| The Madwoman of Chaillot | |
|---|---|
| by | |
| Jean Giraudoux | |
| Maurice Valency | Adaptation |
| Season 40 |
| Feb 5 to Feb 14, 1953 |
Saturday Players; EODL 1953 Regional Festival (full-length) and Dominion Drama Festival entry
This production was one of OLT's entries into the Eastern Ontario Regional Drama Festival hosted at the Little Theatre from Jan. 13 to 17 where it was performed on Jan. 15.
It won the top award, The Calvert Trophy for Best Production. Eighteen-year-old Richard Lamb won the trophy for Best Actor.
As Best Production winner, it was eligible for entry into the Dominion Drama Festival in Victoria, BC, May 4-9, 1953. Adjudicator John Allen, a BBC script writer who had travelled across the country adjudicating 54 plays, then met with the DDF executive to select eight finalists from among the 13 regional winners. "The Madwoman of Chaillot" was one of those selected and was subsequently presented on May 7, 1953, in Victoria.
At the Dominion Drama Festival, it won the Best Actress Award (Andrée Cunningham), Best Supporting Actress (Ruth Addleman) and Best Supporting Actor (Bruce Swerdfager). The final photo shows Andrée Cunningham receiving her Best Actress trophy from Vincent Massey, the Governor General .
| Cast | ||
|---|---|---|
| John Haydon | The Waiter / A Press Agent | |
| Jack Olsen | The Little Man | |
| Kirk Jones | The Prospector | |
| William (Bill) Armstrong | The President | |
| Roger Proulx | The Baron | |
| Gladys Sproule (Blair) | Therese / Mme Josephine, the Madwoman of La Concorde / A Lady | |
| Stan White | The Street Singer / A Press Agent | |
| Mary Susan Wiggins | The Flower Girl / A Lady | |
| Bruce Swerdfager | The Rag Picker | |
| Andrée Cunningham | Paulette / Mme Constance, the Madwoman of Passy | |
| Richard (Dick) Lamb | The Deaf Mute | |
| Ruth Addleman | Irma | |
| Grant Munro | The Shoe-Lace Peddlar | |
| Stanley Jackson | The Broker / A President | |
| Roland McNicoll | Dr. Jadin / The Sewer-Man / A Prospector | |
| Marian Taylor | Countess Aurelia, the Madwoman of Chaillot | |
| Pat Murphy | The Policeman / A Prospector | |
| Paul Lapointe | Pierre / Adolphe Bertaut | |
| Charles Nicholson | The Sergeant / A Press Agent | |
| Julia Murphy (MacBrien, Mrs. G. Arnold Murphy) | Mlle Gabrielle, the Madwoman of St. Sulpice / A Lady |