ALADDIN
ALADDIN
Directed by: June Colledge
Production Date: January 1970
Playwright: John Crocker (professional version)
Genre: Pantomine
Group: BHTC
Staged: The Park Centre, Burgess Hill
Synopsis:
Aladdin and his mother (the famed Widow Twankey), who run the chinese laundry in old Peking are visited by the evil Abanazar pretending to be a long lost uncle.
He convinces Aladdin to help him in return for untold riches but then tricked and then sealed in a deep cave, Aladdin finds an old oil lamp and on rubbing it, the genie of the lamp appears, allowing Aladdin to wish for escape. Then with the aid of his family, friends and of course the genie, Aladdin defeats Abanazar and marries the beautiful princess.
BHTC NOTES: At this stage in its history, the club still needed to pay the performing rights for some pantomime productions.
Pantomime Production Number: 5
BHTC Production Number: 60
Dick Doyle
Neil Batsford
Alan Dann
Mike Harris
Nancy Forsdike
Marion Laughton
Leon Figg
June Colledge
Rodney Nash
Joan O'Meara & Sheila Tapner
Doreen Oakley, Joan Collins,
Joan O'Meara & Mary Coleman
Frank Oakley
Cast
Ping
Pong
Wishie Washie
Emperor of China
Widow Twankey
Princess Baldroubadour
Abanazer
Slave of the Ring
Slave of the lamp
A Camel
Diamond
The Jewels
Slave in the Harem
Crew
Richard Tapner
Patrick O'Meara
Graham Sharples
Barbara Chamberlain
Sheila Tapner & Joan O'Meara
Norma Somerville
Alan Webb Terry Carr
Peter McDonald & Rennie Ormand
Jean Poulson
Alan Dann
Mike Cannon, Max Aldridge & Ken Somerville
Ena Barron
Nancy Forsdike
John Poulson
Neil Batsford
Neil & Christine Batsford
Stage Director
Assistant Stage Manager
Lighting & Sounds
Prompt
Properties
Call Boy
Lighting
Operators
Wardrobe
Set Designer
Stage Crew
Hair Styles
Costumes & Panda Design
Front of House
Publicity
Box Office
BHTC CHORUS
Senior Chorus:
Enid Kemp, Mary Coleman, Ena Barron, Sonia Clayman, Joan Collins, Joy Pendry, Diane Martin, Joy Harwood, Anne Fairall, Audrey Wilshaw, Sheila Newell,
Pam Jefferies, Doreen Tessier & Doreen Oakley
Childrens Chorus:
Sharon Oakley, Carol Oakley, Susan Newell, Anne Kemp & Sarah Jefferies
DRUSILLAS DANCERS
Choreography by: Drusilla Duffill
Seniors:
Gina Paul (Nee Colledge), Suzi Allan (Nee Colledge), Gillian O'Meara, Penelope Thwaites, Jacqueline Shury, Geraldine Smith, Janette Charman, Nicola Smith, Marion Cook, Daryl Pinner, Linda Barnard, Hilary Beuzeval, Ruth Grant, Lynn O'Meara, Barbara Hudson, Hilary Waner & Susan Godbold
ACCOMPANIMENT
Piano: Alan Barker
Drums: Bernard Clayman
Additional Music & Lyrics Alan Dann
Programme
Press Cuttings & Photos
