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Cheltenham Light Opera Company presents
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Orpheus in the Underworld
A Comic Operetta in Three Acts From the original by HECTOR CRÉMIEUX and LUDOVIC HALÉVY
Music By JACQUES OFFENBACH
English Version by GEOFFREY DUNN


April 28 - May 2, 1970
Highett High School Hall

By arrangement with Boosey and Hawkes Australia , on behalf of Josef Weinberger Ltd. London
  • Production Team
  • Cast & Orchestra
  • Gallery
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PRODUCER : Ron White
MUSICAL DIRECTOR : Ernest Shade
CHOREOGRAPHER : Strelsa Heckelman
 
STAGE MANAGER : Grant Alley
ASSISTANT PRODUCER : Dorothy Etty
CHORUS MASTER : Rod McKenzie
REHEARSAL PIANIST : Judy Semmens
ASSISTANT REHEARSAL PIANIST : Phyl Curtis
PROMPT : Phyl Manning
 
SCENERY DESIGN : Jeanette Proposch
CURTAIN DESIGN : Heather Proposch
SCENIC PAINTERS : Patti Cowden, Peg Shaw, Nancy Doyle, Jeanette Proposch, Elizabeth Skidmore, Judith Watkins
COSTUME DESIGNER : Jeanette Proposch
WARDROBE MISTRESS : Dora Berrett
MAKE-UP : Beryl Hibbs
 
LIGHTING : Peter Wilson, Robert Semmens, Mick Middleton, Kevin McCormack
CARPENTER : Vic Proposch
PROPERTIES : Maureen Allen
HOUSE MANAGER : Russell Etty
TICKET SECRETARY : Russell Etty
PUBLICITY : Rhian Reade, Bill Assendelft
PROGRAM COVER : David Van Asten

COSTUME PRODUCTION : Jeanette Proposch, Dora Berrett, Johanna Scholte, Elizabeth Skidmore, Mrs G Shipston MBE, Wendy Johnstone, Kathie Preston, Heather Maryatt, Beryl White, Maureen Allen, Anne Levvey
SET CONSTRUCTION : Vic Proposch, John Hales, Barry Reaper, Jim Cain, Dennis Cowden, Norm Sotherby, Maurice Edwards, David Jones, Rod McKenzie, Brian Jacobs
FRONT OF HOUSE : Russell Etty, Ian Maryatt, Heather Ryan, Marj Loose, Michele Sault
STAGE HANDS : Liam Fox, Robert Bradley, Robert Semmens, Andrew Greenwood, Ken Evans, John Morrison, John Evans, Vic Proposch
 
CLOC COMMITTEE :
President : John Hales
Secretary : Russell Etty
Treasurer : Barry Reaper
Committee : Grant Alley, Barry Clark, Rod McKenzie, Jeanette Proposch, Vic Proposch, Rhian Reade, Rhoda Whitten

CAST
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PRINCIPALS:
Dorothy Etty……………………..……………..Eurydice
Jean Cain……………………………..…………..Calliope
Margaret Dixon………………………………Cupid
Audrey Speedy……………………..………..Venus
Sylvia Rennison…………………….………..Diana
Jean Tyson…………………….……….……….Juno
Barry Reaper……………………………….……Orpheus
Jim Cain…………………………………………….Pluto
Robert Turner………………………….………Jupiter
Warren Harding………………………...……Mars
Barry Watkins………………..…………….….Mercury
Anthony Elrington………………………....Bacchus
John Hales………………………………………..Vulcan
Keith Marion…………………………………….Styx
Norm Smart…………………………………….Icarus

CHORUS : Felicity Aitken, Lorraine Bell, Lynda Brough, Verity Cormack, Meryl Goodrem, Glenda Gray, Virginia Hunter, Wendy Johnstone, June Jones, Claire Laurent, Heather Marryatt, Lorna May, Betty Pink, Heather Proposch, Rhian Reade, Pamela Saunders, Johanna Scholte, Jenny Shaw, Elizabeth Skidmore, Betty Smith, Roslyn Taylor, Beryl White, Rhoda Whitten, Margaret Wright, Bill Assendelft, John Berrett, Len Britten, Barry Clarke, Dennis Cowden, Ian Cross, Maurice Edwards, Rod McKenzie, Vic Proposch

PUPILS :  Felicity Aitken, Claire Laurent, Rhian Reade, Betty Smith, Russell Henry, Norm Sotherby

DANCERS : Kaye Anderson, Pam Davidson, Elizabeth Faulkner, Margie Gough, Elizabeth Johannsen, Gaynor Mabbett, Elspeth Proposch, Glenys Robinson, Barbi Satchell, Liz Saunders, John Berrett, Norm Sotherby, Greg Simmons

ORCHESTRA :
Conductor                   Ernest Shade
Violins                         Mercia Southward (Ldr), Sheila Pratt, L. White, Margaret Bailey, R. Pratt, Vladimir Teodosijevic,
                                   Beatrice Shade, Nellie Bryant, Beryl Knoblock
Viola                            Aileen Stooke, Ted Holmes, H. Birrell, H. Brown
Cello                            E. Elder
Bass                            Keay Watson
Flute                            Robert Krantz
Clarinets                      Anne Graham, Judy Canty, Geoff Pratt
Oboe                           Shirley Baker
Bassoon                      Ronald Shade
Horns                          Don Webster, Gay Webster, John Atkinson
Trumpets                     Don Scott, Henry Bryant, Alec Winslade
Trombones                  Frank Charles, Lew Coleman, E. Hopkins, J. Grace
Drums                         Kevin Sutton, Glen Davis
Piano                          Judith Semmens, Phyl Curtis

We look forward to welcoming you to the theatre....

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