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An Evening Diversion
Proffered On The Anniversary Of The Session Of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth I.

8.0 Prologue Mistress Noelle Middleton

8.5 A Chronicle of the Times
Recorded from far and near by our Newsmonger Master McDonald Hobley.

8.20 A brief Revel In The Courtyard Of The Cross Keys Inn
The Strolling Players in Songs and Dances:
Master Bill Danvers, Mistress Daphne Anderson, Master Elton Hayes

8.35 The Society of Inventors
The Founder of the Society, Master Leslie Hardern, shows the newest inventions, which will be appraised by Master Geoffrey Boumphrey, assisted by Master John Gilbert.

8.50 The Honourable History of Friar Bacon & Friar Bungay
Scenes from the play by Master Robert Greene.

9.25 An Interim

9.30 Concerts for your Leisure
Mistress Jeanne Heal presents Master James Laver who displays the latest Fashions newly come out of France, Mistress Margot Lovell who brings some Trifles from the market, Master Hal Osmond who assuages Afflictions of the Teeth, Mistress Elizabeth Boyd who sings to the lute accompaniment of Master Desmond Dupre, Master Philip Harben who contrives a Conceit of Coney.

10.0 An Exchange of View
in which Gentlemen who create the News are questioned by those who record the News.

10.15 Masque for a Queens Embarkation The Sovereign Sets Sail For The Antipodes

10.35 About this time the diversion will be brought to an end

Contributors

Speaker (Prologue):
(Mistress) Noelle Middleton
Newsmonger (A Chronicle of the Times):
(Master) McDonald Hobley
Singer (Revel):
(Master) Bill Danvers
Singer/dancer (Revel):
(Mistress) Daphne Anderson
Guitarist (Revel):
(Master) Elton Hayes
Organiser (The Society of Inventors):
(Master) Leslie Hardern
Appraiser (The Society of Inventors):
(Master) Geoffrey Boumphrey
Assisted by (The Society of Inventors:
(Master) John Gilbert
Robert Wainwright (The Society of Inventors):
(Master) Gerald C. Lawson
Will Taylor (The Society of Inventors):
(Master) Brian Roper
John Harrington (The Society of Inventors):
(Master) Geoffrey Taylor
Ralph Jenison (The Society of Inventors):
(Master) John Springett
Writer (The Honourable History of Friar Bacon & Friar Bungay):
(Master) Robert Greene
Edward, Prince of Wales (The Honourable History of Friar Bacon & Friar Bungay):
(Master) Jonathan Meddings
Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (The Honourable History of Friar Bacon & Friar Bungay):
(Master) Peter Wyngarde
Warren, Earl of Sussex (The Honourable History of Friar Bacon & Friar Bungay):
(Master) Trader Faulkner
Ermsby, a gentleman (The Honourable History of Friar Bacon & Friar Bungay):
(Master) Geoffrey Adams
Ralph Simnell, the King's Fool (The Honourable History of Friar Bacon & Friar Bungay):
(Master) Hugh David
Friar Bacon (The Honourable History of Friar Bacon & Friar Bungay):
(Master) Kenneth Connor
Miles, his servant (The Honourable History of Friar Bacon & Friar Bungay):
(Master) Michael Redington
Friar Bungay (The Honourable History of Friar Bacon & Friar Bungay):
(Master) Victor Platt
Thomas, a rustic (The Honourable History of Friar Bacon & Friar Bungay):
(Master) Tony Collins
Burden, Doctor of Oxford (The Honourable History of Friar Bacon & Friar Bungay):
(Master) Rex Garner
Margaret, the Keeper's daughter (The Honourable History of Friar Bacon & Friar Bungay):
(Master) Robert Scroggins
Joan, a country wench (The Honourable History of Friar Bacon & Friar Bungay):
(Master) Thomas Moore
Hostess of the Bell at Henley (The Honourable History of Friar Bacon & Friar Bungay):
(Master) John Schlesinger
Presenter (Concerts for your Leisure):
(Mistress) Jeanne Heal
Clothes selector (Concerts for your Leisure):
(Master) James Laver
Cook (Concerts for your Leisure):
(Mistress) Margot Lovell
Speaker (Concerts for your Leisure):
(Master) Hal Osmond
Singer (Concerts for your Leisure):
(Mistress) Elizabeth Boyd
Lutenist (Concerts for your Leisure):
(Master) Desmond Dupre
Cook (Concerts for your Leisure):
(Master) Philip Harben
Sir Walter Ralegh (An Exchange of View):
(Master) Andrew Osborn
Richard Hakluyt (An Exchange of View):
(Master) Ronald Simpson
Thomas Deloney (An Exchange of View):
(Master) Jack Rodney
John Lane (An Exchange of View):
(Master) Wensley Pithey
The Queen (Masque for a Queens Embarkation):
(Mistress) Janet Butler
Fame (Masque for a Queens Embarkation):
(Master) Alun Owen
Ceres (Masque for a Queens Embarkation):
(Mistress) Shirley Lorimer
Minerva (Masque for a Queens Embarkation):
(Mistress) Shirley Cooklin
Peace (Masque for a Queens Embarkation):
(Mistress) Antonia Grimaldi
Native Dancer (Masque for a Queens Embarkation):
(Master) Michel de Lutry
Singer (Masque for a Queens Embarkation):
(Master) Elton Hayes
Acrobats (Masque for a Queens Embarkation):
The Matelots
Mistress Of the Dance/dancer (Masque for a Queens Embarkation):
(Mistress) Belinda Quirey
Marshal of the Entertain:
(Master) Paul Johnstone
Designer (Masters of Design):
(Master) Richard Greenough
Designer (Masters of Design):
(Master) Stephen Bundy
Author and Intelligencer:
(Master) Hal Burton
Principal musician:
(Master) Marshall Johnson
Principal musician:
(Mistress) Cicely Arnold
Learned adviser:
Doctor Rowse

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