The Players of St Peter-upon-Cornhill
City of London
18th centenary year
(Reputed foundation A.D. 179)
The Christmas Play 1979
The Scenes
Prologue
Noah and the Flood
The Message of the Prophets
The Annunciation and Visit of Elizabeth
Joseph's trouble with Mary
The Birth of Christ
The Shepherds' Feast
The Three Kings at Herod's Court
The Adoration of the Shepherds and Kings
The Flight into Egypt
Cast includes:
| Justin Arundale | Brian Hunt |
| Paul Bromly | Imelda Jones |
| E. Noel Brown | Jock Longstaff |
| Alistair Campbell | Eileen Mills |
| Janet Cowen | Barry Peters |
| Andrew Dobson | John Povey |
| Brian Evans | Lorna Rice |
| John Evenett | John Salem |
| Mark Evenett | Margaret Salem |
| Rodney Eatock Taylor | Olive Stubbs |
| Patrick Gaskell-Taylor | Michael Tyldesley |
| Kathryn Gray | Joanna Whitten |
| Eve Haughton | Elizabeth Wright |
| Cyril Haward |
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| Production and rehearsal | Jock Longstaff |
| Organist | Simon Lole, B. Mus., Organ Scholar St. Paul's Cathedral |
| Instrumentalists | From the Kingly Consort,
under the direction of
Michael Heseltine |
| Lighting | Ken MacLeod |
| Costumes | Elizabeth Wright |
| Ticket Office | Francis Stephenson |
The Rector writes:
As our many friends will know, the Players of St. Peter's have, for many
years, presented scenes from the old Mystery Plays at Christmas time. For
our centenary year, we have selected some of the finest scenes from the four
cycles and have asked Jock Longstaff once again to produce for us. He is a
founder member of the Players and has been in every production (save one
year - through illness) since their formation in 1946. He has written a
short prologue giving the history of the Church and various interesting
persons connected with it. We hope that you will once again find our
Christmas play uplifting and a fitting climax to our centenary year.
Revd. Alan J. N. Cook