The Yeomen of the Guard

Taking place in the Tower of London during the reign of King Henry VIII, this classic Gilbert & Sullivan operetta is one of their darkest and most sophisticated. Colonel Fairfax is wrongly accused of sorcery and sentenced to death within the hour. He hatches a plan to avoid letting his estate fall into the hands of his scheming cousin (incidentally, his accuser) by secretly marrying Elsie Maynard, a strolling singer. She agrees to be blindfolded during the ceremony and expects to be a wealthy widow upon Fairfax's imminent demise, leaving her free to marry her lover, the jester, Jack Point. However, Fairfax miraculously escapes his fate and chaos ensues.

Directed by George Schaefer

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Cast

Alfred Drake

Jack Point

Celeste Holm

Phoebe Meryll

Bill Hayes

Col. Fairfax

Barbara Cook

Elsie Maynard

Henry Calvin

Wilfred Shadbolt

Muriel O'Malley

Dame Carruthers

Robert Wright

Lt. Cholmondeley

Norman Atkins

Sgt. Meryll

Norman Barrs

Leonard Meryll

Marjorie Gordon

Kate

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