Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

"The Doll" was produced in April 2005.  It was directed by Peter Deane (your webmaster), and played for three weeks.  We ran a complex series of dates, trying a 2pm Sunday Matinee twice, only one Saturday Matinee, and only one Thursday night, as outlined in the table below:

The cast was as follows:

I know I'm biased, but to date (2008) it is the best show I ever have directed.  The standard of acting was second to none, and the show just seemed to produce itself.  I was lucky in that I had already directed the pre-quels to "The Doll"; directing "Kid Stakes" in 1990 and "Other Times" in 1996.  Uncannily, when I did "The Doll" it was the seventeenth year after first producing "Kid Stakes"!  Having known these characters intimately for sixteen years (I even played Barney myself in "Other Times") seemed to make the task of producing Australia's greatest ever play that little bit easier.

On the picture pages, to the left, you'll find not only a page of rehearsal shots, but also some production shots which give a very good idea of the show's realisation.  These production shots are all taken from the last Friday's performance (ie 6 May 2005). 

Some production notes and useful files are located below, they are all pdf files, and will be quite useful to anyone producing "The Doll" in the future.

Character Notes (77,096 bytes)

Character Schema (23,082 bytes)

WDG's Show Programme (334,344 bytes)

WDG's Poster (537,910 bytes)

Set Design (1,243,476 bytes)

Rehearsal Schedule (34,237 bytes)

Goldmine in the Sky (Chords and Lyrics) (23,213 bytes)

Goldmine in the Sky (Notes on a staff and Lyrics for the two lines used) (11,949 bytes)

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