1940's

1949

26 December 1949 (for four weeks)
Puss In Boots
adapted by Andrew Melville
Cast:
King Bat/Uriah Creep - Wyndham Milligan
The Good Fairy - Olga Saville
Whiskers The Cat - Bob Hillman
The Gipsy Dancer - Caroline
Dame Tickle - George Hirste
Daisy The Cow - James Sharkey & Michael Wynne
Jack - Hilda Campbell Russell
The King - John Perosino
Lord Christopher - Bunty Hillier
Princess Rosamund - Iris Villiers
Clarence Crackle - Joe Dresser
Cuthbert Cackle - Des Dale
Rumble Grumble - Keith Beattie
Madame Morpheus - Jane Blair
Produced by Andrew Melville

1947

20 to 25 October 1947
The Missing Years 
by Leslie Sand
Cast:
Harold Wilkinson
Margot Boyd
Leslie Sands
Michael Allinson
Bernard Ansell
Jeffrey Segal
Shelagh Furley
Roger Braban
Hazel Adair

13 to 18 October 1947
We Proudly Present
by Ivor Novello
Cast:
Bill Whittaker - Michael Allinson
John Pearson - William Abney
Phyl Perriman - Winifred Melville
Watt - Michael McKeag
Franzi Mahler - Christie Humphrey
June Manning - Desiree Carnell
Sandra Mars - Sally Rogers
Roderick Blaine - Kenneth Baker
Vera Whittaker - Patsy Smart
Rene St Clair - Jeffrey Segal
Stephen Cole - Norris Stayton
Monica Cole - June Reveanall
The Man From Irene's - Rees Williams
Jimmy Wright - Douglas Morris
Clement Harvey - Lionel Gadsden
Produced by John Oxford

1946

4 to 9 March 1946
The Melville Players present
Another Love Story by Frederick Lonsdale
Cast:
Lance Hamilton
Winifred Melville

25 February to 2 March 1946
Winifred & Andrew Melville present
Fountain Of Youth by Lance Hamilton
Cast:
Leon Agombar - Martin Walker
Lena Agombar - Winifred Melville
Dick Tenpenny - Olaf Pooley
Bessie Montgomery - Veronica Rose
Captain Anstruther - Robert Wyndham
Ahab - Esme Percy
Produced by Sybil Wise

1945

7 to 12 May 1945
The Melville Players in
Bed Without Breakfast by Stanley Russell & Allan Barnes
Cast:
Harold Wilkinson
Francis Bethencourt

30 April to 5 May 1945
The Melville Players in
The Barretts Of Wimpole Street by Rudolph Besier
Cast:
Elizabeth Moulton-Barrett - Ria Sohler
Doctor Chambers - Wilfred Brandon
Flush - Gus
Wilson - Alice Bowes
Henrietta Moulton-Barrett - Winifred Wright
Arabel Moulton-Barrett - Ann Priestley
Octavius Moulton-Barrett - Arnold Bell
George Moulton-Barrett - Anthony Bell
Edward Moulton-Barrett - Harold Wilkinson
Bella Hedley - Christine Cherill
Henry Bevan - Adrian Stanley
Robert Browning - Francis Bethencourt
Captain Surtees Cook - Hugh Allenby
Produced by Arnold Bell

23 to 28 April 1945
The Melville Players in
Residents Only by Alexander Gordon & James Pratt
Cast:
Mrs Connolly - Alice Bowes
John Craig - Arnold Bell
Commander Binns - Harold Wilkinson
Margaret Wingfield - Christine Cherrill
Stella - Winifred Wright
Toby (Margaret's ward) - Michael Conroy
Godfrey Connolly - Francis Bethencourt
The Hon Adrian Cope - Adrian Stanley
Pat Craig (John's niece) - Avis Scutt
Jessica Ferrarez - Colette Melville
Lady Smythe - Ann Priestley
Produced by Arnold Bell

1942

16 to 21 March 1942
The Melville Players in
Even Stephen by Howard Irving Young

9 to 14 March 1942
4th Year Anniversary Week. The Melville Players in
The Squall by Jean Bart
Cast:
Manuela - Benita Booth
Pedro - Lance Hamilton
Dona Paca - Phyllis Webb
Finito - Eugene Deckers
Anita - Joyce Linden
Juan Mendez - George Selway
Padre Molina - Bernard Ansell
Don Diego - Henry Wright
Dolores Mendez - Hester Paton Brown
Jose Mendez - Arnold Bell
Nubi - Winifred Wright
El Moro - Randolph McLeod
Produced by Arnold Bell

1941

31 March to 5 April 1941
The Melville Players in
French For Love by Marguerite Steen & Derek Patmore
Cast:
Zena Howard
Emerton Court
Produced by Charles Calvert

24 to 29 March 1941
The Melville Players in
Thark by Ben Travers
Cast:
Hook - Philip Ingram
Warner - Joan Rees
Cherry Buck - Winifred Wright
Lionel Frush - George Selway
Mrs Frush - Laura Wright
Sir Hector Benbow, Bart, MFH - Emerton Court
Ronald Gamble - Arnold Bell
Lady Benbow - Zena Howard
Kitty Stratton - Nora Leiston
Jones - Raymond Mitchelmore
Whittle - George Lord
Produced by Charles Calvert

17 to 22 March 1941
The Melville Players in
Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams
Cast:
The Lord Chief Justice - Charles Calvert
Mrs Bramson - Zena Howard
Olivia Grayne - Nora Leiston
Hubert Laurie - Emerton Court
Nurse Libby - Olga Donne
Mrs Terence - Laura Wright
Dora Parkoe - Winifred Wright
Inspector Belsize - Arnold Bell
Dan - Philip Ingram
Produced by Charles Calvert

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