Programme 1961 – Dry Rot

Present their
19th Annual Production

TOMOANA PLAYERS

“DRY ROT”

by John Chapman

A Farce in Three Acts

PRODUCER:   JAMES CAMP

Municipal Theatre, Napier Saturday Monday July 22nd and 24th
Town Hall, Dannevirke Tuesday 25th July
Municipal Theatre, Waipukurau Thursday 27th July
Municipal theatre, Hastings Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, 29th, 31st July and 1st August.

Officers:

Patron:   Mr A. KIRKPATRICK
President:   Mr A. K. ALEXANDER
Vice-Presidents:
Messrs G. G. BLOORE, G. H. BONE, D. BEERE, R. DILLON, F. N. GODFREY, R. H. MAYS, W. G. MCNAB and G. E. SCOTT.
Managing-Secretary-Treasurer   Mr M. L. MOLONEY
Assistant Secretary   Mr A. EDWARDS
Producer   Mr J. CAMP
Stage Director   Mr S. TAYLOR
Stage Manager   Mr K. JENKS
Musical Director   Mr E. REAY
Management Committee:   Messrs A. B. Sharp (Chairman), Miss B. Stirling, Messrs F. Hargreaves, R. L. Stewart and R. B. Reid.
Honorary Members:   Mrs H. L. Spence, Messrs C. Bryant, M. Boshier, T. Paget, G. E. Scott and H. L. Spence.
Life Members:   M. L. Moloney and R. J. Thomas.

Characters:
(in order of appearance)

COLONEL WAGSTAFF   FRANK HARGREAVES
MRS. WAGSTAFF   ANNETTE ROBERTS
BETH   JESSIE SWANSON
SUSAN WAGSTAFF   ANNE HUGHES
JOHN DANBY   ROBIN READ
FRED PHIPPS   BERNARD GODFREY
ALFRED TUBBE   LEWIS STEWART
FLASH HARRY   JAMES FRANCIS
ALBERT POLIGNAC   ERIC REAY
SERGEANT FIRE   DALE BRIDGER
B.B.C. ANNOUNCER   Voice of Clifford Henderson
RACE COMMENTATOR   Voice of Alan Edwards

Stage Personnel:

Set designed by   SYD TAYLOR
Scene painted by   JACK SKELTON
Property Mistress   BARBARA STIRLING
Property Assistant   VERA GROOBY
Sound Effects   GEORGE MUSSON
Prompt   RUTH WOOD
Make-up Supervision   MAVIS STAYT
MICHAEL MOLONEY
House Manager   JACK HANNAN
Stage Staff:   MONTY BOAGEY, BILL TIEMAN, ALAN KING.

Synopsis of Scenery:
ACT I
The Lounge Hall of the “Bull and Cow” – morning
ACT II
Scene 1:   The Same, three days later
Scene 2:   The Same, the early hours of the following morning
ACT III
Scene 1:   The Same, eight hours later
Scene 2:   The Same, that afternoon
Time:   The Present.

Credits:
BARRY BROS. LTD.
R. HOLT & SONS LTD.
for the transport of scenery throughout our tour.

THE TOMOANA PLAYERS take pride in presenting “Dry Rot” as their Nineteenth Annual Production.

Our choice of play has always been founded on box office appeal, and a play which has earned a high reputation in the English theatre. We are most careful to choose a play which is suitable for every member of the family to see, and we hope it is understood that children will always be most welcome in our audience.

With this in mind the “Tomoana Players” never perform an obscure or immoral play. It is felt that certain modern plays have no place in our choice, because over the years – should we have any desire to depart from our policy in this matter – the generous support of the public of Hawke’s Bay has proved to us that plays with a degraded theme do not attract their patronage.

With the generous support of the people we have been able to hand to various Hawke’s Bay organisations approximately £10,000, and we are grateful to our patrons for their very generous support over the years.

Next year we will have been in existence twenty years, and we hope to bring to you a production fitting the occasion.

We sincerely hope you will derive good entertainment from tonight’s show, and we wish you a very enjoyable evening.

Previous Productions

1943   The Bishop’s Candlesticks
1944   Charley’s Aunt
1945   Jane
1946   The Private Secretary
1947   What Happened Then
1946   The Case of the Frightened Lady
1949   Bird in Hand
1950   A Spot of Bother
1951   See How They Run
1952   Charley’s Aunt
1953   Ambrose Applejohn’s Adventure
1954   Your Brother George
1955   The Bat
1956   Love’s a Luxury
1957   Three Wise Fools
1958   Seven Keys to Baldpate
1959   It Pays to Advertise
1960   Ten Little Niggers

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