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1964 – Showboat

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Producer                                                    Pat Donovan

Musical Director                                        Charles Comley

Chorus Mistress                                        Vera Bennett

Dancing Mistress                                      Barbara Wheeler

Stage Director                                           John Hurley

Performed at:  The Playhouse Theatre

RolePlayed by
WindyHarry Eatwell
Steve Deryck Johnstone
Pete & 3rd BarkerAlex Worster
QueenieJoan Hartless
Parthy Ann HawkesViolet Field
Cap’n AndyDennis Reynolds
EllieBeryl Jones
FrankHadyn Andrews
Rubber-FaceGeorge Wheeler
Julie Dulcie Dunne
Gaylord Ravenal Michael Chivers
VallonGraham Haines
MagnoliaVera Bennett
Joe Ted Packer
Faro Dealer & JebPeter Smith 
Gambler & CharlieAlan Hogden
Lounger & Old SportRaymond Dance
BackwoodsmanFrederick Stroud
1st Barker & MaxStanley Jones
2nd BarkerGeorge Wheeler
LandladyJoyce Mooney
JakeGordon Bizley
LottieCarol Rawlins
KimMonica Collins

Company – Hilda Bassett, Patricia Daniels, Beryl Gooodridge, Jean Guntrip, Enid Hogden, Christine Long, Betty Oldland, Elizabeth Plumb, Everald Poole, Jean Sismey, Phyllis Whitewood, Brenda Wozencroft, Daphne Barlow, Angela Bedford, Jean Chivers, Jill Early, Jill Fleetwood, Jean Glover, Marlene Hannant, Patricia Ranford, Sheila Snook, Margaret Weightman, Reginald Baker, Harry Eatwell, Ken Head, Leslie Heal, Michael Heard, Winston Menham, Frederick Moss, Johnny Purdy, Clifford Winslow, Richard Winter, Barrie Cooper, Neil Smith, John Pullin, Ronald Williams 

Dancers – Roslind Amor, Patricia Bennett, Valerie Despres, Joan Gough, Sheila Hazell, Beryl Hurley, Betty Symonds, Barbara Wheeler

Showboat Programme