Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Ray Lawler

"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:

<<--  Note the Photo Gallery and quiz on the buttons at the left.

Click here to download WDG's Show Programme (pdf file, 334,344 bytes)

Click here to download WDG's Poster (pdf file, 537,910 bytes)

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 1989 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.

The cast were so keen to excel themselves, I think I was privileged to benefit from their efforts.  They were mad keen to come to every rehearsal, and even came in to the extra Sundays completely ungrudgingly.  We all put a lot of effort into this show, and it certainly paid off.

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.  The production shots are all taken from the last Friday's performance (ie 6 May 2005). 

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

Trivia Quiz (web page)

Character Notes (77,096 bytes)

Character Schema (23,082 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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