The Gondoliers
Frankston Teachers College
June 1965
The Gondoliers tells the story of two charming Venetian gondoliers, Giuseppe and Marco, who are informed that due to an error of identity when they were young boys, one of them is the heir to the throne of Barataria. They are delighted with the situation and agree to share the responsibilities of governing their new kingdom until it can be ascertained which of them is which, but matters are complicated when the Duke and Duchess of Plaza Toro reveal that their beautiful daughter, Casilda, was married to the future king as an infant. Giuseppe and Marco are both newly married to the contadine Tessa and Gianetta, and Casilda is in love with her father’s attendant, Luiz.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director | Gordfon Brennan |
Musical Director | Basil Gleeson |
Choreographer | Strelsa Carruthers |
Stage Manager | Fred Wagg |
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Wardrobe and Properties | Nance Wagg |
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Scenery Design | Harry Thomson |
Lighting Design | Peter Hart |
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Assistant Stage Manager | Lorraine Williams |
Ticket Secretary | Eunice Brennan |
House Manager | Peter Leason |
Publicity | Pam Irvine |
Pianist | Nylma Spark |
| Judy Hyde |
Organist | Bob Bilsborough |
Make Up | Doris Baker |
Production Assistants | Roy Herbertson |
| Mavis Conlon |
| Margaret Fry |
| Dawn Fletcher |
| Myrtle Porter |
| Nan Hughes |
| Helen Hallett |
| Linda Brown |
| Aw Fletcher |
| Dorothy Mickleberg |
| Dorothy Thompson |
| Ross Richards |
| Faye Stennett |
| John Downie |
| Daryl Freestone |
| Pam Kain |
| Coral Porter |
| Eric de Gill |
| Adrian Wagg |
CAST
Duke of Plazo-Toro | Robert Brewster |
Luiz | Robert McGregor |
Don Alhambra | John Baker |
Marco Palmieri | Peter Stennett |
Guiseppe Palmieri | Bob Hallett |
Antonio | Cliff Hallett |
Francesco | Mike Porter |
Giorgio | Norman Smart |
Annibale | Jim Richards |
Duchess of Plazo-Toro | Dora Warner |
Casilda | Lynette Butler |
Gianetta | Audrey Carruthers |
Tessa | Coral Rekers |
Fiametta | Jasnice Leason |
Vittoria | Esther Grieg |
Giulia | Sue Kinnersley |
Inez | Norma Allen |
Contadine | Claire Durkin |
| Cheryl Brent |
| Marie Couper |
| Marie Carruthers |
| Charmaie Wentworth |
| Daphne Jameison |
| Jane Herbertson |
| Dorothy Wilding |
| Gladys Bailey |
| Pat Blencowe |
| Margo Aldridge |
| Julia Power |
| Jane Dowling |
| Veronica Ferguson |
| Sally Mauder |
| Pamela Bull |
| Doris Edwards |
| Lorraine Dunn |
Gondolieri | Alan Warner |
| David Copeland |
| Karl Eastwood |
| Martin Fraser |
| Bernard Conlon |
| Jay Willoughby |
| Henry Megahey |
| Rod Carruthers |
| Richard Froud |
| Bruce Sharp |
| Ray Abbott |
| Peter Capon |
| Gordon Morton |
| Jack Wilding |
| Hilmar Wunder |
| Richard Boyle |
| Peter Roberts |
Pages | Vicki Allen |
| Kaye Allen |
| David Blencowe |
