White Horse Inn
Karingal High School
October 1972
Leopold, the head waiter at The White Horse Inn is stressed. It is high season for the hotel, and he is inundated with guests demanding his attention. Not to mention his feelings for his boss, Josepha Vogelhuber, which are definitely complicating matters. And then there’s the issue of Dr. Siedler returning to the hotel today, much to Josepha’s enthusiasm. It is just too much for him when Josepha asks him to leave a gift basket in Dr. Siedler’s room, and Leopold finds himself admitting how he really feels about her, and risking his job. Josepha threatens to fire him, but right now they need to prepare for the arrival of another distinguished guest: Kaiser Franz Joseph. Leopold does his best to keep his professionalism, but ends up causing an embarrassing scene when Josepha arrives arm in arm with Dr. Siedler. The Kaiser understands exactly what has happened, and advises Josepha to live in reality and to stop dreaming. She calls a meeting with Leopold, who is expecting to be dismissed. Instead, she dismisses him as head waiter, and promotes him to husband.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director | Ray Burgess |
Musical Director | Basil Gleeson |
Choreographer | Coralie Carson |
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Production Co-ordinator | Arthur Mead |
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Lighting | Rick Merrin |
Scenic Design/Artists | Ian Ferguson |
Scenic Construction | Paul King |
| Tom Hand |
| Ron Elliott |
Costume Design | Bill Adams |
Wardrobe Mistress | Ken Smith |
Ballet Costumes | Margaret McGregor |
Orchestra Convenor | Brenda Oxford |
Company Pianist | Margaret Baille |
Rehearsal Pianist | Dorothy De La Rue |
Properties | Leon Costermans |
| Sarria Birch |
| Isabel Myring |
Prompt | Sandy Hamilton |
Tickets | John Keeley |
| John Horwood |
Front of House | Tom Hooke |
| Bill McNeilly |
Promotions Manager | Margaret Grevsmuhl |
Program Design | Peter Hart |
| Veronica Ferguson |
| Peter Hart |
Backstage | Isabel Myring |
| Veronica Feruson |
| Trevor Barson |
| Tony Evans |
| Michael Barson |
| Philip Sanford |
| Doug Ferguson |
| John McCormack |
| Tom Hand |
| Ron Elliott |
| Ross Hand |
| Bill Adams |
Wardrobe | Ian Robertson |
| Elizabeth Palmer |
| Norma Macer |
| Glenys Osborne |
Lighting | Win Fry |
| Owen Marsh |
| Clem Macer |
| Bruce Morton |
| Mark Smith |
| Colin Tyrus |
| Paul Mason |
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Conductor | Basil Gleeson |
Violins | John Conyers |
| Doris Boyce |
| Nellie Bryant |
| E. Rangoti |
| Margaret Baillie |
Viola | Heather Birrell |
| Ted Gruenberger |
Cello | Paul Mercer |
Double Bass | Don More |
Clarinet | Joy Farall |
Flute | John Carey |
| Vivien Egan |
French Horn | Greg Keogh |
Trombone | Lorraine Shepherd |
Trumpet | Betty Shepherd |
Pianist | Dorothy De La Ru |
Percussion | Jim Shepherd |
CAST
Kathi | Isobel Taylor |
Karl | Peter Moon |
Forester | Richard Latchford |
Zenzi | Marissa Kennedy |
Courier | Tony Lewis |
Franz | Peter Copon |
Leopold | Robert McGregor |
Josepha Vogelhuber | Dawn Harris |
The Steamer Captain | Peter Hart |
Bridegroom | John McCormack |
Bride | Cherry Davis |
John Ebenezer Grinkle | Rod Birch |
Ottoline | Noelyne Godson |
Valentine Sutton | Jim Barratt |
Sigismund Smith | Arthur Mead |
Professor Hinzel | Vic Heaysman |
Gretl | Julia Taphouse |
The Mayor | Stan Riley |
The Mayor’s Lady Secretary | Barbara Rothwell |
The Emperor | Martyn Keely |
Ketterel | Peter Capon |
Landlord | Peter Capon |
Ballet | Sue Hooke |
| Teresa Ovenden |
| Christine Hand |
| Sue McCormack |
| Ann Lawry |
| Christine Hoffman |
| Debbie Keeley |
| Catherine Riley |
| Joanne Johnson |
| Elizabeth Saunders |
| Kate Fleming |
| Sian Rodda |
| Sheena Abercrombie |
| Denise Lyon |
| Angela Dodgshun |
| Cheryl Annable |
| Neil Weatherill |
| John McCormack |
| John Langman |
| Peter Carew |
Ensemble | Roger Bata |
| Andrea Clarke |
| Rhonda Horwood |
| Elizabeth Seaman |
| Jean Riley |
| Barbara Riley |
| Joyce Brown |
| Bettie Packham |
| Joan Pearson |
| Edie Baldwin |
| Lyn Ferguson |
| Ann Parry |
| Joan Hooke |
| Audrey Carruthers |
| Betty Schlager |
| Beth Coops |
| Hilary Moon |
| Julia Power |
| Kate McMillan |
| Janet Hand |
| Christine Woodall |
| Sue Stewart |
| Pauline Price |
| Barbara Rothwell |
| Mary Robson |
| Lois White |
| Jill Gilchrist |
| Claudia Simpson |
| Joan Nightingale |
| Linda Le Moignan |
| Sue Ward |
| Judith Breese |
| Mary Lindsay |
| Philippa Slingsby |
| Karl Vennemann |
| lan Paine |
| Tony Lewis |
| Bill Kennedy |
| Stephen Hartnell |
| Peter Chaffey |
| Denis Wiltshire |
| Bern Conlan |
| Leon Costermans |
| Barry Woodford |
| Peter Moon |
| Richard Latchford |
| Peter Capon |
| Vic Heaysman |
| Stan Riley |
