The single Scottish performance of this strange work by J B Priestley and Arthur Bliss brought to Edinburgh several of the original players. In London, most performances had been conducted by Karl Rankl (soon to become familiar to Scots as chief conductor of the SNO). The dates on tour were mainly led by Peter Gellhorn - they took five each.
The performances were spread over six months and several of the principal parts changed hands during the long run. The role of Madeleine was sung at three performances by Adèle Leigh and at seven by Shirley Russell. James Johnston sang six performances as Hector, Rudolf Schock the remaining four. The baritone Kenneth Schon created the role of Jupiter, and sang eight times, with Jess Walters the remaining two. The Scottish tenor Murray Dickie also sang eight performances and Parry Jones two. Most performances of Diana were sung by Margherita Grandi. The remaining cast members all sang the complete run of ten nights.
The cast for the Edinburgh performance is from a copy of the programme in the National Library of Scotland. A second copy in the Edinburgh Room collection (Edinburgh City Library) is annotated by hand to suggest that Parry Jones was substituted at very short notice for the scheduled Murray Dickie as the Curé.
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