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The House by the Lake by Hugh Mills

The play was performed for two nights, Thursday 28 April 1960 and Friday 29 April 1960 and was produced by Fred Chapman (A renowned Wyong resident of Chapman's Stores fame).

This is more than a thriller.  It is a play of character and atmosphere.  An atmosphere which builds tensely as the debarred psychiatrist and his sister (Maurice and Stella) first plan the murder of their unpleasant half-brother (Colin), and then put their plan into operation, making their killing seem to be a simple accident.  However the best laid plans are apt to go astray, particularly where murder is concerned, and of course this play is no exception. The other characters in this psycho-thriller include Maurice's wife, Janet, Colin's long-suffering wife, Iris, and Colonel Forbes, a neighbour.

The show programme was revolutionary in that it was the first to ever publish a picture of one of our members (Fred Chapman himself).  Nowadays not only is the cast and director featured, members of the stage crew are frequently also depicted (which is quite a recent trend).

House By The Lake Programme  (pdf file, 170,106 bytes)

Photo Gallery

The archives are a little dry on material for this show, unfortunately.

The below pictures are thumbnails.  To see the full-sized pictures, simply click on the thumbnail images. 

 Fred Chapman, the FIRST ever person to have his picture in a Wyong Drama Group programme.  (He certainly wasn't the last!)
Wednesday 27 April, 1960

[Interesting that the men were captioned by the paper, but the ladies' names had to be written in in pen later on by Bonnie]

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Wednesday 27 April, 1960

 
Wednesday 4 May, 1960

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Wednesday 4 May, 1960

Note that this is on page 1 of the paper!

Above article continued (Wednesday 4 May, 1960)

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