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1959 – South Pacific

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Producer                                                    David Wainwright

Musical Director                                       Charles Comley

Chorus Master                                          Reginald Hipperson

Dancing Mistress                                      Barbara Wheeler

Stage Director                                           George Price

Performed at:  The Playhouse Theatre

RolePlayed by
Nellie ForbushVera Bennett
Emile de BecqueDeryck Johnstone
Bloody MaryKay Bevington
Luther BillisStanley Jones
StewpotClifford Winslow
ProfessorHarry Eatwell
Lt. CableMichael Chivers
Capt. BrackettHaydn Andrews
Commdr. HarbisonGeoffrey Brecknell
LiatValerie Despres
Lt. Buzz AdamsDavid Goodridge
Bob McCaffreyPeter Smith
NganaValerie Potter, Sheila Packer and Lynne Arnold
JeromeFrank Fricker, John Fry and Geoffrey Watts

Company – Hilda Bassett, Catherine Beattie, Celia Brown, Pearl Dixon, Beryl Done, Dulcie Dunne, Violet Field, Jill Fleetwood, Jean Guntrip, Beryl Goodridge, Mavis Gorse, Joan Hartless, Helen Hipperson, Enid Hogden, Enid Lane, Ethel Lever, Anita Miles, Patricia Ranford, Jean Sismey, Paulina Symonds, Jean Thorne, Phyllis Whitewood, Reginald Baker, Ronald Bevington, Ted Bebbington, Conrad Cockburn, William Gibbs, Graham Haines, Alec Hemmings, Alan Hutson, David Lilley, John Purdy, Sydney Sheldon, Frederick Stroud, Roy Tucker, Christopher Viveash 

Dancers – Jean Hancock, Betty Oldland, Everald Poole, Marguerite Simmons, Betty Symonds, Barbara Wheeler

South Pacific 1959 Programme