE THEATRE

GOLDEN LANE, E.C.

on

Monday, 29th December, 1947

Produced under the direction of Mr. BERTRAM E. SHERWOOD

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Cast

(Characters in order of their appearance)

Margaret (a Maid) BETTY ROWE B L Rowe.

Charlie Rogers (a Junior Clerk) JOHN GOODALL John W Goodall.

Mrs. Elizabeth Portal (the Borough Treasurer’s Wife) MARGARET SMITH Margaret L Smith.

Anna Portal (the Borough Treasurer’s Elder Daughter). AUDREY TAGG Audrey B. Tagg

Louise Portal (the Borough Treasurer’s Younger Daughter) EILEEN GOODWIN Eileen Goodwin

Mrs. Keppel-Piggot (an Admiral’s Widow) NITA GRAVES Nita Graves

Henry Portal (the Borough Treasurer) DENNIS GRIFFITHS D H Griffiths

Richard Hardy (a Yachtsman) CECIL HEADLEY C A Headley

Hubert Briggs (the Mayor) HENRY HOWARD

Mr. Guppy (Captain of the Lifeboat) MAURICE DENNE M Denne

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Synopsis of Scenery

The entire action of the play takes place in the Lounge of the Portal’s Home, somewhere on South Coast

ACT I

An evening in September

ACT II

Scene 1. Early evening, three weeks later

Scene 2. 7.30 p.m. the following Monday

ACT III

Later that night

There will be an interval of fifteen minutes after Act I and Act II, Scene II.

General Business Manager Mr. C. D. GREENOP
Stage Manager Mr. F. BARBER
Acting Manager Mr. P. J. STRATTON P J Stratton
Stage Manager for Cripplegate Theatre Mr. J. J. DENNIS
Front of the House Mr. E. L. PEARSON

Wigs and Japanese costumes by B. J. SIMMONS (1947), Ltd., Covent Garden, W.C., and D. & J. BENJAMIN, 22, Dean Street, W.1.
Fishing tackle kindly lent by PROUDLOVE, of Bishopsgate Churchyard.
Incidental music under the direction of Mr. ALFRED F. BEAUCHAMP.

SMOKING NOT PERMITTED IN THE AUDITORIUM

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The Committee desire to thank those members of the staff who have acted as programme sellers and stewards

“In accordance with the requirements of the Licensing Authorities:
(a) The public may leave at the end of the performance by all exits and entrance doors, and such doors must at that time be open.
(b) All gangways, passages and staircases must be kept entirely free from chairs or any other obstruction.
(c) Persons must not be permitted to stand or sit in any of the intersecting gangways, or if standing is permitted in the gangways at the sides and rear of the seating, sufficient space must be left for persons to pass easily to and fro.
(d) The safety-curtain must be lowered about the middle of the performance so as to ensure its being in proper working order”