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SUMMER SONG - May 1976
After a tour conducting in America's concert halls Anton Dvorák is tired and drained of inspiration. Summer 1893 finds him in a remote Illinois lumber town populated largely by Bohemian immigrants - his native people - under the dominance of a hard-headed Irish woman known as Ma Flannagan.
Unrecognized, he takes a brief sabbatical, playing the piano in Flannagan's saloon. The township soon feels the benevolence of his kindly wisdom as he offers advice on the romances and problems of the townsfolk. Refreshed, his inspiration returns, and with it his most popular creation, the New World Symphony.
Book by Eric Maschwitz and Hy Kraft. Lyrics by Eric Maschwitz
Music by Bernard Grun, from themes of Anton Dvorák
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| Abe |
Jim Dyer |
| Milli |
Myra Jones |
| Blodek |
Christopher Grist |
| Karolka |
Eileen Walker |
| Uncle Marek |
Bill Coulstock |
| Ma Flannagan |
Josie Beckwith |
| Mr Gilmore |
Bob Cartwright |
| Shaun Flannagan |
Brian Zobel |
| Tomas Tomashek |
Len Packer |
| Anton Dvorak |
Geoff Gingell |
| Feeney |
Tony Willcocks |
| Joe Gianello |
David Salt |
| Jake |
John Freeth |
| Barstow |
Frank Jennings |
| Ladies of the Chorus |
Muriel Alford, Christine Dubber, June Evans, Marion Ellerton, Pam Elton, Wendy Freeth, Rosemary Forteath, Caren Hodges, Pam Hodson, Shirley Holland, June Jones, Myra Jones, Valerie Lindridge, Beth Moores, Jean Norris, Ann Peyton-Bruhl, Eve Redman, Barbara Smith, Betty Smith, Valerie Smith, Linda Spencer, Sandra Tucker, Barbara Thwaites, Joyce Upton, Midge Wallace, Queenie Walker, Dot Waters, Marie Willcocks |
| Dancers |
Sonia Atkinson, Jean Brown, Daphne Barnes, Brenda Crowder, Carole Gennings, Gillian Gingell, Julie Holland, Christine Jones, Ann McCarter, Karen Pratt, Linda Smither |
| Gentlemen of the Chorus |
Graham Bryant,Peter Blow, Bob Cartwright, John Dyde, Ron Dowling, John Freeth, John Goldring, Christopher Grist, Roy Holland, Dave Hanks, Cliff Jones, Frank Jennings, Frank March, Ed O'Keefe, Tony Peyton-Bruhl, Jerry Parkes, Len Packer, Norman Pincott, Guy Smithers, Tony Willcocks |
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| Producer & Choreographer |
Audrey Pring |
| Musical Director |
Brian Eastop |
| Official Accompanist |
Des Stone |
| Stage Manager |
Bob Helliar |
| Assistant Stage Manager |
Alan Prosser |
| Lighting |
Michael Page, Bill Goodchild |
| Stage Crew |
Bob Gutherson, Peter Efemey, Duncan McClellan, Mark Pole, Barry Kadleck |
| Wardrobe Mistress |
Joyce Slaughter |
| Wardrobe Assistants |
Betty Hogg, Joan Joiner, Pauline Joiner, Betty Richards, May Smith |
| Properties |
Audrey Blow, Janet Ross, Jill Walton, Pat Wallace, Jill Walton, Edna McRae |
| Publicity |
Christopher Grist |
| Ticket Control |
Eric Tompkinson, June Evans |
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