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19th April 1983 23rd April 1983 |
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The Show | Dramatis personæ | The Production Team | The Orchestra |
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A story of love, miscegenation (interracial marriage - a serious crime in Mississippi in the late 1880s), happy reunions, success, played by comedians, steam boat captains, and set in a Mississippi of the 1880's and Chicago in 1904 and 1927. |
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Windy |
Philip Gilmore |
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Steve |
Julian Desborough |
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Pete |
Mike Chapman |
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Queenie |
Mary Skillman |
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Parthy Anne Hawks |
Mary Myers |
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Captain Andy |
Don Scott |
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Ellie |
Andrea Baron |
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| Frank |
Graham Ryan |
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Rubber Face |
Peter Norris |
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Julie |
Josephine Jenkin |
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Gaylord Ravenal |
John Davies |
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| Vallon |
Barry Sawyer |
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| Magnolia |
Hilary Crouch |
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| Joe |
Michael James |
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| Backwoodsman |
Jim Burgess |
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| Jeb |
Robert Houghton |
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| Landlady |
Evelyn Whinney |
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| Kim |
Alison Mills |
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| Jake, a piano player |
Peter Jenkin |
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| Max |
David Berridge |
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| Lottie |
Jeanne Cavill |
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| Ethel |
Jean Wingfield |
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| Barkers, at World's Fair |
John Taylor, Jim Parkinson, William Bowen |
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| Chorus |
Diana Catt, Jeanne Cavill, Hilary Chapman, Eileen Coates, Susanna Cookson, Jane Craske, Eve Davies, Helen Davies, Jean Day, Janet Eaton, Elizabeth Galley, Veronica Gant, Audrey Gordon, Elisabeth Gorton, Valerie Houghton, Kathryn Jenkin, Pam Kell, Noreen Martin, Alison Mills, Helen Parrott, Roma Prior, Jenny Peet, Elaine Piesse, Janet Scott, Vivienne Simpson, Monica Squire, Beth Walker, Marilyn Warminger, Joanne Westrop, Jean Wingfield William Bowen, Mike Chapman, Roy Craske, Julian Desborough, Vic Dutton, Patrick Dyer, Keith Eaton, Len Evans, Ray Gould, Arthur Harris, Paul Leggatt, Dick Marshall-Hardy, Alan Massey, David Mills, Peter Norris, Jim Parkinson, David Parry, Barry Sawyer, Geoff Smith, John Taylor, Robert Turnbull, Rod Westrop, Bill Whittuck |
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| Dancers |
Diana Catt, Susanna Cookson, Eve Davies, Jean Day, Elizabeth Galley, Elisabeth Gorton |
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| Producer |
Val Fardell |
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Musical director |
Derrick Phoenix |
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| Stage co-ordinator |
Ken Warminger |
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Stage manager |
Alan Baker |
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Assistant stage manager |
Elizabeth Whinney |
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Lighting |
Julian Duggan |
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Stage crew |
John Briggs, Clive McFarland, Chares Houghton, Don James, Cathy Radcliffe, Malcolm Baker, Peter Hughes, Nicholas Duggan, John Whinney, Steve Taylor |
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Scenery |
Stage Productions |
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Wardrobe |
Mary Myers, Margaret Baker, Barbara Bostock, Audrey Taylor, Melanie Taylor, Diane Poole, Pauline Kensett |
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Costumes supplied by |
Theatrical Costume House (Westcliff-on-Sea) Limited |
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| Wigs |
Warren Landsfield (Hampstead), Bushey Operatic Society |
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Properties |
Lesley Duggan, Elaine Baker, Nikki Sawyer, Gerry Scarborough |
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Make-up |
Anne Butterworth, Pat Carne, Valerie Smith |
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Production secretary |
Hilary Chapman |
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Business manager |
Len Evans |
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Rehearsal accompanist |
David Cookson, Sylvia Guy, Adrian Jolliffe |
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Prompts |
Jo Taylor, Julie Ryan |
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| Ticket secretary |
Helen Davies |
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| Front of House |
Tony Gordon |
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| Box office |
Stan Owen |
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| Photographer |
Stanley Cohen |
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| Programmes & stewards |
Jeannie Owen |
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Publicity |
Geoffrey Bostock |
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| Transport manager |
Mike Chapman |
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| Flowers |
Aylett Nurseries Limited |
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Champagne |
Möet & Chandon |
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Violins |
George French, Fiona Jones, Peter Boyle, Joyce Hayes, Jenny Wigram, Gwen Johnston, Judy Taylor, Frances Rotchell, Barbara Malpass |
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Viola |
Tony Wigram, John Fryer |
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Celli |
Rosemary Leak, Mike Gary |
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Double bass |
Wray Nunn |
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Woodwind |
Ben Pateman, Claire Jervis, Robin Cooke, Marion Crouch, Claire Richardson |
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Trumpet |
Graham Weekes, Mike Cannon |
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Trombone |
Michael Savage |
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Horns |
Uwe Radok |
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Guitar |
Timothy Seld |
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Percussion |
Noel Mann |
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