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Venue His Majesty's Theatre, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Date 1961
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description The courtship and disastrous marriage of carousel operator Billy Bigelow and Julie Jordan. Stabbed to death, Billy returns as a ghost from heaven to try to help the daughter he never met.
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Musical
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Jean Kirk-Burnnand Accompanist
Marilyn Brown Actor Louise
Lindsay Campbell Actor Jigger Craigin
Ray Coats Actor Enoch Snow
Douglas Dall Actor Doctor Seldon
Douglas Dall Actor Starkeeper
John Fisher Actor Billy Bigelow
Les Goatham Actor David Bascombe
Shirley La Hood Actor Carrie Pipperidge
Donald McDonald Actor Acrobat
David Mitchell Actor Carnival Boy
David Musgrave Actor Heavenly Friend
Burt Nisbet Actor Captain
Burt Nisbet Actor Principal
Barry O'Brien Actor Acrobat
John Pringle Actor Enoch Snow Jr
Bertha Rawlinson Actor Nettie Fowler
Joyce Shepherd Actor Mrs Mullin
Mary Troup Actor Julie Jordan
Graeme Ward Actor Policeman
Jack Kenyon Assistant Stage Manager
Glenys Kindley Ballet Mistress
Glenys Kindley Choreographer
Waric Slyfield Director
Oscar Hammerstein II Lyricist
James Clark Musical Director
Richard Rodgers Musician
Babs Irwin Prompt
Ernie Cosgrove Properties Officer
Henry Fleury Properties Officer
Gerald Davis Stage Manager
Ray Clark Technician
M Downer Wardrobe Assistant
Marion Fyfe Wardrobe Assistant
Evelyne Lovett Wardrobe Assistant
Works
Text Nationality United States of America
Further Information USA (1945). Based on the play Liliom by Ferenc Molnar, as adapted by Benjamin F. Glaser Full chorus and orchestra - leader Thelma Lupp.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 198400