The Middletown High
School Drama Club
The Admirable Crichton
by James M. Barrie
performed Fall 1967 (?)
Directed by Mrs. Linda Dewing
Student Director: Richard McCarthy
| The Cast |
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| Mr. Crichton | Joe Miniclier |
| The Hon. Ernest Wooley | Clark Westneat |
| Lady Agatha Lasenby | Toni DeMarco |
| Lady Catherine Lasenby | Diane Austin |
| Lady Mary Lasenby | Sue Goldman |
| The Rev. John Treherne | Jay Benson |
| Lord George Brocklehurst ("Brocky") | John Peterson |
| The Earl of Loam | James Murphy |
| Mrs. Perkins | Paula White |
| Monsieur Fleury | Alex Marikian |
| Rolleston | [William] Monte Neves |
| Tompsett [the Coachman] | Jeff Chaplin |
| Miss Fisher | Karen Krueger |
| Miss Simmons | Anne Sokol |
| Mlle. Jeanne | Trish Smith |
| Thomas | Paul Reis |
| John | Mike Santos |
| Jane [the Kitchen Maid] | Kathy Creany |
| Gladys | Ann Taylor |
| Eliza "Tweeny" | Lorna Hussey |
| Stable Boy | Warren Blakely |
| Kitchen Wench | Linda Zagaglia |
| Page Boy | Mike Sullivan |
| Naval Officer | Monte Neves |
| British Naval Captain | James Murphy |
| The Countess of Brocklehurst | Shelly Jackerson |
| The Crew |
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| Director | Mrs. Linda Dewing |
| Student Director | Richard McCarthy |
| Stage Manager | Thomas Needham |
[Stage Crew]
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Penny Benson, Paul Reis, Jim Braman, Linda Silvia, David Harlow, Virginia Sullivan, Jo Marie Hershey, Kit Turano, Sharon Kenny [Kennedy?], Nancy White, Mike Milner [also Susan Desjardins, Susan Duckett, Kara Lee Silvia?] |
| Set Design | Jo Hershey & Holly Glaser |
| [Set Construction] | Cindi Borges, Dennis O'Neill, Jim Braman, Paul Reis,
Toni DeMarco, Virginia Sullivan, Sharon Kenny, Linda Silvia, Betsy McClintock,
Kit Turano, Mike Milner, Nancy White, Tom Needham |
| Props & Set Furnishings | David Harlow |
| [with] | Penny Benson, Robert Schuster, Kathy Price, Manuel P. Silvia |
| Lighting | Dennis O'Neill & Paul Reis |
| Costumes | Betsy Silvia |
| [with] | Kathy Creany, Kathy Kirkpatrick, Betty Devine, Virginia
Sullivan, Karen Kruger, Paula White, Linda Zagaglia |
| Make-Up | Lois Abromitis |
| [with] | Betty Devine, Pam Rice, Debbie Duckett, Diane Kundrat,
Lorna Hussey, Phyllis Mellekas, Linda Kraus, Linda Zagaglia |
| Tickets and House | Paula White and Batty Sharpton |
| [with] |
Alice Blaney, Connie Heilig, Lenore Cordeiro, Karen
Silvia, Debbie Duckett, Anne Sokol, Susan Goldman |
| Programs and Publicity | Debbie Duckett |
| [with] | Holly Glaser, Susam Goldman, Joe Miniclier |
The Synopsis |
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| "James Barrie's "fantasy in four acts" takes
place just after the turn of the century. The haughty, aristocratic English
family whose head, Henry, Earl of Loam, has ideas about the qualities
of all men, take a vacation cruise on his provate yacht and are shipwrecked
on an island in mid-ocean. The play shows the family reverting to a state
of Nature, where the best man is no longer the most aristocratic, and
their former butler proves a natural leader.
Barrie is commenting on the rigidity of the mores of the times, for upon the re-turn to England, the household settles itself (but not without difficulty) into the patterns developed by society." [from the program] |
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The Pictures |
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| Standing (L-R): ?, ?, ?, Paul Ries, Jay Benson,
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| ?, ?, ?, James Murphy, ? |
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| Betty Devine |
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Diane Austin, Jay Benson, Sue Goldman, Jim Murphy,
Toni DiMarco, Clark Westneat, Joe Menichlier (sp) |
Lorna Hussey, Clark Westneat |
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Toni DiMarco, Clark Westneat, Diane Austin, Jim Murphy,
Sue Goldman |
Lorna Hussey, Clark Westneat |
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Joe Miniclier, Clark Westneat, Sue Goldman |
Jay Benson, Clark Westneat, Lorna Hussey |
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| Lorna Hussey, Jay Benson, Clark Westneat, Jim Murphy, Sue Goldman, Toni
DiMarco, Diane Austin, Joe Miniclier |
Mike Santos, Karen Krueger, Clark Westneat, Alex Merikian, William Neves,
Paul Ries, Kathy Creany, Ann Sokol, Jay Benson, Lorna Hussey, Sue Goldman's
dress |
| Thank You to Clark Westneat for sending me some great pictures and a copy of the program! | |