PRODUCTION: Robinson Crusoe (Pantomime)
NO: OF ALL PANTO'S PERFORMED: 2nd (Previous) (Next)
NO: OF ALL ROBINSON CRUSOE SHOWS: 1st
PRODUCTION DATE: January 1967
DIRECTED BY: June Colledge
STAGED: The Park Centre, Burgess Hill
SYNOPSIS: Robinson Crusoe finds a treasure map in a bottle and sets off on his adventures. He is opposed by the evil old man of the sea, Davy Jones, and a wicked sea captain, Will Atkins. Shipwrecked on a desert island, Robinson is aided in his adventures by his brother Billy, his mother, Man Friday and Fairy Coral, who all help him outwit the tribe of cannibals and our hero returns home triumphant, to marry the girl of his dreams.
PLAYWRIGHT: Club members June Colledge with additional dialogue by John Mcdonnell & Alan Dann. It's likely that June had written this script based on her mothers (Marjorie Ristorie's) professional traditional pantomime.
DATES OF OTHER ROBINSON CRUSOE SHOWS: 1967 1975 1983 1992 2002

CAST

CREW


John McDonnell
Davy Jones
Peter Wyatt
Stage Manager

Betty Dann
Fairy Coral
Anthony White
Set Designer

Nancy Forsdike
Captain
Marjorie Liechti & Leigh Towell
Properties

Jim Towell
Bosun
Elizabeth Batten
Wardrobe

Alan Dann
Mate
Barbara Chamberlain
Prompt

Norma Somerville
Mrs. Crusoe
Bernard Clayman
Business Manager

Jo White
Polly Perkins
Sonia Murgatroyd
Publicity

Anthony White
Billy Crusoe
John McDonnell
Box Office

June Colledge
Robinson Crusoe
John Stallwood
Front Of House

Leon Figg
Will Atkins



Leigh Towell
King Neptune



Anthony Hole
Cannibal King



Elizabeth Batten
Wich Doctor



Rodney Nash
Man Friday



BHTC CHORUS
Sailors, Girls, Pirates & Cannibals, Etc: Carol Ferridge, Ron Forsdike, Enid Kemp, Yvonne Lewis, Marjorie Liechti, Sonia Murgatroyd, Joan O'Meara, Pat Robinson, Iris Russell, Roy Schofield, Sheila Tapner, Jenny Taylor, Jane Towell, Chris Venamore, Ian Whithorn & Ann Woodgate

DRUSILLA DUFFILL DANCERS
Juniors: Patricia Carroll, Janette Charman, Suzi Allan (Nee Colledge), Pauline Cotterill, Susan Dixon, Andonietta Massey, Gillian O'Meara, Jacqueline Shury & Geraldine Smith
Seniors: Wendy Blunden, Gina Paul (Nee Colledge), Susan Cook, Lindsay Dann, Mary Gunston, Jane Jefferies, Kristine Mansbridge, Sandra Martinz & Leslie Roads

ACCOMPANIMENT
Piano: Kathleen Turner Drums: Bernard Clayman

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Scenes & Crew

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PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS

Nancy Forsdike, Jo White, Norma Somerville, Anthony White, June Colledge & Anthony Hole

Jo White, June Colledge, Leon Figg & Norma Somerville

Nancy Forsdike with Chorus

Nancy Forsdike

Nancy Forsdike with Chorus

Nancy Forsike & Chorus with Drusillas Seniors

Joan O'Meara, Jim Towell, Anthony White & Alan Dann

Norma Somerville

Jim Towell, Alan Dann, Anthony White, Norma Somerville & Leon Figg (Monkey Unknown)

Drusillas Juniors (Juvenilles)

Leon Figg, Jo White, June Colledge, Rodney Nash, Nancy Forsdike, Norma Somerville, Anthony White & Alan Dann

Chorus Men - Walkdown

Walkdown - Unknown
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