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After the Ball AFTER THE BALL A musical play (operette) in two acts by Noel Coward based on Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan. Directed by: Robert Helpmann/Noel Coward; Musical Director : Norman Hackforth/Harry Acres; Choreography: Robert Helpmann; Scener/ Costumes: Doris Zinkeisen Globe Theatre, London 10th June, 1954; closed 20th November, 1954. (188 perfs) SYNOPSIS: Set in 1899 Wilde's play tells the tale of the young Lady Windermere who fears her husband is having an affair with a mysterious Mrs Erlynne whom the nosey Lady Agatha believes is being kept by Lord Windermere. A ball is thrown to celebrate the 21st birthday of Lady Windermere and her husband has given her a large beautiful fan, a fan that after the ball is left in a gentleman's room indicating that the young bride has herself started a new life. The situation is saved by Mrs Erlynne who claims she had picked it up by mistake and it is revealed that she is in fact Lady Windermere's mother. STORY In 1899 London, the upper crust gather at Lord and Lady Windermere’s London house for a spectacular ball. Lady Windermere at first ignores the gossip that she has a rival for her husband’s affections, an older woman called Mrs Erlynne, but she eventually confronts Lord Windermere with the accusation. He admits that he has been paying money to Mrs Erlynne but denies that he has had an affair with her and refuses to say more. In fact, Mrs Erlynne is Lady Windermere’s mother, whom her daughter believes to be dead, and Lord Windermere is paying her money to keep her from revealing the relationship. Lady Windermere, still believing the worst of her husband, is tempted by the amorous advances of the debonair Lord Darlington and agrees to visit him at his flat. Mrs Erlynne, learning of this before Lord Windermere, rushes to Darlington’s flat to prevent her daughter from committing a destructive folly similar to that which she herself committed twenty years earlier. Without letting Lady Windermere know that they are mother and daughter, Mrs Erlynne persuades her that a liaison with Lord Darlington would be disastrous, but before they can leave, Lord Windermere arrives. The ladies conceal themselves, but Lord Windermere discovers the fan that he has recently given his wife as a birthday present and demands to know if Lord Darlington has Lady Windermere in his rooms. To prevent the exposure of Lady Windermere, Mrs Erlynne enters, saying that it is she who is under Lord Darlington’s roof and must have picked up Lady Windermere’s fan by mistake. Lady Windermere’s reputation is saved, but Mrs Erlynne’s is compromised. Fortunately, her admirer, Lord Augustus Lorton, is convinced of her honour and proposes marriage. The Windermeres are reconciled, and all ends happily. Lady Windermere never learns that Mrs Erlynne is her mother. MUSICAL NUMBERS: 1. Oh, What A Century It's Been - Chorus 2. I Knew That You Would Be My Love - Lady Windermere, Lord Windermere 3. Mr. Hopper's Chanty - Mr. Hopper, Mr Dumby, Mr Cecil Graham 4. Sweet Day - Lady Windermere 5. Quartette - Chorus 6. Crème De La Crème - Chorus 7. Light Is The Heart - Mrs Erlynne 8. Why Is It The Woman Who Pays - Chorus 9. London At Night - Chorus 10. Aria - Lady Windermere 11. May I Have The Pleasure - Mr. Hopper, Duchess of Berwick 12. All My Life Ago - Mrs Erlynne 13. Faraway Land - Mr. Hopper, Lady Agatha Carlisle 14. Something On A Tray - Duchess of Berwick 15. Clear Bright Morning - Lady Windermere 16. Reprise: London At Night - Chorus Original Cast • Lady Jedburgh - Betty Felstead • Lady Paisley - Anna Halinka/Pamela Galloway • Mrs Cowper Cowper - Ailsa Gamley • Lady Plymdale - Lois Green • Lady Stutfield - Pam Marmont • Mr Dumby - Dennis Bowen • Mr Cecil Graham - Tom Gill • Lady Windermere - Vanessa Lee • Lord Windermere - Peter Graves • Mr Hopper - Graham Payn • Lord Darlington - Shamus Locke • Duchess of Berwick - Irene Browne • Lady Agatha Carlisle - Patricia Cree • Parker - Leslie Pearson • Lord Augustus Lorton - Donald Scott • Mrs Erlynne - Mary Ellis • Mr Guy Berkeley - Raymond Savigar • Mr Rufford - Bill Horsley • Lady Ruckinge - Silvia Beamish • Miss Graham - Maureen Quinney • Mrs Hurst-Green - Marion Grimaldi • Mrs Arthur Bowden - Margaret Gibson • Footman to Lord Darlington - Bill Horsley • Footman to the Duchess - Andrew Sachs • Lord Paisley - John Morley.
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