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‘1066 And All That’ by Reginald Arkell

Reginald Arknell’s ‘1066 And All That’ is a Musical Comedy based on that memorable history by Sellar and Yeatman. It was first produced at the Birmingham Repertory Company in 1934 and subsequently at the Strand Theatre, Aldwych, London on the 25th April 1935

In the MDC programme notes Cyril Malyon comments that ‘this was the toughest nut yet cracked by the group and the fact that it has reached the Stage is entirely to their credit.  ******** of teamwork has been reached and the drive and ************* of our members has been phenomenal. Scenic design, ***********, have all been in their hands and they have risen to the occasion. To mention names would be invidious, they are found on the following pages – but let the results speak for them’.

And – just to give an idea why Cyril regarded it as the ‘toughest nut yet’ the script and programme shows a total cast & backstage company of 61 – some 26 Scenes, each set in a specific period of history – 98 individual characters (plus numerous Chorus, Soldiers, Villagers, Pages, Barons, Monks, Barbers, Ladies, Dancers, Sailors & Sunbathers’), numerous costumes (and changes of) and 27 different musical pieces – fortunately not all of which had to be sung!!!

 

1066 And All That – Script. Shown with the kind permission of Samuel French Limited

1066 & All That – Programme

Guardian Report – 1066 And All That – 21 May 1965

1066 – Common Man – Barry

!066 & All That – The Common Man

1066 & All That

Sc5 King Canute

Sc7 – Crusaders – Valerie & Gerald

Sc7 – Crusades. Val & Dave

Sc10 – Bruce & The Spider – Chris Smith

Sc11 – Henry Eighth – Irene, Val & John

John as Henry 8th

Sc12 – Elizabethans – Barry, Dave, Gerald & Jim

Sc12 – Elizabethans – Jenny, Iris, Dave, Jim & Gerald

Sc12 – Elizabethan Times

Sc15. Cavalier & Puritan

Sc15. Cavalier – Eric Griffits

Sc15 – Puritan – Susan

Sc16 – Merrie England – Florence & Gerald

Sc16 – Merrie England

Sc18 – Four Georges – Chris Smith, Jim & Alan

Sc19 – Napoleonic Wars – Peter & Gordon

Sc21 – Victorian Age – Penny & Dave

The Sailor King – Eric Griffiths

Script Picture 1

Script Picture 2

Make Up Team

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1066 And All That – Finale

 

 

Cast: 

Excepting Barry Elliott, who appeared as ‘The Common Man’ in every scene, all the other members of the cast, given here in alphabetical order, played numerous roles.

  • Dorthy Austin
  • Gerald Aylott
  • Gordon Aylott
  • Raymond Aylott
  • Peter Boulton
  • James Braid
  • Jennifer Braid
  • Sandra Callaghan
  • John Cade
  • Barry Elliott
  • Eric Griffiths
  • Reg Hale
  • Jennifer Lepley
  • Carol Loach
  • Irene Long
  • Penny Malling
  • Alec Malyon
  • David Morgan
  • Valerie Poore
  • Susan Riches
  • Francis Scott
  • Florence Sleath
  • Iris Sangster
  • Iris Suffolk
  • Chris Smith
  • Susan Treadaway

Big Time Ted (Property Spider)

  • Mick Everett

Dancers

  • Jill Cooper, Margaret Whitehall, Dorothy Stevenson, June Allitt, Jennifer Barnes,
  • Christine Griffiths, Janet Loach, Sandra Pope, Denise Robinson, Lorraine Shearing,
  • Carole Stevenson & Stella Lacey

Stage Manager

  • Fred Page

Set Design, Artwork & Construction

  • David Morgan
  • Susan Riches
  • John Jones
  • Mick Everett
  • Members of the Cast & Markhouse Art Club

Scenery Crew

David Hanks, Keith Brownutt, John Oatham, Robert Jackson, Hazel Bassett

Wardrobe Manager

  • Elaine Eliott

Special Costumes

  • Marjorie Kett & Mrs J Cade

Lighting

  • Cleve Edmonston

Musical Arrangements

  • Richard Dunn

Make Up

  • Judith Riches, Janet Grace, Irene Long, Jenny Lepley

Choreography, Jill Cooper, Agnes Townsend

Front of House

  • James Braid, Janet Sutton, Brenda Philpot, Georgina Wells, Rose Grace, Janet Fernandez & Anne Maddox

Produced & Directed by Cyril Malyon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1066 And All That – Script. Shown with the kind permission of Samuel French Limited

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