"I thank heaven that there are many brave men in England; but if thou lovest them all, I withdraw my thanks.".

THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD
Original Cast 1888

Sir Richard Cholmondeley, Lieutenant of the Tower	Mr. Wallace Brownlow
Colonel Fairfax, under sentence of death	Mr. Courtice Pounds
Sergeant Meryll, of the Yeomen of the Guard	Mr. Richard Temple
Leonard Meryll, his Son	Mr. W.R. Shirley
Jack Point, a strolling Jester	Mr. George Grossmith
Wilfred Shadbolt, Head Jailor and Assistant Tormentor	Mr. W.H. Denny
The Headsman	Mr. Richards
First Yeoman	Mr. Wilbraham
Second Yeoman	Mr. Medcalf
Third Yeoman	Mr. Merton
Fourth Yeomen	Mr. Rudolph Lewis
First Citizen	Mr. Redmond
Second Citizen	Mr. Boyd
Elsie Maynard, a strolling Singer	Miss Geraldine Ulmar
Phoebe Meryll, Sergeant Meryll's Daughter	Miss Jessie Bond
Dame Carruthers, Housekeeper to the Tower	Miss Rosina Brandram
Kate, her Niece	Miss Rose Hervey
Chorus of Yeomen of the Guard, Gentlemen, Citizens, etc.

Original Costumes

Courtice Pounds as Colonel Fairfax	George Grossmith as Jack Point

Jessie Bond as Phoebe Meryll and W.H Denny as Wilfred Shadbolt	Geraldine Ulmar as Elsie Maynard

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