Three Cheers for President Charlie
by James Ambrose Brown. Music by Brian Arthur Burke. A popular children's play with music about *** First produced by ** in 19**. Also produced professionally by The Space (Cape Town) during the mid-year holidays of 1972. Directed by Lianda Martin with Dennis Bettesworth, Marion Crage-Smith, Steve Daitsh, Val Donald, Vickie Hertz, John Ramsbottom and Paul Slabolepszy. Design by Axel Pedersen, costumes by Peter Krummeck, lighting and sound by Paul Beresford and stage management by Lianda Martin.
In January 1975 Eileen Thorns directed the play for CAPAB English Drama in the Nico Malan Arena, starring David Crichton, Mary Dreyer, Stephen Gurney, Barry Jarvis, Pietro Nolte, Elliott Playfair, Roland Stafford, Dugald Thomson. Sets designed by Penny Simpson, lighting by John T. Baker.
A Baxter Theatre/Glynn Day Theatre Company production in 1986 was presented in the Baxter Theatre Concert Hall, directed by Joey Wishnia, starring John Dennison, Pippa Duffy, Louie Cowen, Julie Hartley, Ricardo Koopman, Richard Farmer, Andrew Duvenhage, Michael Billimore, Joey Wishnia and Patrick Walton.
First published by ** in 19*.
Sources
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.
Nico Malan Theatre Centre pamphlet
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