Patience
Frankston Teachers College
June 1963
All of the maidens in the village are besotted with Reginald Bunthorne, a moody and handsome poet, but he has eyes only for the simple milkmaid, Patience. The problem? Bunthorne’s artistic ways are all just an act to attract women to him–he doesn’t even like poetry! Besides, Patience is in love with her childhood sweetheart, who happens to be a real poet named Archibald Grosvenor, but feels she cannot marry him because he is just too perfect. In the meantime, the serious (and decidedly non-poetic) platoon of Heavy Dragoon Guards that were meant to marry the village maidens find themselves dismayed and perplexed by their sudden loss of prospects.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director | Gordon Brennan |
Musical Director | Basil Gleeson |
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Stage Manager | Ron McGregor |
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Wardrobe and Costumes | Margaret Altmann |
Set and Scenery Design | Gordon Brennan |
Lighting Design | Peter Hart |
| Owen Marsh |
Make Up Design | Conzee McLorinan |
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Pianist | Helen Gibson |
Assistant Stage Manager | Eunice Brennan |
Publicity | Mike Galley |
Librarian | Audrey Carruthers |
Assisting the Production | Owen Marsh |
| Nan Hughes |
Business Manager | Pat Campbell |
CAST
Colonel Calverley | Robert McGregor |
Major Murgatroyd | John Baker |
Lieut Duke of Dunstable | Peter Stennet |
Reginald Bunthorne | Bob Brewster |
Archibald Grosvenor | Jim Stanhope |
Mr Bunthorne’s Solicitor | Mike Galley |
Lady Angela | Rae Johnston |
Lady Saphir | Coral Rekers |
Lady Ella | Charmaie Wentworth |
Lady Jane | Dora Warner |
Patience | Audrey Carruthers |
Love-Sick Maidens | Judith Aisbett |
| Rae Borley |
| Mildred Carruthers |
| Hilary Clifton |
| Doris Edwards |
| Veronica Ferguson |
| Jenny Gillam |
| Esther Grieg |
| Ros Herbertson |
| Pamela Irvine |
| Gertrude Jansen |
| Suzanne Kinnersley |
| Phillipa Metz |
| Mireille Miroux |
| Jennie Norton |
| Marjorie Price |
| Joylyn Taylor |
| Margaret Wallinga |
| Lorraine Williams |
Dragoons | David Bond |
| Ian Bond |
| John Christie |
| Michael Gibbons |
| Brian Gray |
| John Hirchfelder |
| Len Hodge |
| John Houston |
| Ralph Johnston |
| Max Latham |
| Neil McIntosh |
| Neil Morrison |
| Mike Porter |
| Jim Richards |
| Derek Robinson |
| Alan Warner |
