Townsville Theatrical Society performed “Come Blow Your Horn’ at their Theatrette, Garbutt Methodist Centre, on 24 – 26 Mar, and 1 April, 1966, but then also performed the play at the Theatre Royal on 2nd April.
| Townsville Theatrical Society “Come Blow Your Horn’, Theatrette, Garbutt Methodist Centre. 24 – 26 Mar, 1 & 2 April, 1966 Cast A COMEDY by NEIL SIMON PRODUCED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH SAMUEL FRENCH, INC., by TERRY CLARK CAST Alan …………………………………………MERVYN SMITH Peggy Evans…………………………LYNN MYERS Buddy…………………………………………VINCE DUNCAN Mr. Baker………………………………CHARLIE JONES Connie Dayton.............................WENDY CLARK Mrs. Baker...................................JENEPHER DEBENHAM A Visitor .....................................SUE NYMAN TIME: The present. PI ACE: Alan's bachelor apartment in the East 60's, New York City. ACT I: Six o'clock in the evening, early fall. ACT II: Immediately after. ACT III: Late afternoon. Three weeks later. PRODUCTION STAFF. Stage Manager……………….. A.W.DAWSON Set Design………………A.W.DAWSON Set Construction………………Members of the Society Property Mistress………………Carol Matheson assisted by Joan Cooke, Joy Irvine Décor…………………………..Joy Irvine, & Sue Nyman Prompt…………………………Alan Connell Make-Up………………………Elizabeth Duncan Front of House………………...Brenda Kimberley, Len Embury Assisted by Members of "Green Room". Publicity………………………..Len Embury Box Office Theatre Royal……..Dell Nott PRODUCTION CREDITS. Premier Blinds (N.Q.) Pty. Ltd. R.J.W.Forbes (N.Q.) Pty. Ltd. Graham Golding, 4AY, 4TO, A.B.C. David Jones, Garbutt Methodist Womens' Guild, and all who have helped in anyway in this production. OUR GRATEFUL THANKS. PRODUCER'S NOTE : ''COME BLOW YOUR HORN" is a sophisticated comedy which recently took Australian audiences by storm, when played in the Southern Capitals. It was subsequently filmed by Paramount Studios starring Frank Sinatra, Lee J. Cobb, Molly Picon, Barbara Rush, Jill St. John and Tony Bill, and is still recognised as the best dressed film, set in the fanciest penthouse, to come from the film capital for several years. However, the Townsville Theatrical Society's product¬ion relies on the original play script, the playing rights of which we have ac¬quired in our endeavour to present to our patrons, the very latest in 'up to the minute' entertainment. The story stresses with delightful humour, the contrast between yester-year standard and the beliefs of a new modern generation, growing up amid the hustle and bustle of a big city. In the end it proves that basic decencies are just as legitimate today as they were in our forefathers' time and place and that bachelors, all over the world, will keep running - and Blowing their horns - until they run into the arms of the girls they thought they left behind. I hope you enjoy the antics of "Townsville's Funniest Family" and recommend this show to your friends. To cater for our city patrons, ONE performance will be staged at the air-con¬ditioned Theatre Royal, on Saturday, 2nd April. Bookings may be made at David Jones in their "New Wool Shop" on the ground floor. TERRY CLARK Why not become a member of the TOWNSVILLE THEATRICAL SOCTETV the oldest established company ? Simply by contacting our Hon. Secretary, C.Jones, Box 876, P. O. Townsville, or phone 9-3131, you will be entitled to participate in all activities, of our "Green Room", which meets every Tues¬day in our Theatrette, Methodist Centre, Garbutt. Experience can be gained in acting or producing by working on 1-Act plays which are presented to an in¬vited audience at our frequent 'Theat. Supper' Evenings. The next 'Theat Supper' will be held on Tuesday, 5th April, and a very interesting Futuristic Drama 'Mother Ginerva', will be staged, with popular member, Muriel Jones making her debut as a Producer. All members are invited to attend and may invite one friend to accompany them. Admission charge is 25 cents. OUR SECOND MAJOR PRODUCTION for your enjoyment will be a 'play with a difference’, "On Monday Next", by Philip King. You will be charmed with the unusual treatment of this play, with the audience becoming part of the show. Production is in the capable hands of versatile LEN EMBURY, who has been responsible for giving our patrons some of the city's most successful shows in the past - "Rebecca", "Ten Little Niggers", "Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?" and "Fools Rush In", to name a few. —- Don't Miss It -Early June. CASTING for "On Monday Next" will be held at our Theatrette, (Methodist Centre, Garbutt), on Tuesday 12th April, at 8 p.m., just prior to Australian Theatre Week. A 'Rehearsed Play Reading1 will be given by our Society during 'Theatre Week' (17th - 24th April). During 'Theatre Week' (first observed in 1959). Little theatres all over Australia, participate in schemes to promote the prest¬ige and popularity of Theatre. Further details from our Hon. Sec. 9-3131. |
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