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Savoy Theatre 1887

Costume design for Robin Oakapple by Reginald Wymer.	Costumed design for Sir Roderic by Wilhelm.

Robin Oakapple (George Grossmith)	Robin Oakapple	Robin Oakapple	Richard Dauntless (Durward Lely)

Sir Despard (Rutland Barrington)	Mad Margaret (Jessie Bond)	Mad Margaret	Rose Maybud (Leonora Braham)

Rose Maybud (Geraldine Ulmar)*	Dame Hannah (Rosina Brandram)	Sir Ruthven (George Grossmith)	Sir Roderic (Richard Temple)

Sir Despard	Mad Margaret & Sir Despard, Act II

Programmes from the original production.

Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York 1887

Richard Dauntless (Courtice Pounds)	Robin Oakapple (George Thorne)

Prince's Theatre 1921

Chorus of Bridesmaids	Fishergirls	Dame Hannah (Bertha Lewis)	Rose Maybud (Elsie Griffin) & Dame Hannah

Robin (Henry Lytton) & Rose	Richard Dauntless (Derek Oldham)	Old Adam (Robert McQueen) & Robin (Henry Lytton)	Mad Margaret (Catherine Ferguson)

Chorus of Bucks and Blades.		Sir Despard (Leo Sheffield)	Sir Despard & Mad Margaret

Act II set designed by W. Bridges-Adams	Old Adam & Sir Ruthven	Rose & Richard	Sir Ruthven

Chorus of Ancestors		Sir Roderic (Darrell Fancourt)	Sir Rutheven with Sir Roderic & Ghosts

Sir Despard & Mad Margaret	Dame Hannah & Sir Roderic

Prince's Theatre, 1926

Dame Hannah (Bertha Lewis)	Chorus of Bridesmaids	Rose Maybud (Elsie Griffin) & Dame Hannah	Richard Dauntless (Charles Goulding) & Rose Maybud

Chorus of Bucks and Blades	Sir Despard (Leo Sheffield)

Sir Roderic (Darrell Fancourt)		Mad Margaret (Aileen Davies)	Sir Despard & Sir Ruthven (Henry Lytton)

Savoy Theatre 1932

Robin Oakapple (Martyn Green), Rose Maybud (Muriel Dickson) & Richard Dauntless (Charles Goulding)	Mad Margaret (Marjorie Eyre) & Rose Maybud	Sir Despard (Sydney Granville) & Mad Margaret

Sadler's Wells Theatre 1939

Dame Hannah (Evelyn Gardiner)	Richard Dauntless (John Dudley) & Rose Maybud (Margery Abbott)	Mad Margaret (Marjorie Eyre)

Sir Despard (Sydney Granville)	Sir Ruthven (Martyn Green)

Sadler's Wells Theatre 1949

Costumes & Act II set by Peter Goffin.

Old Adam, Ruth (Joyce Wright), Dame Hannah, Sir Despard, Rose Maybyd, Richard Dauntless, Zorah (Muriel Harding) & Mad Margaret	Chorus of Bridesmaids	Rederring villagers	Dame Hannah (Ella Halman)

Richard Dauntless (Leonard Osborn)	Old Adam (Radley Flynn)	Old Adam & Robin Oakapple (Martyn Green)	Mad Margaret (Pauline Howard)

	Costume designs for Chorus of Bucks and Blades	Costume design for Sir Despard	Mad Margaret (Marian Smith) & Sir Despard (Richard Watson)

Sir Despard & Richard Dauntless	Finale Act I

Act II set	Rose Maybud (Margaret Mitchell)	Chorus of Ancestors

Costume design for Sir Roderic	Sir Ruthven (Darrell Fancourt) & Sir Roderic with Ancestors	Sir Roderic	Dame Hannah & Sir Ruthven

Savoy Theatre 1951

Zorah (Enid Walsh), Richard Dauntless (Leonard Osborn) & Ruth (Joyce Wright)	Rose Maybud (Margaret Mitchell) Richard Dauntless & Sir Ruthven (Martyn Green)

1953-9

Richard Dauntless (Leonard Osborn)	Sir Despard (Fisher Morgan) & Mad Margaret (Joyce Wright)	Mad Margaret & Sir Despard	Finale Act II

Robin Oakapple (Peter Pratt)	Rose Maybud (Jean Barrington)	Richard Dauntless (Leonard Osborn) & Bridesmaids	Sir Despard (Kenneth Sandford)

Savoy Theatre 1961

Rose Maybud (Mary Sansom) & Dame Hannah (Gillian Knight)	Mad Margaret (Joyce Wright)	Sir Roderic (Donald Adams)	Chorus of Ancestors

Savoy Theatre, 1964

Sir Despard (Kenneth Sandford)

Saville Theatre, 1967

Dame Hannah (Christene Palmer)

Sadler's Wells Theatre, 1971

Mad Margaret (Peggy Ann Jones) & Rose Maybud (Julia Goss)

Sadler's Wells Theatre, 1972

Sir Despard (Kenneth Sandford)	Mad Margaret (Peggy Ann Jones) & Sir Despard

Sadler's Wells Theatre 1974

Mad Margaret (Judi Merri) & Rose Maybud (Julia Goss)	Sir Ruthven (John Reed) & Old Adam (Jon Ellison)	Mad Margaret & Sir Despard (Kenneth Sandford)	Dame Hannah (Lyndsie Holland), Sir Roderic (John Ayldon) & Sir Ruthven

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