Phoenix Players

Scenes & Songs

Act I

Drawing Room of Villa Caprice, Madame Dubonnet’s Finishing School, near Nice.

A morning in the year 1926.

Perfect Young Ladies – Hortense / Maisie / Dulcie / Fay / Nancy & Ensemble

The Boy Friend - Polly / Dulcie / Maisie / Fay / Nancy / Marcel / Pierre / Alphonse & Ensemble

Won’t You Charleston With Me? - Bobby & Maisie

Fancy Forgetting – Madame Dubonnet & Percival

I Could Be Happy With You – Polly & Tony

Finale Act 1 - Ensemble

Act 2

The Plage. The afternoon of the same day.

Sur La Plage - Dulcie / Nancy & Ensemble

A Room In Bloomsbury - Tony & Polly

Nicer In Nice - Hortense & Ensemble

The You-Don’t-Want-To-Play-With-Me Blues - Madame Dubonnet & Percival

Safety In Numbers – Maisie / Bobby / Marcel / Alphonse & Pierre

I Could Be Happy With You (Reprise) - Polly & Tony

Finale Act 2 - All

Act 3

The Terrasse of the Cafe Pataplin – the same night.

The Riviera - Bobby / Maisie / Dulcie / Fay / Nancy / Marcel / Alphonse / Pierre & Ensemble

It’s Never Too Late To Fall In Love - Lord Brockhurst & Dulcie

Carnival Tango - Tango Dancers

Poor Little Pierrette - Madame Dubonnet & Polly

Finale Act 3 - All

The Production team

• Producer - Geoffrey Keep
• Musical Director - Anthony Morris
• Choreographer - Sarah Redmond
• Alto Saxophone and Clarinet - Ted Godsell / Duncan Ashby
• Tenor Saxophone and Clarinet - Philip Hurst / Don Oliver
• Trombone - Dave Gale / Geoff Mason
• Trumpet - Mark Alway /Roy Dignom
• Piano - Yvonne Labadouse
• Percussion - Rob Huntley
• Accompanist to the Company - Yvonne Labadouse
• Stage Manager - Alan Carlile
• Assisted by - Matthew Stevens /Neal Shepherd
• Wardrobe Mistress - Suzy
• Scenery – Geoff Keep / Richard Seagroatt / Cliff Neal / Mark Walters / Paul Williams / Ian Urquhart and Members of the Cast
• Prompt - Mike Stevens
• Photography - Neal Shepherd / Ian Caldecourt
• Box Office Manager – Brian Fancy
• Front of House Manager - Nick Riches

The Cast

• Hortense, a French maid - Jeannie Hossell
• Maisie - Karen Flynn
• DuIcie - Julia Stevens
• Fay – Sue Hake
• Nancy - Judy Irving
• PolIy Browne – Belinda Jones
• Marcel - Ed Seagroatt
• Pierre - Ian Caldecourt
• Alphonse – Trefor Davies
• Madame Dubonnet - Nan Arnott
• Boby Van Husen - Richard Seagroatt
• Percival Browne - Cliff Neal
• Tony - Mark Longhurst
• Lord Brockhurst – Brian Farley
• Lady Brockhurst - Doris Porter
• Gendarme - Malcolm Featherstone
• A Waiter - Nick Riches
• Pepe - Martin Couzins
• Lolita - Sarah Redmond
• Pupils at Madame Dubonnet’s - Sarah Hake / Finishing School / Emma Weeks / Debbie Stevens / Elaine Wilkinson / Janice Strivens / Melanie Williams