Tobias and the Angel
by
James Bridie

Season 22
Dec 27 to Dec 29, 1934

Trivia: Lord Duncannon, Frederick (Eric) Ponsonby, 10th Earl of Bessborough, was the son of Their Excellencies the Governor General of Canada and Countess Bessborough.

Rupert Harvey, listed as "Guest Director" in the house program, was a well-known adjudicator and producer who came from England especially to direct this Christmas production. He was director of the Stansted Players (Lord Bessborough's private theatre in the UK), and had been adjudicator of the first Dominion Drama Festival in 1933.

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Cast
Michael MeiklejohnTobit
Charles McConkeyTobias
Olive McClenaghanAnna
Lord DuncannonRaphael
Roger Watkins-PitchfordBandit
Marjorie BordenSara
Margot OuimetSherah
Betty YoungAzorah
Morna PetersZerash
Sylvia SmellieTamkah
Cargill SouthamNubian Slave
F. L. C. (Fred) Pereira, O.B.E.Raguel
Toby (the dog)Toby

Production Team
Rupert HarveyDirector
William (W.D.) CromartyStage Manager
J. Howard StannardStage Manager
James (J.E.) DudleySet Design and Execution
Sylvia SmellieCostume Design
Nina RidgewayCostume Coordinator
Eric StangroomSet Execution
Rupert HarveyIncidental Music
Yousuf KarshProduction Photography