THE MOUNT PLAYERS
THEATRE COMPANY
PAST PRODUCTIONS
1972-1982
Note: If anyone has any further details of productions during these years, or better still, the programs or flyers for those that are missing, please contact Karlana: themountplayers@icloud.com.
December 1982
Alice in Wonderland
(Pantomime by kids for kids)
Director: Janet Slattery
Musical Director: Christine Milne
Nov - Dec 1982
Salad Days
Music by Julian Slade
Lyrics by Julian Slade & Dorothy Reynolds
Directors: Margaret Pierce & Jan Mill
Production: Margaret Woods
November 1982
Double Bill
Beyond the Point
(Written and directed by Alan Maxwell)
The Unfortunate Death of Colin Humphries
(Written and directed by Ross Oliver)
1982
The Wizard
(Pantomime by The Daytime Players)
Director: Janet Slattery
1982
Move Over Mrs Markham
Director: Lyn Beasley
and Jan Mill
December 1981
Cabaret
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Director: Carol Grose
Producer: Richard Whiteley
1981
Between the Soup and the Savory
(One-Act Play)
Director: Harold Hughs
July 1981
Arsenic and Old Lace
by Joseph Kesselring
Director: Margaret Pierce
Production: Margaret Woods
May 1981
Time and Space
(Pantomime by The Daytime Players)
Director: Janet Slattery
May 1981
Barefoot in the Park
by
Joseph Kesselring
Director: Jan Mill
December 1980
The Emperor's New Clothes
(Pantomime by The Daytime Players)
Director: Janet Slattery
Nov - Dec 1980
My Fair Lady
by
Book & Lyrics by Alan Jay
Music by Frederick Loewe
(adapted from Bernard Shaw's 'Pygmalion')
Director: Carol Grose
Production: David Reeves
December1980
Ned Kelly Centenary Show
(Melodrama on tour)
September 1980
Billy Liar
Director: Michael Mace
May-June 1980
Three One-Act Plays
- White Liars
Director: Terry Wilson
- As You Like It
Director: David Reeves
- After Magritte
Director: Richard Whiteley
March 1980
Alladin
(Pantomime by The Daytime Players)
Director: Janet Slattery
March 1980
Rattle of a Simple Man
Director: Loris Blake
Nov-Dec 1979
Oh What a Lovely War
by Helen O'Connor & Simon Hopkinson
Director: Margaret Pierce
Production: Wendy Blake
September 1979
Bell, Book and Candle
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Director: Loris Blake
September1979
Ride a Tiger
One-Act Play entered in
both the Kyneton Festival and the Ballarat South Street Competition.
August 1979
Mother Goose
(Pantomime)
Director: Janet Slattery
July1979
Driven to Murder
Director: Frank Booth
Stage Manager: Ian Jeans
April 1979
Eat Your Heart Out by Alan Parker
Director:
September 1978
Mixed Doubles
(A series of 8 two-handed short plays staged at the Kyneton Arts Festival)
April 1978
Who Says Murder?
Director: Patti Whiteley; Producer: David Reeves
Stage Manager: Margaret Pierce; Technical Director: Kerry Birchell
December 1977
Cinderella
a pantomime by K.O. Samuel
Director: Jenny Shaw
Nov-Dec 1979
Oh What a Lovely War
by Helen O'Connor & Simon Hopkinson
Director: Margaret Pierce
Production: Wendy Blake
Dec 1977
Cinderella
a pantomime by K.O. Samuel
Director: Jenny Shaw
June 1977
OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE ORIGINAL MOUNT VIEW THEATRE
Two plays were performed, both directed by Nevil Thurgood
The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women
by Alan Hopgood
Don't Utter a Note
by Philip King & John Boland
1976
Further Furtive Fortunes of Fickle Fate
by Neville Thurgood
Director: Neville Thurgood
September 1976
2 One Act Plays
- No Man's Land
- Autolycus Regained
Entered in the Kineton One-Act Play Festival
December 1976
Much Ado About Nonsense
Music Hall/Melodrama, toured to Ballarat, Romsey and Broadmeadows
Director: Nevil Thurgood
June 1976
The Fly By Twilight
Director: Nevil Thurgood
July 1974
Mystery at Greenfingers
Director: Nevil Thurgood
August 1975
3 One Act Plays
- Threat of Scarlet
- Room in the Tower
- Witches
1975
Furtive Fortunes of Fickle Fate
by Neville Thurgood
Director: Neville Thurgood
May 1974
3 One Act Plays
- Needle and Pins
- Wolves
- The Dear Departed
October 1974
Pitfall
One-Act Play
Directed by Nevil Thurgood
1973
Queer Street
One-Act Play
performed at Bendigo OAP Competition
Directed by Nevil Thurgood
1973
Three One-Act Plays
- The Man in the Bowler Hat
- The Crypt
- The Witching Hour
Directed by Nevil Thurgood
Dec 1972
One Wedding, Two Brides
One-Act Play
performed at Kyneton One-Act Play Festival.
Directed by Nevil Thurgood