Junior Drama League
This pageant in tribute to the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare's death was performed at the Russell Theatre (matinee and evening) in aid of the Seamen's Hospital at Greenwich.
A second matinee was given on May 23 at the Russell Theatre after hundreds of children were turned away at the first matinee.
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Cast Cecelia Machado Mistress Shakespeare Dorothy Freiman Betsy, the Little Visitor Rex Slemon Sir Thomas Lucy Eugene Forsey Will Shakespeare Ernest Boag Filch, the Pedler Douglas Macbeth Robin Goodfellow Charlie Macbeth Cowslip, a Puck / A Bystander Roland Ritchie Wasp, a Puck / Friar Tuck Jack Miekle Firefly, a Puck / The Lad Paddy Coffey Pepper-Corn, a Puck / A Bumpkin Angela Machado The Witch of Wimble Bertha Chambers Titania, Queen of the Fairies Emily Wilmot Chalice, a Fairy Norma Bremner Cadence, a Fairy Edith Press Dulcet, a Fairy / Dancing Fairy Cleugh McIntyre Melody, a Fairy Theodora Machado First Lass Dorothy Byron Second Lass Mary Ballentyne Another Lass Jack Cameron A Youth / Oberon, King of the Fairies Eleanor Mulvey Queen Elizabeth Jean Bell Lady in Waiting Teddy Chambers The Constable Dorothy Hurcomb Crowd Betty Hurcomb Crowd Joel Cameron Crowd Allan Cameron Crowd Martha Currier Crowd Richard Desbarats Crowd
