The Sound of Music
Richmond Theatre
19th-24th November 1979
Producer – Sheila Searing
Musical Director – Barry Knight
The Sound of Music is a Broadway musical based on the book The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp. The famous soundtrack includes the songs “Edelweiss”, “My Favorite Things”, “Climb Every Mountain”, “Do-Re-Mi”, and “Sixteen Going On Seventeen”. The music was written by Richard Rodgers and the lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. The script was written by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It would prove to be the final musical written by Rodgers and Hammerstein; the latter would die of cancer nine months after the premiere.
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CAST
Solo Nun – Mandy Stenhouse
Maria Rainer – Janie Manuel
Sister Berthe – Helen Jenkins
Sister Margaretta – Sally Hilton
Mother Abbess – Barbara Kennedy
Sister Sophia – Wendy Edwards
Captain George von Trapp – Clive Boot
Franz – Martin Last
Frau Schmidt – Barbara Weedon
Liesl – Sue Brittle
Friedrich – Mark Fairhead or Mark Sydenham
Louisa – Michaela Strachan or Julie Walsh
Kurt – Shaun Nicholson or Michael Warburton
Brigitta – Annabel Lanyon or Wendy Little
Marta – Lisa Young or Rachel Rafael
Gretl – Naomi Wilson or Sophie Joyce
Rolf Gruber – Jeremy Newton
Elsa Shraeder – Rosalind Mitchell
Max Detweiler – Alan Titchmarsh
Herr Zeller – Robert Salter
Baron Elberfeld – David Armstrong
Admiral von Schreiber – Richard Matthiae
A Postulant – Alison Cooper
Nuns and Postulants – Liz Angell, Catherine Applegarth, Sue Barber, Jackie Boot, Sandra Buckland, Joan Flory, Mary Fraser, Pauline Kendrick, Marion McLaren, Christine McMahon, Zoe Miller, Jane Mitchell, Mary Sinkinson, Debbie Spooner, Ann Tivendale, Janet Turner, Pat Vandepeer, Carol Vinall, Aranka Zsidi
Gentlemen – Peter Barber, Tom Barnard, Len Brittle, John Boult, Robert Hicks, Colin McMahon, Alan Middleton, Peter Sporle
CREW
Designer – David Casey
Stage Manager – John Mitchell
Assistant Stage Manager – Barbara McDowell
Assistants – Steven Alais & Alison Titchmarsh
Wardrobe Mistress – Olive Brittle assisted by Audrey Windus
Wardrobe Co-ordinator – Pauline Kendrick
Rehearsal Accompanist – Stephanie Underhill & Robin White
Prompter – Lynne James
Box Office – Barbara Weedon
House Managers – David Armstrong & Peter Brown
Costumes – Mary Payne Ltd
Make-up – Margaret Davies & Judith Vandepeer
Sound Reinforcement – Milton Keynes Disco & Music Centre
Wigs – Wig Creations
Sets Constructed by – David Casey, John Mitchell, Peter Sporle & Barbara McDowell
Drapes by – Sandra Buckland & Mandy Stenhouse
Lighting Designed by – David Weaver assisted by Barry Moore
Summerhouse panels painted by – Myrtle Pearce
Plants by – Greenery
Furniture by – W&M Furniture Ltd
