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 Please be assured that the
staff of Martins Bank don’t spend ALL of their time going to extremes to be helpful at work! At play too, they know how to entertain,
and under the auspices of Martins Bank Society of the Arts, there are SIX operatic and/or dramatic societies to
choose from. Martins really do know
how to put on a show, and from the 1940s until 1980, productions are staged
that showcase the talents of Martins Bank’s veritable army of
theatrical types.
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Following the Merger with Barclays, Martins Operatic Society
manages to carry on, having (sadly) dropped the word “Bank” from its title,
and we remain indebted to Mike Ellis, Geoffrey Kelly and the late Beryl
Creer for making available a number of the programmes printed for some of
these post-merger productions. We now have copies of the original
programmes for all but one of the shows from 1970 to the winding up of the
Operatic Society in 1980, and these are featured at the bottom of this
page. We will try to add information for these productions as soon as we
can.
There is also so much material in the archive relating to the
productions and performances staged over the years, it is likely to be some
time before we can feature ALL of them on this site. Menus are now available for most of the
societies and groups shown below – simply click on a leaflet – and each of
them has a choice of productions for you to enjoy!
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10 Music Productions Available
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ALL Productions Available
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7 Productions Available
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ALL Productions Available (31)
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ALL Productions Available
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13 Productions Available
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Whilst most good things come to and end too soon,
the singing and dancing did not end for the staff of Martins Bank when they
were merged into the workforce of Barclays in 1969. The re-named Martins
Operatic Society continued to stage ambitious productions for a further
eleven years, as can be seen from these programme covers. We do not have a
copy of the programme for the 1979 production, Die Fledermaus, staged for
the second time in that particular decade.
If you have a copy we could borrow for scanning, or one you can
donate to the Archive, please do get in touch with us at the usual address martinsbankarchive@btinternet.com. We are delighted to announce that Martins Operatic Society’s 1971
production – “The Grand Duchess” is now available to view, and includes
details from the original programme, and a review of the performance
featured in the Liverpool Echo’s Column “The Amateur Stage”.
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Bless the Bride
1970
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The Grand Duchess
1971
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Die Fledermaus
1972
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Gipsy Love
1973
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Orpheus in the Underworld
1974
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The Gipsy Baron
1975
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The Grand Duke
1976
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La Perichole
1977
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The Merry Widow
1978
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Frederica
1980
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