The Merry Widow


Karingal High School :October 1968

 

Breif Synopsis

Baron Zeta is desperate that the wealthy widow Hanna Glavari marry a Pontevedrian man so that her fortune remains in the country. He attempts to match her and his handsome attach�, Danilo. It turns out that Danilo and Hanna had had a love affair in years past. Nevertheless, Danilo now refuses to love her because he doesn't want it to look like he just loves her money. In the end, after Hanna reveals that she will loose the money if she remarries, Danilo joyously asks for her hand in marriage. Quickly, she informs him that she will loose her money – because she will give it to her new husband.

Production Team

 

Cast

Director

Ray Burgess

 

Anna

Dorothy Etty

Musical Director

Ernest Shade

 

Danilo

Graeme Mayhead

Choreographer

Elvie Mead

 

Baron Zeta

Robert McGregor



 

Valencienne

Noelyne Godson

Stage Manager

Neil Weatherill

 

Camille

Arthur Mead



 

Njegus

Rod Birch

Scenery Design

Ray Burgess

 

St Brioche

John Ashton


Glen Llyod

 

Casada

Stan Riley


Joyce Plant

 

Kromov

Bern Conlan

Chorus Mistress

Wendy Allison

 

Olga

Julia Power

Stage Crew

Jack Allen

 

Bogdanovitsch

Eddie Jones


Tony Clarke

 

Pritsch

Keith Thompson


Kerry Kildea

 

Sylvia

Noel Archibald


George Petty

 

Praskovia

Dianne Lane


Trevor Barson

 

Lo-Lo

Sheilia Kitchin

Lighting Technicians

Owen Marsh

 

Do-Do

Joan Hooke


Ross Richards

 

Jou-Jou

Madeline Jarrett


Michael Lawrence

 

Frou-Frou

Cheryl Tilley

Wardrobe

Kate Thomas

 

Clo-Clo

Jayne Copeland


Jeanne Oram

 

Margot

Dawn Mau


Ann Bartholomeusz

 

Ballet

Jayne Copeland


Mrs Palmer

 


Cheryl Tilley

Make Up

Dawn Fletcher

 


Madeline Jarrett

Make Up Crew

Mr Schutter

 


Joan Hooke


Mrs Schutter

 


Sheilia Kitchin


Phyllis Williams

 


Dawn Mau


Francine McDonald

 


Ronda Shapcott


Jacqueline McDonald

 


Pam Loft


Yvonne Cole

 


Vivienne Mead


Sherridan Barr

 


Jackie Dray


Kathy Williams

 


Beverley Spinks


Lee Erington

 

Ladies of the Chorus

Judy Aisbett

Scenery Construction

Bill McNeilly

 


Joyce Brown


Tony Evans

 


Karen Brent


John Ashton

 


Patrice Condon


Eddie Jones

 


Christine Condon

Hair Styles

David Glennie

 


Claire Culley


Verna Sharp

 


Roslyn Da Costa


Andre Mills

 


Joan Dowling

Properties

Beverley Johnstone

 


Marianne Elliott


Duncan Stevens

 


Lyn Edwards

Publicity

Lorraine Hart

 


Rosemary Fletcher

Rehearsal Pianist

Lois Lambert

 


Rosemary Gunn


Nylma Spark

 


Jeanne Hall


Mrs Kidson

 


Pam McNeilly

Front of House

Margot Hallett

 


Betty Packham


Margaret McGregor

 


Jean Rley


David Copeland

 


Barbara Rothwell

Ticket Secretary

Nylma Spark

 


Jenny Reeves


Michelle Williams

 

Gentlemen of Chorus

Bill Bate

Production Liaison

Veronica Ferguso

 


Ray Cole

Poster Design

David Copeland

 


Tony Evans

Photographs

Ron Daley

 


Alan Lobley

Orchestra


 


Greg Matthews

Strings

M. Southward

 


Bill McNeilly


B. Shade

 


Keith Thompson


S. Pratt

 


Ken White


L. Hodges

     


L. Whellan

     


B. Knoblock

     


H. Allfrey

     


R. Ramsay

     


J. West

     


H. Birrell

     


J. Reynolds

     


R. Shade

     


K. Watson

     

Woodwind

M. Webster

     


R. Kranz

     


A. Graham

     


J. Canty

     


A. Ada

     


J. Pratt

     

Horn

D. Webster

     

Bassoon

E. Hayward

     

Trumpets

B. Shepherd

     


J. Shepherd

     

Trombones

L. Coleman

     


F. Charles

     

Drums

F. Shepherd

     


L. Lambert