10th May 1988 to 14th May 1988

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A story of war, two romances, one of which reaches a happy conclusion (after a realising her true feelings) and one which is ended by the tragedy of war, all played by a mixture of Marines, nurses, sailors, a middle aged Frenchman, islanders and a lovely Tonkinese girl.

Ngana

Mita Bhattacharjee, Lisa Charran

Jerome

Taariq Manthoor, Alex Moses

Henry

Dick Marshall-Hardy

Ensign Nellie Forbrush

Clare Basinger

Emile De Becque

Roy Craske

Bloody Mary

Betty Rose

Stewpot

Jim Burgess

Luther Billis

Barry Sawyer

Professor

David Berridge

Lt. Joseph Cable USMC

Rory Byrne

Capt. George Brackett USN

Frank Powis

Cmdr. William Harbison USN

Alan Corlett

Yeoman Herbert Quayle

Tom Thomson

Seaman Tom O'Brien

Lewis Hicks

Marine Corporal Steeves

Michael Chapman

Radio Operator Bob McCaffrey

David Fletcher

Sgt. K. Johnson

John Taylor

Lt. Genevieve Marshall

Eve Davies

Ensign Lisa Minelli

Debby Weeks

Ensign Pamela Whitmore

Jane Ryan

Liat

Xanthe Alexandra

Lt. Buzz Adams

Tim Richardson

Islanders, nurses, sailors, marines

Andrea Baron, Sarah Burbridge, Jane Byrne, John Carrington, Hilary Chapman, Vic Dutton, Patrick Dyer, Janet Eaton, Len Evans, Jane Farrar, David Fletcher, Jane Forster, Elizabeth Galley, Charlotte Gorton, Jenny Harmer, Arthur Harris, Gill Knifton, Katie Lewis, Noreen Martin, David Mills, Jim Parkinson, Rosie Piggott, Fiona Shuttleworth, Vivienne Simpson, Charles Stephens, Beth Walker, Marilyn Warminger, Tracey Whalley

Producer

Margaret Johnstone

Musical director

Stuart Harding

Stage manager

Kenneth Warminger

Assistant stage manager

Liz Hornby

Lighting

Julian Duggan, Mike Bean

Stage crew

Alan Baker, John Briggs, John Gilmore, Mark Hornby, Peter Hughes, Chris Male, Dave Mead, Mark Pearson, Laurie Rackham

Scenery

Stage Sets

Wardrobe

Mary Myers, Margaret Baker, Janet Biggs, Barbara Bostock, Helen Davies, Yioda Panayiotou, Audrey Taylor

Costumes supplied by

Theatrical Costume House

Properties

Dorothy Whittuck, Lesley Addington, Alma Bond, Elaine Hughes, Janice Sutton

Make-up

Pat Carne

Wigs

Warren Landsfield

Production secretary

Marilyn Warminger

Business manager

Frank Powis

Rehearsal accompanist

Neil Buick

Prompt

Eileen Coates, Lesley Duggan

Publicity co-ordinator

Sarah Burbridge

Transport manager

Mike Chapman

Violins

Geoffrey Barker, Ann Askew, Gareth Covey-Crump, Judy Taylor, Jenny Wigram, Sue Dunn, Colin Mold

Viola

Tony Wigram, Sheila Moreby

Celli

Rosemary Leak, Bernice De Smet

Double bass

David Milstead

Woodwind

Tony Askew, Stephan Greengrass, Jenny Barker, Angela Crisp, Neil Buick

Trumpet

Graham Weekes, Richard Keeble

Trombone

Richard Tuberville, David Rogers

Horns

Uwe Radok, Lynda Martin

Harp

Claire Martin

Percussion

David Moreby

 

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