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Cheltenham Light Opera Company presents
The Desert Song
A Musical Play by SIGMUND ROMBERG
Book & Lyrics by OTTO HARBACH, OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN 11 & FRANK MANDEL Music by SIGMUND ROMBERG April 1972
Alexander Theatre Monash University Clayton By Permission of WILLIAM EDGELEY THEATRES LTD |
DIRECTOR : Harold Burrows
MUSICAL DIRECTOR : Ernest Shade
CHOREOGRAPHER : Graeme Coombs
STAGE MANAGER : Grant Alley
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER : Audrey Speedy
CHORUS MASTER : Rod McKenzie
REHEARSAL PIANISTS : Judith Semmens, Phyl Curtis
PROMPT : Jane Pickup
SET PAINTING : Greg Moloney, Jeanette Proposch, C.L Serpell
DÉCOR & COSTUME DESIGN : Jeanette Proposch
WARDROBE MISTRESS : Dora Berrett
ASSISTANT WARDROBE MISTRESS : Beryl Hibbs
COSTUMES : Dora Berrett, Beryl Hibbs, Jeanette Proposch
MAKE-UP : Beryl Hibbs
LIGHTING : Alexander Theatre
STAGE CARPENTER : Vic Proposch
PROPERTIES : Maureen Allen, Jenny Allen
HOUSE MANAGER : Bryan Loose
TICKET SECRETARY : Russell Etty
PUBLICITY : Russell Etty
PRINTING : Ernest Shade
POSTER & PROGRAM COVER DESIGN : Joan Pooley
FRONT OF HOUSE : Debbie Gray, Stan Jones, Glenda Loose, Marj Loose, Susan Proposch, Cliff Simmons.Thanks to backstage staff.
CLOC COMMITTEE :
President : Barry Reaper
Vice-President : Rod McKenzie
Secretary : Russ Etty
Treasurer : Alex Eagleson
Committee : Grant Alley, John Hales, Judith Haskins, Jeanette Proposch, Vic Proposch, Rhoda Whitten
MUSICAL DIRECTOR : Ernest Shade
CHOREOGRAPHER : Graeme Coombs
STAGE MANAGER : Grant Alley
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER : Audrey Speedy
CHORUS MASTER : Rod McKenzie
REHEARSAL PIANISTS : Judith Semmens, Phyl Curtis
PROMPT : Jane Pickup
SET PAINTING : Greg Moloney, Jeanette Proposch, C.L Serpell
DÉCOR & COSTUME DESIGN : Jeanette Proposch
WARDROBE MISTRESS : Dora Berrett
ASSISTANT WARDROBE MISTRESS : Beryl Hibbs
COSTUMES : Dora Berrett, Beryl Hibbs, Jeanette Proposch
MAKE-UP : Beryl Hibbs
LIGHTING : Alexander Theatre
STAGE CARPENTER : Vic Proposch
PROPERTIES : Maureen Allen, Jenny Allen
HOUSE MANAGER : Bryan Loose
TICKET SECRETARY : Russell Etty
PUBLICITY : Russell Etty
PRINTING : Ernest Shade
POSTER & PROGRAM COVER DESIGN : Joan Pooley
FRONT OF HOUSE : Debbie Gray, Stan Jones, Glenda Loose, Marj Loose, Susan Proposch, Cliff Simmons.Thanks to backstage staff.
