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Guys and Dolls
Guys and Dolls was performed in 1997.
Set in colourful 1950's New York, in a world of Broadway, night-clubs and gambling, this show celebrated 30 years since the formation of Beeston Operatic Society.
Nathan Detroit is trying to find a safe home for the "oldest established, permanent, floating crap-game in New York". To raise the fee for the only location he can he find, he persuades newcomer Sky Masterson to make an unwilling bet. Sky bets that he can persuade beautiful, but icy, Sister Sarah, of the Salvation Army, to go to dinner with him in Havana - and with a promise of a mission full of sinners to the Army, if he succeeds. Nathan is also having bad luck with his girlfriend, nightclub chanteuse Adelaide, who is rue that her perpetual cold is caused by Nathan's failure to marry her. On her return from Havana, Sarah find the mission full of gamblers. Assuming that this was the purpose of her trip, she orders Sky away.
The crap game takes place in the sewers. Sky wins, and orders the losers to the mission as his promised fistful of sinners. Sarah and Adelaide confer, and decide to marry their men, faults and all, and change them later. The final scene reveals that they have done exactly that!
Interior of the "Save-A-Soul" Mission
A 'Phone Booth
The Hot Box
Off Broadway
Exterior Of The Mission - Noon - The Next Day
Off Broadway
Havana, Cuba
Outside "El Cafe Cubana" - Immediately Following
Exterior Of The Mission
The West Forties
The Crap Game
Off Broadway
Interior of the "Save-A-Soul" Mission
Near Times Square
Broadway
Follow The Fold (Chorus)
The Oldest Established (Men's Chorus)
I'll Know (Sarah & Sky)
A Bushel and a Peck (Miss Adelaide & Hot-Box Girls)
Adelaide's Lament (Miss Adelaide)
Guys & Dolls (Nicely-Nicely & Benny)
If I Were a Bell (Sarah)
My Time of Day (Sky)
I've Never Been in Love Before (Sky & Sarah)
Adelaide's Second Lament (Miss Adelaide)
More I Cannot Wish You (Arvide)
Luck Be A Lady (Sky & Crapshooters)
Sue Me (Adelaide & Natha)
Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat (Nicely & Chorus)
Marry The Man Today (Sarah & Adelaide)
Guys & Dolls (The Company)
Arvide Abernathy - Jim Blackmore
Benny Southstreet - John Maddison
Big Jule - Colin Richmond
Drunk - Paul Lemon
General Cartwright - Christine Kilbourn
Harry the Horse - Trevor Oram
Joey Biltmore - Michael Wright
Lt. Brannigan - Pete Prentice
Mini - Jackie Rawling
Miss Adelaide - Carolyn Smith
Nathan Detroit - John Henson
Nicely-Nicely - Rob Corner
Rusty Charley - Dave Hargreaves
Sarah Brown - Cheryl Mills
Sky Masterson - Alan Richmond
Waiter - David Heard
Percussion - Tony Wilde
Piano/Keyboard - Ian Gilbert
Reed - Chris Hopkinson, Owen Edwards, Peter Bullock
Trombone - Murphy, Terry Tricker
Trumpet - Kevin Dye
Assistant Stage Manager - Mike Caves
Box Office - Jill Dawson, Margaret Lambert
Choreography - Christine Kilbourn
Front of House - Jill Dawson & Team
Make-up - Sandra & Team
Musical Director - Russ Singleton
Producer - Michael Wright
Prompt - Sarah Badley
Props - Lynn Hadfield, Tracey Boyer
Rehearsal Pianist - Arthur Plowman, Cathy Razzell
Stage Crew - David Hinchliffe, Richard Philiips
Stage Manager - Martyn Wright
Wardrobe - Barbara Doughty
If you took part in this show and have memories to share or don't have a profile, and would like one, we'd love you to contact us.
Guys and Dolls
Guys and Dolls was performed in 1997.
Set in colourful 1950's New York, in a world of Broadway, night-clubs and gambling, this show celebrated 30 years since the formation of Beeston Operatic Society.
