Past Productions > 1921 > The Pirates of Penzance
Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society
President: Mr F Whitmash Mayo
1921 Season
The Pirates of Penzance
or "The Slave of Duty"
Gilbert & Sullivan's Celebrated Comic Opera
By special permission of Mr R D'Oyly Carte, Esq
Palace Theatre
The Triangle, Yeovil
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
3rd, 4th, 5th February 1921
Two performances on Saturday
The whole opera produced by Mr Frederic C Hook
Augmented orchestra under the Direction of Mr B B Swaffield
Costumes by Simmonds, London : Scenery by Grantham, London
Net proceeds to be given to the new Yeovil Hospital Building Fund
Chairman: Mr A L Legge
Stage Manager: Mr Frederic C Hook
Musical Director: Mr B B Swaffield
Pianist: Miss Ada Tucker
Business Manager: Mr Bert Moffat
Treasurer: Mr F E Nutt
Secretaries: Mr F Stuart Boxall & Mr C L Normandale
Copied from the YAOS Souvenir Pictorial Record 1902-1930
The Western Chronicle, Friday 28 January 1921
Advertisement for "Albany Ward's Electric Palace"
The Western Chronicle, 11 February 1921
Palace Theatre, The Triangle, Yeovil
Opened in 1913 by Albany Ward as the Palace of Varieties, this was Yeovil’s first purpose-built cinema and theatre. In 1919 the business was acquired by Provincial Cinematograph Theatres (PCT) and renamed the Palace Theatre. In 1934 the building was replaced by the newly-built Gaumont Palace.
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President: Mr F Whitmash Mayo
1921 Season
The Pirates of Penzance
or "The Slave of Duty"
Gilbert & Sullivan's Celebrated Comic Opera
By special permission of Mr R D'Oyly Carte, Esq
Palace Theatre
The Triangle, Yeovil
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
3rd, 4th, 5th February 1921
Two performances on Saturday
The whole opera produced by Mr Frederic C Hook
Augmented orchestra under the Direction of Mr B B Swaffield
Costumes by Simmonds, London : Scenery by Grantham, London
Net proceeds to be given to the new Yeovil Hospital Building Fund
Chairman: Mr A L Legge
Stage Manager: Mr Frederic C Hook
Musical Director: Mr B B Swaffield
Pianist: Miss Ada Tucker
Business Manager: Mr Bert Moffat
Treasurer: Mr F E Nutt
Secretaries: Mr F Stuart Boxall & Mr C L Normandale
The Pirates of Penzance was the first production by YAOS after the 1914-18 War and also the first time that YAOS had performed at the Palace Theatre in The Triangle - all previous productions having been performed at the Assembly Rooms in Princes Street.
The Cast of the YAOS 1921 Production of 'The Pirates of Penzance'Copied from the YAOS Souvenir Pictorial Record 1902-1930
The Western Chronicle, Friday 28 January 1921
Advertisement for "Albany Ward's Electric Palace"
The Western Chronicle, 11 February 1921
Palace Theatre, The Triangle, Yeovil
Opened in 1913 by Albany Ward as the Palace of Varieties, this was Yeovil’s first purpose-built cinema and theatre. In 1919 the business was acquired by Provincial Cinematograph Theatres (PCT) and renamed the Palace Theatre. In 1934 the building was replaced by the newly-built Gaumont Palace.
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