KARAMU THEATRE 2355 East 89th Street Clevelond,Ohio

presents

BALLAD FOR BIMSHIRE by Irving Burgie . and

PROSCENIUM THEATRE

September 29-November 7

41st Season 1964-65 BALLAD FOR BIMSHIRE A musical play

Music and lyrics by Irving {Lord Burgess) Burgie Book by Irving Burgie and Loften Mitchell

Directed by Benno D. Frank Musical direction by Selena Nystrom Choreography by Maurice Nystrom Sets by Lissy Jones Lighting by John Velek

THE CAST

VENDOR Mary Bradley, Norma Powell IRIS BOYCE Ella Apple, Dorothy Washington DAPHNE BYFIELD Brenda Veal, Ellen Thornton, Pearl Gaines "CAPTAIN"NEDDIE BOYCE George Gould, Charles Grimes GRAFTON William Terrence SPENCE Earl Billings, Elmer Thompson MILLIE Gloria Parker, Florene e St. Peter HOWIE Leroy Strawder, Dapo Adelugba JOHNNY WILLIAMS Bobby Bryan, Al Kirk SIR RADIO Nathaniel Barnett, Al Kirk MATRON Marge Ferguson, Helen Porter A WATCHMAN Dave Connell, John Smith ROUNDVILLE George Bishop, Robert Kates JOAN Corliss Taylor BARBARA Pat Curtis HILDA Sharon Lee MAUDE Barbara McCla.in COOK Ruthena Moss CYNTHIA Juanita Walker JEAN Karen Bowerman LEN Samuel Malone, Jr,

The entire action of the play takes place on the Windward Island of . The time is the recent past,

MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE Prologue: Ballad of Bimshire Ensemble Street Cries Vendor Fore Day Noon in the Mornin 1 Neddie and Workers Laterly I've Been Feeling So Strange Daphne and Vendor Deep in My Heart Daphne Have You Got Charm? Daphne and Neddie Hail Britannia Sir Radio Belle Plain Chorus I'm a Dandy Chorus Silver Earring Johnny My Love Will Come By Daphne and Johnny Chicken I s a Popular Bird Roundville and Chorus

Intermission

ACT TWO Pardon Me, Sir Howie Yesterday Was Such a Lovely Day Johnny and Daphne The Master Plan Daphne Chant Vendor Reprise: Have You Got Charm? Finale: We Gon' Jump Up Ensemble

After -theacre coffee courtesy of Cook Coffee Company

THEATRE STAFF Executive Director, Karamu House and Theatre Olcutt Sanders Director, Musical Productions Benno D. Frank Director, Drama Productions Reuben Silver Director, Children's Theatre Ethel Ballard Musical Director Helmuth Wolfe s Associate Musical Director H. Leslie Adams Assistant Musical Director Selena Nystrom Choreographer Maurice Nystrom Art Director Leonard Dryansky Technical Staff James Daniels Charles M. Briggs Charles L. Grimes Art Worley Costume Mistress Gloria Parker Public Relations Director Wilhelmina Roberson

PRODUCTION STAFF Technical Director Art Worley Stage Manager June Williams Assistant to the Director Dapo Adelugba Costumes Gloria Parker Scenic Artists Marty McGaw and Ursola Rosow At the Pianos Selena Nystrom, Gil Leib and Leslie Adams On the Drums Ken Hobbs, Rudy Lamarr Johnson, Justi;n Thelonius Singleton, Robert Franklin, "D-Day" Jones, "Lucky" Johnson and Kay Wood MEET IRVING BURGIE by Sa.die Feddoes

Shakespeare said 111\1:usic when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory" - and so the music of Irving Burgie, like all great composers, will go on and on.

Born in , Mr. Burgie is a brilliant composer-lyricist, whose music is both nationally and interna.tiona.lly famous. He started his musical career as an entertainer, using the name of Lord Burgess; in fact he opened the Blue Angel Club in Chicago, and was held over for two years. While working as an entertainer he began writing. It went so well that he decided to quit as a performer and concentrate on writing.

He has written over thirty Harry Bela.fonte hits including such songs as "," "Dolly Dawn, " "I Do Adore Her," "Land of Sea and Sun, " and "Island in the Sun" which he wrote for Twentieth Century Fox production by the same name, He has written for the Kingston Trio, and several other groups and personalities.

He started writing for Belafonte in 1955, then wrote the calypso album for him which started the big trend. This was the first album by an artist that sold over a million copies, 1vir. Burgie 1s songs have ap­ peared on various albums to the tune of thirty-five million sides over the past eight years.

Mr. Burgie, who captures the mood and rhythm of the islands more than any other writer around, is the son of a West Indian mother and an American father. He is a frequent visitor to Barbados (his mother's home), and most of the other West Indian Islands. He has also travelled extensively throughout Europe, West Africa, Israel, the Scandinavian countries, and Mexico.

DINNER-SHOW PLAN--TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAY. A delicious buffet dinner served between 6 and 8 p. m. Guided tour if you wish ... Then your choice of Arena or Proscenium Theatre. All for $2. 75 a person, or $5. 00 a couple. Advance reservation requested (795-3322).

FOR A GROUP OF 25 OR MORE, ANY NIGHT CAN BE A BARGAIN NIGHT--Clubs, churches, school groups can have a dinner, tour and theatre at low group rates.