Gypsy Baron


Karingal High School : 1974

 

Breif Synopsis

The Gypsy Baron was based on the Johann Strauss operetta of the same name. Set in the early 19th century, the story concerns Sandor Barinkay (Adolf Wohlbreuck), the black-sheep son of a wealthy Hungarian family. Sandor returns home in the guise of a gypsy to reclaim his ancestral estate from an unscrupulous pig farmer (Fritz Kampers). He is also forced to choose between a marriage of convenience with haughty Arsena (Gina Falckenberg) and a more romantic union with gypsy girl Saffi (Hansi Knoteck). Leading man Adolf Wohlbreuck later changed his nom de screen to Anton Walbrook. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Production Team

 

Cast

Director

Robert Turner

 

Otto

Peter Stennett

Musical Director

Basil Gleeson

 

Miska

Grant Kennedy

Choreographer

Marie Morden

 

Pali

Peter Moon



 

Franzi

Hilary Moon

Production Co-ordinator

John McCormack

 

Vanya

Noelyne Godson



 

Arletta

Rosslyn Stokoe

Stage Manger

John Rekers

 

Kalman Zsupan

Bill McNeilly



 

Mirabella

Audrey Carruthers

Lighting Director

Peter L. Hart

 

Czipra

Isobel Taylor

Scenic Design and Artist

Pat Morton

 

Saffi

Beth Coops

Wardrobe Mistress

Lyn Fisher

 

Count Kareska

Stan Riley

Properties

Joan Hooke

 

Sandor Barinkay

Barry Woodford


Rhonda Horwood

 

Graf Peter Homonoy

Martyn Keely

Prompter

Joan Keeley

 

Female Chorus

Judith Breese

Ticket Secretary

Isabel Myring

 


Sharon chie

House Managers

Anne Parry

 


Wyn Crabtree


Tom Hooke

 


Anne Dare

Program

Peter Hart

 


Margaret Duff

Rehearsal Pianist

Celia Hallam

 


Bev Hann

Backstage

Tony Evans

 


Gail Hoggins


Veronica Ferguson

 


Kim Jarvis


John Langman

 


Linda Jarvis


Tony Macer

 


Jenny Jones


Ron Kitchen

 


Norma Macer


Denis Wiltshire

 


Pat Morton


Tom Hand

 


Sue McCormack

Lighting

Owen Marsh

 


Joan Nightingale


Ric Merrin

 


Betty Packham


Bruce Morton

 


Denise Patrick


Colin Tyrus

 


Joan Pearson

Wardrobe

Elizabeth Palmer

 


Julia Power

Suppers

Terry Owenden

 


Jean Riley


Gloria Hand

 


Betty Schlager


Libbie Kennedy

 


Barbara Spencer



 


Yvonne Shilston

Violin

Irene Boyce

 

Male Chorus

Rudolph Brink


John Conyers

 


Colin Coster


Emerald Rangott

 


Phil Davies


Doris Boyce

 


Don Jones


Myrtle Robertson

 


Dusty Lewis


Nellie Byrant

 


Clem Macer

Viola

Heather Birrell

 


Nigel Nettleship


Ted Gruenberger

 


John Ross

Cello

Lauren Kennedy

 


Bruce Shepherd


Caroline Doyle

 


Alex Young

Bass

Don More

 


Bob Crabtree

Flute

Roger Bruce

 


Bill Kennedy

Clarinet

Alan Tacon

 

Attendants

Robert Canning


Ian Clapperton

 


Tom Canning

Trumpet

Mal Torry

 

Ballet

Estelle Canning


Jeanette Shepherd

 


Jane Collins

Trombone

Done Hale

 


Shane Couper

Percussion

Michael Robinson

 


Margaret Haigh

Pianist

Celia Hallam

 


Christine Hoffman

 

 

 


Alison Morden

 

 

 


Sandra Olliver

 

 

 


Sian Rodda

 

 

 


Karen Stannett

 

 

 


Gwen Stokoe