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SUMMER SONG - May 1968
After a tour conducting in America's concert halls Anton Dvorák is tired and drained of inspiration. Summer 1893 finds him in a remote Illinois lumber town populated largely by Bohemian immigrants - his native people - under the dominance of a hard-headed Irish woman known as Ma Flannagan.
Unrecognized, he takes a brief sabbatical, playing the piano in Flannagan's saloon. The township soon feels the benevolence of his kindly wisdom as he offers advice on the romances and problems of the townsfolk. Refreshed, his inspiration returns, and with it his most popular creation, the New World Symphony.
Book by Eric Maschwitz and Hy Kraft. Lyrics by Eric Maschwitz
Music by Bernard Grun, from themes of Anton Dvorák
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| Abe |
Allan Smith |
| Milli |
Josie Beckwith |
| Blodek |
John Felix |
| Karolka |
Marilyn Felix |
| Uncle Marek |
Peter Blow |
| Ma Flannagan |
Florence Griffin |
| Mr Gilmore |
Don Dean |
| Shaun Flannagan |
Don Dean |
| Tomas Tomashek |
Bill Coulstock |
| Anton Dvorak |
Trevor Chapman |
| Feeney |
Paul Catcheside |
| Joe Gianello |
Geoff Gingell |
| Jake |
Bill Renouf |
| Barstow |
Ron Catcheside |
| Dancers |
Sonia Atkinson, Jean Brown, Rosemary Brown, Christine Jarvis, Christine Jones, Marie Murray, Sheila Noyce, Hazel Rudd, Janet Smith, Ann Starbuck, Barbara Thwaites |
| Ladies of the Chorus |
Muriel Alford, Ann Blow, Audrey Blow, Myra Clark, Hilda Coulstock, Joyce Game, June Jones, Rosemary Press, Betty Richards, Betty Smith, Queenie Walker, Midge Wallace |
| Gentlemen of the Chorus |
Colin Blow, Chris Hogg, Dennis Jones, Francis Mitchell, Jerry Parkes, G Price, Tony Willcocks, Bob Wisdom |
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| Producer & Choreographer |
Audrey Pring |
| Musical Director |
Don Preskett |
| Wardrobe |
Kay Packer |
| Stage Director |
Ron Catcheside |
| Lighting |
Donald R Dean, Mike Gosselin |
| Scenic Artists |
Edward Nadal, Fred Hennen |
| Stage Crew |
Charles Blake, Edward Nadal, Bill Renouf, Ken Dukes, John Wright, Duncan McClellan |
| Properties |
Molly Hennen, Zoe Wright |
| Ticket Control |
Myra Clark |
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