MOTHER GOOSE
MOTHER GOOSE
Directed by: June Colledge
Production Date: January 1977
Playwright: June Colledge
Genre: Pantomine
Group: BHTC
Staged: The Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill
Anthony White
Leon Figg
Frank Oakley
Karen Munns
Tania Muir
Anita Pugh
Jim Wilson
Susan Lea
Kevin Gray
Yeshie Lewandowski
June Colledge
Norma Somerville
Peter Palmer
Cathy Surridge
Ken Brown & Gary Smith
Peter Palmer
Doreen Oakley
Cast
Mother Goose
Johnnie
Mayor
Colin
Jill
Fairy
Montezuma
Tula
Bert
Fred
Teacher
Queen Of Gooseland
King Of Gooseland
Priscilla The Goose
Policemen
Spook
Spirit of the Pool
Crew
Peter Jackson
Margaret Coveney
Doreen Oakley & Jo White
Peter Jackson & Anthony White
Pauline Rhead & Brian Rhead
Peter Coveney, Trevor Wilson, Christopher Page,
Martin Lea & Ian Galligar
Barbara Chamberlain
Nancy Forsdike & Jan Case
Jane Towell
Stage Manager
Asst. Stage Manager
Wardrobe
Set Designers
Properties
Lighting & Effects
Prompt
Priscillas Costume
Box Office
Programme & Press Cuttings
BHTC CHORUS
Chorus of Villagers, Aztecs, Snowmen, Courtiers & Spooks:
Stella Adams, Debbie Beasley, Helen Beasley, Alison Cooper, Anne Fairall, Jill Hollingdale, Simon Lea, Emily Lennox, Karina Muir, Melanie Murfin, Julie Selby, Jacqueline Somerville, Sue Wilson &
Michael Lennox
DRUSILLAS DANCERS
CHOREOGRAPHER:
Drusilla Duffill
DANCERS:
Carolynne Corbett, Sarah Dyall, Wendi Cooke, Madeleine Axtell, Kerri Murphy, Debra Morey,
Karen Hole, Claire O'Meara, Tracey Edgerton, Gillian Case, Lisa Early, Karen Bowerman,
Mary-Ann Burgess, Julia Browning, Deborah Pratt & Shirin Sethna
ACCOMPANIMENT
Piano: Alan Barker
Drums: Peter Case
Synopsis:
The story of poor Mother Goose , who is befriended by Priscilla, the goose that lays golden eggs. Although suddenly rich, she finds that wealth cannot buy her beauty and in desperation, she finally swops Priscilla for the promise of youth and beauty, as offered by the evil Montezuma, King of the Aztecs. However, she soon realises that beauty is not everything and that she must get Priscilla back and after a visit to King & Queen Gander in Gooseland, Priscilla agrees to return and they all live happily ever after.
BHTC NOTES: At the last minute Christine Batsford could not appear as Tula, so club member Sue Lee played the part.
Strangely enough, Sue also carried out exactly
the same last minute cover, for the same part,
the next time Mother Goose was produced
by the club 10 years later, in 1987
PLAYWRIGHT:
This script was adapted by June Colledge from her
mother's (Marjorie Ristorie) professional script,
for the benefit of BHTC.
Pantomime Production Number: 12
BHTC Production Number: 93
