Record

Performance TitleTomorrow is Yours - A Pageant of Commonwealth
Performance Date23 April 1954
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersLionel Gamlin - narrator

Michel De Lutry,
Charles Hill,
Bahadur,
'Clubland' Dancers (Camberwell, London),
Maori Dancers - dancers

Bobby Limb,
Johnny O'Connor,
Archie Lewis,
Dick Bentley,
Jimmy Edwards,
Anthony Verner,
William Franklyn,
Denis Raymond,
Anthony Pendrell,
David Main,
Charles Hill,
Rex Dawe,
Celia Johnson,
Robert Beatty,
Wensley Pithey,
Elizabeth Allan,
Peter Bathurst,
Flora Robson,
Peter Baker - speaker

Bob Edwards Denis,
Alma Cogan,
Roderick Jones - vocals,
Douglas Hawkridge - organ
Orchestra or BandBand of HM Scots Guards
ChoirsLondon Concordia Choir
ConductorsLt.-Colonel S Rhodes,
Colin Ratcliffe
Set List'Land of Hope and Glory', Elgar (Band of HM Scots Guards, London Concordia Choir)
Bobby Limb and Johnny O'Connor,
Archie Lewis,
Dick Bentley,
Jimmy Edwards and Alma Cogan
Pageant:
Scene 1 - 'Fairest Isle' (London Concordia Choir, Verner),
Scene 2 - 'Non Nobis Domine' (Franklyn, Raymond, Pendrell, Main, Hill),
Scene 3 - 'Waista Poi' (London Concordia Choir),
'Now Is The Hour' (London Concordia Choir, Johnson, Dawe, Maori Dancers),
Scene 4 - 'Oh Canada' (London Concordia Choir, Beatty, Raymond),
Scene 5 - 'Sarie Marais (London Concordia Choir, Main, Pithy, Allan),
Scene 6 - 'India' (De Lutry, Hill, Bahadur),
Scene 7 - 'Waltzing Matilda' (London Concordia Choir, Bathurst, Franklyn, Robson),
Scene 8 - 'Hymn of The Commonwealth' (Posford, Jones),
Scene 9 - Bob Edwards, Peter Baker, Robert Beatty,
'The Commonwealth Hymn',
'God Save the Queen', (National Anthem)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1954/43)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1954/43The Company of Commonwealth Venturers presents Tomorrow is Yours23 April 1954
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oosabokiep_BaitTomorrow is Yours - A Pageant of Commonwealth1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6630Gamlin; Lionel James (1903-1967); British radio and newsreel announcer, presenter, actor
DS/UK/7434Lewis; Archie (c1917-1988); Jamaican vocalist
DS/UK/8685Bentley; Charles Walter "Dick" (1907-1995); Australian comedian, actor
DS/UK/6539Johnson; Dame; Celia (18 December 1908-26 April 1982); DBE; English actress
DS/UK/6675Beatty; Robert (1909-1992); Canadian actor
DS/UK/8074Baker; Peter Arthur David (20 April 1921-14 November 1966); MC MP; British soldier, author, publisher and Conservative politician
DS/UK/9100Cogan; Alma (1932-1966); English singer
DS/UK/3170Jones; Roderick (1910-1992); British baritone
DS/UK/7015Hawkridge; Douglas (fl 1940s-1960s); British organist, academic
DS/UK/2392British Army; The Band of HM Scots Guards; 1642-; British Army division
DS/UK/8823Ratcliffe; Colin (fl 1953-1954); British conductor
DS/UK/9364Edwards; Jimmy (1920-1988); English script writer, actor
DS/UK/9365Verner; Anthony (fl 1950s-2010s); British actor, director
DS/UK/9366Franklyn; William Leo (1925-2006); British actor
DS/UK/9368Pendrell; Anthony (1913-1986); British actor
DS/UK/9369Robson; Dame; Flora McKenzie (1902-1984); English actress
DS/UK/9371Main; David (fl 1950s); British actor
DS/UK/9372Hill; Charles (1904-1989); Baron Hill of Luton; British administrator, doctor, television executive
DS/UK/9375Pithey; Wensley (1914-1993); South African actor
DS/UK/9377Allan; Elizabeth (9 April 1910-27 July 1990); English actress
DS/UK/9379Bathurst; Peter (4 May 1912-June 1973); British actor
DS/UK/9389De Lutry; Michel (fl 1950s); French-born dancer, dance teacher
DS/UK/9393Limb; Bobby (1924-1999); Australian radio and television entertainer
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