Programme – Robinson Crusoe

THE HASTINGS LIGHT OPERA CO. INC.

(By Arrangement with Wilcock and Rutherford)

Presents The Family Pantomime

Robinson
Crusoe

ROBINSON CRUSOE

PRODUCER:   PETER HILL
CHOREOGRAPHER:   BRIAR HORROCKS
MUSICAL DIRECTOR:   NANETTE ROBERTS
PIANIST:   JANET TOTTY

Cast in Order of Appearance

Davey Jones   JOHN DOIG
Fairy Aphrodite   GENIEVE INGRAM
Billy Crusoe   BRIAN OVEREND
Stew Potts    STEVEN REAY
Jill Potts   JULIE WILLIAMS
Will Atkins   RANDAL ROBERTS
Polly Perkins   GAYNOR COTCHING
Robinson Crusoe   MARK LUXFORD
Mate   TESSA BROWN
Bosun   ERIC REAY
Mrs. Crusoe   WAYNE LISTER
Gorilla    ? ? ?
Man Friday   STEVEN REAY
King Gumbo   KEVAN BROOMHEAD
Naval Officer   TONY PAGE

CHORUS:   Dean Roberts, Pauline Anderson, Judy Powdrell, Barbara Clapcott, Jocelyn Whiting, Richard Whiting, Lesley Sykes, Wendy Franklin, Craig Tobin, Jillian Walker, Michelle Jones, Sheryll Ashton, Roxanne Hill, Lindsay Lock, Margaret Verduin, Christina Ireland, Keran Hall, Robyn Rogers, Simone Dumble, Gary Tweedie, Angela Totty, Kim Hape, Alan Powdrell.

Synopsis of Scenes

ACT 1
Scene 1   The Port of Napier
Scene 2   In the Captain’s Cabin.

ACT 2
Scene 1   A Desert Island – Somewhere in the South Pacifi [Pacific].
Scene 2   Inside the Stockade.
Scene 3   Another Part of the Island.

SONGS

When Robin Comes Sailing Home.
Love is a Beautiful Song
Try a Little Kindness.
Anchors Aweigh.
The Custard Song
Davey Jones
Seasons in the Sun.
Water, Water Everywhere
If I had a Hammer
By the Devil I was Tempted
Sing
We’re happy cause We’re Going Home

(JOIN THE CAST AND SING THE SONGS YOU KNOW)

PRODUCTION PERSONNEL

HOUSE MANAGER   Aub Merrall.
FRONT OF THE HOUSE   Ray Walker, Len Willcox, Ian Humphrey, Barbara Morris, Moira Reay, Yvonne Lemon, Pam Richardson, Jan Matkin, Pam Walker, Teresa O’Donnell, Patrice Maggin, Andrea Duncan, Janet Hoskins, Christine Banks, Louise Kyle.
WARDROBE MISTRESS   Sybil Reay.
ASSISTANT WARDROBE MISTRESS   Barbara Dean.
DRESSERS   Nada Broomhead, Maisie Kyle, Linda Merrall, Norelly Hancock, Jean Campbell, Allison Closs, Margaret Falconer.
PROPERTIES   Corrine Minty, Sandra Dixon.
STAGE MANAGER   Tony Page.
STAGE TEAM   Philip Dean, Murray Bridges, Peter Eade, Ron Walker, Lindsay Craig, Nigel Whiting, Chris Brown.
LIGHTING   Cedric Wright.
PUBLICITY and PROGRAMME    Richard Nicholson, Ron Walker.
SIGNWRITING   Oliver Christoffersen.
MAKE-UP   Dawn McCowatt, Marie Millman, Lynette McCowatt, Toni Baird, Deborah Hay, Olwyn Walker, Minnie Wright.
PROMPT   Sadie Brown.
SUPPERS   Evelyn Overend, Minnie Bloxham, Moya Watson.

PERFORMANCE DATES

HASTINGS MUNICIPAL THEATRE
Thursday, August 29th at 8 p.m.
Saturday, August 31st at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Sunday, September 1st at 2 p.m.

NAPIER MUNICIPAL THEATRE
Thursday, September 5th at 8 p.m.
Saturday, September 7th, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

HART PRINT

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Description

Surnames in this programme –
Anderson, Ashton, Baird, Banks, Bloxham, Bridges, Broomhead, Brown, Christoffersen, Clapcott, Closs, Cotching, Craig, Dean, Dixon, Doig, Dumble, Duncan, Eade, Falconer, Franklin, Hall, Hancock, Hape, Hay, Hill, Horrocks, Hoskins, Humphrey, Ingram, Ireland, Jones, Kyle, Lemon, Lister, Lock, Luxford, Maggin, Matkin, McCowatt, Merrall, Millman, Minty, Morris, Nicholson, O’Donnell, Overend, Page, Powdrell, Reay, Richardson, Roberts, Rogers, Sykes, Tobin, Totty, Tweedie, Verduin, Walker, Watson, Whiting, Willcox, Williams, Wright

Business / Organisation

Hastings Light Opera Company Incorporated

Format of the original

Leaflet

Date published

29, 31 August and 1, 5, 7 September

Accession number

530246

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