MOTHER GOOSE
MOTHER GOOSE
Directed by: June Colledge
Production Date: January 1987
Playwright: June Colledge
Genre: Pantomine
Group: BHTC
Staged: The Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill
Anthony White
Rick Peckham
Sarah-Jane Blaber
Julia Clark
Leon Figg
Pearl White
Jackie Lander
David Downer
Norma Somerville
Jim Wilson
Jane Josephs
Sue Lea / Carol Brewer-Welsby
Graham Knight
Peter Case
Barbara Chamberlain
June Colledge
Michael Wright
Cast
Mother Goose
Johnny
Jill
Colin
Mayor
Priscilla The Goose
Fairy
King Goose
Queen Goose
Montezuma
Tula
Zola
Bert
Fred
Policewoman Tatt
Gretchen
Simon
Crew
Terry Thompsett
Geoff Twyman
Peter Coveney
Richard Griffin, Sue Wilson, John Hurst, Mary Jupp, Christopher Page, Margaret Coveney & Joy Harwood
Pamela Jefferies
Pamela Jefferies, Audrey Lewry
& Elizabeth Batten
Barbara Kinsey, Christine Twyman &
Valerie Thompsett
Jan Case
Barbara Chamberlain
Rosalind Wood
Stage Manager
Set Design
Technical Manager
Technical Team
Wardrobe Coordinator
Wardrobe Team
Properties Team
Prompt
Box Office
Front Of House
Programme & Press Cuttings
BHTC CHORUS
People of Ganderville, Ladies At The Magic Pool, Aztecs, Slaves and Children:
Hannah Batten, Nikki Bradford, Steven Bradford, Helen Browning, Angela Carter, Jenny Carter, Jamie Clark, Andrea Cooper, Jenny Cooper, Claire Foulser,
Jonathan Fox, Vikki Jospephs, Selena King, Daniel Knight, Audrey Lewry, Christine Lewry, Stephen Lewry, Andrea Puttick, Helen Smith,
Louise Thompsett, Mary Thompsett, Paul Whittington & Nicola Wood
DRUSILLAS DANCERS
Choreography by: Drusilla Duffill
Junior Dancers:
Karen Simpson, Michelle Coventry, Julia McLean & Joanne Medhurst
Senior Dancers:
Rachel Rimmer, Emma Burrows, Rebecca Sharpless, Elizabeth West, Eleanor Packham, Jane Haworth, Charlotte Tayler, Rachel Dingle,
Victoria Dugdale, Polly Dugdale, Sarah Davis & Abigail Brown
ACCOMPANIMENT
Piano: Rita Hollebon
Drums: Derek Guildford
Synopsis:
This traditional family pantomime tells the story of poor Mother Goose who is befriended by Priscilla, the goose that lays golden eggs. Although suddenly rich, she finds that wealth cannot buy her beauty and in desperation, she finally swops Priscilla for the promise of youth and beauty, as offered by the evil Montezuma (King of the Aztecs). However, she soon realises that beauty is not everything and that she must get Priscilla back. After a visit to King & Queen Gander in Gooseland, Priscilla agrees to return and they all live happily ever after.
The tale is actually about Mother Goose herself and therefore it traditionally creates the biggest part for a Dame in any pantomime.
BHTC NOTES: Although pictured in the following photos from rehearsals, Carol Brewer-Welsby apparently could not appear as Zola, so club member Sue Lee stepped in at the last minute to play the part. Strangely Sue also carried out exactly the same last minute cover the last time Mother Goose was produced in 1977.
Pantomime Production Number: 22
BHTC Production Number: 138