CLOC COMMITTEE :
President : Barry Reaper
Vice-President : Rod McKenzie
Secretary : Russ Etty
Treasurer : Alex Eagleson
Committee : Grant Alley, John Hales, Judith Haskins, Jeanette Proposch, Vic Proposch, Rhoda Whitten
CAST:
PRINCIPALS
Jim Oats………………………………………..…...Sid El Kar
Dennis Cowden…………………………….….Mindar
Warren Harding……………………………….Hassi
Barry Watkins…………………………………..Benjamin Kidd
Clarrie Stillman…………………………………Captain Paul Fontaine
Barbi Satchell…………………………….……..Azuri
Barry Reaper…………………….……………….Lieutenant La Vergne
Alex Eagleson…………………….……………..Sergeant Du Boussac
Kathie Wilson………………………………......Margot Bonvalet
Bert Donovan…………………………………….General Birabeau
Cenarth Fox……………………………………….Pierre Birabeau
Verity Cormack…………………………………Susan
Rhoda Whitten………………………………….Edith
Tony Arvidsson………………………………….Ali Ben Ali
Sylvia Ainley……………………………………….Clementina
Rhian Reade……………………………………….Neri
Grahame Glanville…………………………..Hadji
CHORUS: Felicity Aitken, Faye Carlson, Nicky Collins, Wilma Delaney, Dorothy Etty, Judith Haskins, Virginia Hunter, Trish Jamieson, June Jones, Claire Laurent, Doreen McManus, Lorna May, Betty Pink, Elspeth Proposch, Rhian Reade, Barbara Salter, Marilyn Simmons, Elizabeth Skidmore, Pam Stoneman, Beryl White, Rhoda Whitten, Margaret Wright
Ian Cross, Alex Eagleson, Ken Evans, Grahame Glanville, John Hales, Brian Jacobs, Bob Johnson, Tony Killeen, David Loose, Rod McKenzie, Ian Nicholson, Noel O’Connor, Barry Reaper, Norm Sotherby, Robert Squirrell, Ross Vernon
GUARDS : Gary Backman, Sal Mifsud, Neville Shade
DANCERS : Kaye Anderson, Patsi Boddison, Margaret Burrows, Janet Daff, Talana Daff, Pam Davidson, Karyn Hibbs, Robyn Hibbs, Annette Morley, Julie Powell, Dianne Riley
ORCHESTRA
Conductor Ernest Shade
Strings Mercia Southward (Ldr), Barbara Argall, Arthur Feiner, Edith Feiner, Tui McKenzie, Beatrice Shade,
A. Dell’oso, Bill Sutherland, Ted Holmes, Christine Vincent, Keay Watson
Woodwind Judith Semmens, Robert Kranz, Anne Graham, Judy Canty, Geoff Pratt, Len Nurse, Ronald Shade
Horns Don Webster, Gay Webster
Brass Arthur Withers, Alan Ball, Jeff Haylock, Lew Coleman, M. Hunter
Drums Keith Morgan
Piano Phyl Curtis
PRINCIPALS
Jim Oats………………………………………..…...Sid El Kar
Dennis Cowden…………………………….….Mindar
Warren Harding……………………………….Hassi
Barry Watkins…………………………………..Benjamin Kidd
Clarrie Stillman…………………………………Captain Paul Fontaine
Barbi Satchell…………………………….……..Azuri
Barry Reaper…………………….……………….Lieutenant La Vergne
Alex Eagleson…………………….……………..Sergeant Du Boussac
Kathie Wilson………………………………......Margot Bonvalet
Bert Donovan…………………………………….General Birabeau
Cenarth Fox……………………………………….Pierre Birabeau
Verity Cormack…………………………………Susan
Rhoda Whitten………………………………….Edith
Tony Arvidsson………………………………….Ali Ben Ali
Sylvia Ainley……………………………………….Clementina
Rhian Reade……………………………………….Neri
Grahame Glanville…………………………..Hadji
CHORUS: Felicity Aitken, Faye Carlson, Nicky Collins, Wilma Delaney, Dorothy Etty, Judith Haskins, Virginia Hunter, Trish Jamieson, June Jones, Claire Laurent, Doreen McManus, Lorna May, Betty Pink, Elspeth Proposch, Rhian Reade, Barbara Salter, Marilyn Simmons, Elizabeth Skidmore, Pam Stoneman, Beryl White, Rhoda Whitten, Margaret Wright
Ian Cross, Alex Eagleson, Ken Evans, Grahame Glanville, John Hales, Brian Jacobs, Bob Johnson, Tony Killeen, David Loose, Rod McKenzie, Ian Nicholson, Noel O’Connor, Barry Reaper, Norm Sotherby, Robert Squirrell, Ross Vernon
GUARDS : Gary Backman, Sal Mifsud, Neville Shade
DANCERS : Kaye Anderson, Patsi Boddison, Margaret Burrows, Janet Daff, Talana Daff, Pam Davidson, Karyn Hibbs, Robyn Hibbs, Annette Morley, Julie Powell, Dianne Riley
ORCHESTRA
Conductor Ernest Shade
Strings Mercia Southward (Ldr), Barbara Argall, Arthur Feiner, Edith Feiner, Tui McKenzie, Beatrice Shade,
A. Dell’oso, Bill Sutherland, Ted Holmes, Christine Vincent, Keay Watson
Woodwind Judith Semmens, Robert Kranz, Anne Graham, Judy Canty, Geoff Pratt, Len Nurse, Ronald Shade
Horns Don Webster, Gay Webster
Brass Arthur Withers, Alan Ball, Jeff Haylock, Lew Coleman, M. Hunter
Drums Keith Morgan
Piano Phyl Curtis