The Story of Guys & Dolls
Act One
Nathan Detroit is trying to find a safe home for the "oldest established, permanent, floating crap-game in New York". To raise the fee for the only location he can he find, he persuades newcomer Sky Masterson to make an unwilling bet. Sky bets that he can persuade beautiful, but icy, Sister Sarah, of the Salvation Army, to go to dinner with him in Havana - and with a promise of a mission full of sinners to the Army, if he succeeds. Nathan is also having bad luck with his girlfriend, nightclub chanteuse Adelaide, who is rue that her perpetual cold is caused by Nathan's failure to marry her. On her return from Havana, Sarah find the mission full of gamblers. Assuming that this was the purpose of her trip, she orders Sky away.
Act Two
The crap game takes place in the sewers. Sky wins, and orders the losers to the mission as his promised fistful of sinners. Sarah and Adelaide confer, and decide to marry their men, faults and all, and change them later. The final scene reveals that they have done exactly that!
Synopsis of Show
Act 1
BroadwayInterior of the "Save-A-Soul" Mission
A 'Phone Booth
The Hot Box
Off Broadway
Exterior Of The Mission - Noon - The Next Day
Off Broadway
Havana, Cuba
Outside "El Cafe Cubana" - Immediately Following
Exterior Of The Mission
Act 2
The Hot BoxThe West Forties
The Crap Game
Off Broadway
Interior of the "Save-A-Soul" Mission
Near Times Square
Broadway
Musical Numbers
Act 1
Fugue for Tinhorns (Nicely-Nicely, Benny & Rust)Follow The Fold (Chorus)
The Oldest Established (Men's Chorus)
I'll Know (Sarah & Sky)
A Bushel and a Peck (Miss Adelaide & Hot-Box Girls)
Adelaide's Lament (Miss Adelaide)
Guys & Dolls (Nicely-Nicely & Benny)
If I Were a Bell (Sarah)
My Time of Day (Sky)
I've Never Been in Love Before (Sky & Sarah)
Act 2
Take Back Your Mink (Miss Adelaid & Hot-Box Girls)Adelaide's Second Lament (Miss Adelaide)
More I Cannot Wish You (Arvide)
Luck Be A Lady (Sky & Crapshooters)
Sue Me (Adelaide & Natha)
Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat (Nicely & Chorus)
Marry The Man Today (Sarah & Adelaide)
Guys & Dolls (The Company)
Photo Gallery
The Cast
Arvide Abernathy - Jim BlackmoreBenny Southstreet - John Maddison
Big Jule - Colin Richmond
Drunk - Paul Lemon
General Cartwright - Christine Kilbourn
Harry the Horse - Trevor Oram
Joey Biltmore - Michael Wright
Lt. Brannigan - Pete Prentice
Mini - Jackie Rawling
Miss Adelaide - Carolyn Smith
Nathan Detroit - John Henson
Nicely-Nicely - Rob Corner
Rusty Charley - Dave Hargreaves
Sarah Brown - Cheryl Mills
Sky Masterson - Alan Richmond
Waiter - David Heard
The Chorus
Alison Lawrence, Anthea Hinchliffe, Barbara Doughty, Carrie-Anne Corner, Cheryl Camm, Colin Richmond, Dave Hargreaves, David Heard, Dorothy Woodall, Jackie Rawling, Jane Cottee, John Kitchener, Kate Richmond, Kathlyn Philips, Luis Ogando, Margaret Wright, Mollie Harwood, Paul Lemon, Roma Drinkwater, Ruth Maddison, Steve Mills, Trevor Oram, Val Sutton, Wenda SmithThe Orchestra
Bass Guitar - Jeff WiddowsonPercussion - Tony Wilde
Piano/Keyboard - Ian Gilbert
Reed - Chris Hopkinson, Owen Edwards, Peter Bullock
Trombone - Murphy, Terry Tricker
Trumpet - Kevin Dye
The Production Team
Assistant Musical Director - John MaddisonAssistant Stage Manager - Mike Caves
Box Office - Jill Dawson, Margaret Lambert
Choreography - Christine Kilbourn
Front of House - Jill Dawson & Team
Make-up - Sandra & Team
Musical Director - Russ Singleton
Producer - Michael Wright
Prompt - Sarah Badley
Props - Lynn Hadfield, Tracey Boyer
Rehearsal Pianist - Arthur Plowman, Cathy Razzell
Stage Crew - David Hinchliffe, Richard Philiips
Stage Manager - Martyn Wright
Wardrobe - Barbara Doughty
If you took part in this show and have memories to share or don't have a profile, and would like one, we'd love you to contact us.
