The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1953 July

Program from the Central City Opera House Association's 1953 production of "The Merry Wives of Windsor."

Cast includes: Virgina MacWatters (Mrs. Ford), Edith Evans and Gloria Lane (Mrs. Page), Leon Lishner (Mr. Page), Karl Brock (Slender), Hugh Thompson (Mr. Ford), Emile Renan and Kenneth Smith (Dr. Caius), David Lloyd (Fenton), Dezso Ernster (Sir John Falstaff), Shirley Russell (Anna Page), Werner Graf (Host of the Garter Inn), Jacquelynne Moody (Understudy to Mrs. Ford and Anna), Chorus (citizens / wives of Windsor); Sandra Caldwell, Lucille Evans, Ann Huss, Connie Lujan, Sally Lou Snyder, Caroline Wigney, Marilyn Winters (sopranos), Gene Barr, Elaine Cencel, Dana Dowell, Shirley Hartman, Ann Nell Palmer, Joanne Roth, Joan Simons (contralto), Edwin Austin, Sgt. Donald Becker, Ben Hoagland, Jack Miller, Jon Orndorff, Robert Owens, Robert Truoff, Paul Von Ehrenkrook (tenor), Jack D'Arcy, Philip Barnes, Robert Carl, Leroy Hoffman, Arthus Madsen, Jack Olson, John Winchester (bass), Ballet; Patti Bowman, Stevens Girault, Nancee Heimbecher, Beverly Jones, Lizbeth Sweet, James Tenny, Danny Beggs, Irene Braning, Harvey Hagenstaad, Paula Jones, Sprites/Eleves; Gregory Nagy, Fernitta Olsen, Jimmy Powers, Alice Ress, Patsy Swartwood, Barry Thomas, Margot Uppman, and Billy Vickery.
Production staff includes: Elemer Nagy (scenic/costume design), Kurt Adler (conductor), Walter Taussig (associate conductor), Florence Lamont Hinman (chorus master), Lillian Cushing (director of ballet), Maxine Williamson (assistant director of ballet), Irene Kahn (coach/assistant to Dr. Nagy), Jean Bannihr, Robert Coffey, and Werner Graf (stage manager).