Much Ado About Nothing

Dates of performance

January 1962

Overview

Synopsis of play Original not available
See Shakespeare’s Resources: http://www.bardweb.net/plays/ado.html

Cast List

DON PEDRO Prince of Arragan WILL JAMIESON
DON JOHN The bastard brother PEITRO NOLTE
CLAUDIO Young Lord of Florence EDWARD DAVIES
BENEDICK A lord of Padua PHILIP BIRKINSHAW
LEONATO Governor of Messina JOHANN NELL
ANTONIO   OLIVER RANDELL
BALTHAZAR   PAUL WHITE
BORACHIO   COLIN FLETCHER
CONRADE   SAUL REICHLIN
FRIAR FRANCIS   MICKEY VEN DER WESTHUIZEN
DOGBY   SHOLTO GRANT
VERGES   LESLIE FRENCH
SEXTON   JOHN NESSLER
HERO   JEANNE WIENBERG
BEATRICE   CECILIA SONNENBERG
MARGARET   YVONNE ASHERSON
URSULA   HELEN BOERNE
ACOLYE   RAYMOND DAVIES
THE WATCH   EDWARD FAULL
JOHN CORNELL
RAY DAVIES
GEORGE WASHINGTON
ATTENDANTS   PAMELA SCOTT
DOROTHY SCOTT
LESLEY BINGHAM
MARGARET DORER
CUPID   HAROLD KING
(OR HOWARD PFAFF)
NYMPHS   LORNA GRIEVE
KATHERINE BALCHIN
GILLIAN GARLICK
ROSEMARY PAEPER
JANE CAUSTON (OR ROSALIND STONE)
RUTH ACKERMAN (OR BEVERLEY RICHIE)
GILLIAN JOUBERT (OR JENNIFER THAL)
RUTH LEYSER ( OR LESLIE BLUNDELL-GIBSON)

Creative List

STAGE DIRECTOR COLIN CRITCHLEY
STAGE MANAGER GILLIAN GARLICK
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER PATRICIA BLUMBERG
COSTUMES DESIGNS JENNIFER CRAIG ASSISTED BY CHRIS VAN NIEKERK
& RUTH VAN ASWEGEN
SET DESIGN COLIN CRICTHLEY
assisted by
CHRIS VAN NIEKERK,
RUTH VAN ASWEGEN
CHOREOGRAPHER PAMELA CHRIMES
WARDROBE MISTRESS RUTH VAN ASWEGEN
WARDROBE MISTRESS RUTH VAN ASWEGEN