The Gondoliers
Karingal High School
April 1972
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 | Bob Brewster |
Musical Director | John Browning |
Choreographer | Coralie Carson |
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Production Co-ordinator | Arthur Mead |
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Stage Manager | Neil Weatharill |
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Wardrobe Mistress | Brenda Orford |
Scenic Design | Ian Ferguson |
Lighting Design | Peter Hart |
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Chorus Mistress | Moira Robinson |
Scenic Construction | Tom Hand |
| Ron Elliott |
Scenic Artist | Ian Ferguson |
Orchestra Convenor | Margaret Baillie |
Properties | Rhonda Horwood |
| John McCormack |
Prompt | Joan Keeley |
Rehearsal Pianist | Nylma Carruthers |
| Desma Sisson |
| Marj Butler |
| Sylvia Heaysman |
Front of House | Rod Birch |
| Sarnia Birch |
Ticket Secretaries | Doris Baker |
| Judith Aisbett |
Publicity and Promotions | Peter Hart |
Program Design | BernConlan |
Photographs | Ron Daley |
Backstage | Trevor Barson |
| Denis Wiltshire |
| John McCormack |
| Tony Evans |
| Doug Ferguson |
| Ron Elliott |
| Tom Hand |
| Stephen Allridge |
Wardrobe | Elizabeth Palmer |
Lighting | Owen Marsh |
| Richard Merrin |
| Mark Smith |
| Colin Tyrus |
| Ian McLune |
Scenery Painting | Bill Hartley |
| Jamie Semmens |
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1st Violin | Mustapha Abed |
| Margaret Baillie |
| Nellie Bryant |
| John Conyers |
2nd Violin | Doris Boyce |
| Marie Cooley |
| Ted Gruenberger |
Viola | Heather Birrell |
Cello | Paul Mercer |
Bass | Don Moore |
Clarinet | Dave Parnell |
| Kim Rushworth |
Oboe | Ray Hestelow |
Bassoon | Paul Barnden |
Trumpet | Betty Shepherd |
Trombone | Lorraine Shepherd |
Percussion | Paul Farrugia |
Pianist | Dorothy De La Rue |
CAST
Duke | Bill McLorinan |
Marco | Peter Stennet |
Guiseppe | Robert McGregor |
Luiz | Paul King |
Don Alhambra | Jack Baker |
Francesco | Graham Davey |
Antonio | Bill McNeilly |
Annibale | Vic Heaysman |
Giorgio | Norm Smart |
Duchess | Ella Lee |
Tessa | Noelyne Godson |
Gianetta | Liane Harris |
Casilda | Audrey Carruthers |
Fiametta | Jenny Bumpstead |
Vittoria | Judy McLorinan |
Giulia | Pamela McNeilly |
Inez | Margaret Sawers |
Ballet | Cheryl Tilley |
| Sue Moore |
| Christine Hoffman |
| Catherine Riley |
| Sue McCormack |
| Anne Lawry |
| Peter Hart |
| Neil Weatherill |
| John McCormack |
| Roger Bata |
Contadine | Sini Ross |
| Janet Hand |
| Teresa Ovenden |
| Jean Riley |
| Bettie Packham |
| Joyce Brown |
| Norma Macer |
| Joan Dowling |
| Beth Coops |
| Judy Adams |
| Hilary Moon |
| Sue McCormack |
| Hilary Morton |
| Marissa Kennedy |
| Dianne Lane |
| Dawn Harris |
| Sue Hooke |
| Julia Taphouse |
| Isobel Taylor |
| Claudis Sipson |
| Kae McMillan |
| Jessica Hutton |
| Betty Schlager |
| Yvonne Slandley |
| Margaret Fisher |
Gondoliers | Jeff Hooke |
| Tony Macer |
| Harry McEwan |
| John Langman |
| Stephen Hartnell |
| Leo Costermans |
| Richard Latchford |
| Leo Arnold |
| John Duncan |
| Steve Jones |