Summer Holiday

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Summer Holiday is a musical about a holiday in Europe with a London bus. The original screenplay was written by Peter Myers and Ronald Cass.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Made famous as a film featuring Cliff Richard and the Shadows in 1963, the musical was adapted for the stage by Michael Gyngell and Mark Haddigan.

Performance history in South Africa

Presented by In-Concert Theatre executive producer Bernard Jay in 1998, directed by Philip Godawa, featuring Steve Hofmeyr as Don, with Tobie Cronjé, Julie Hartley, Denise Stock and Paul Buckby as Mike. Lighting by Denis Hutchinson, musical director Janine Neethling. Bryan Hill assisted as director and re-staged Quinny Sacks's original choreography.

Sources

Wikipedia [1]

Summer Holiday theatre programme, 1998.

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