KING EDWARD VII SCHOOL

DRAMATIC SOCIETY

1st, 2nd and 3rd April 1971

COCK-A-DOODLE DANDY
by
SEAN O'CASEY

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THE COCK

David Hancock

MICHAEL MARTHRAUN, once a small farmer, now the owner of a lucrative bog

Howard Goodison

SAILOR MAHAN, once a sailor, now the owner of a fleet of lorries carrying turf from bog to town

Paul Grover

LORNA, second young wife of Marthraun ..

Margaret Lawson

LORELEEN, Marthraun's daughter by his first young wife

Elaine Cowell

MARION, helper in Lorna's house

Elizabeth Cowen

SHANAAR, a 'very wise old crawthumper', really a dangerous old cod.

Nigel Wood

FIRST ROUGH FELLOW

Steven Weddle

SECOND ROUGH FELLOW

Michael Jepson

Peasants working on the bog

 

FATHER DOMINEER, the parish priest of Nyadnanave

Jonathan Hall

THE SERGEANT - ....

David Smith

JACK, Mahan's foreman, lorry driver. ...

Mark Hudson

JULIA, Lorna's sister, a paralytic on a visit to Lourdes

Janette Fletcher

HER FATHER....

David Keating

ONE-EYED LARRY, a peasant lad

Chris Rippon

THE MAYOR

Stephen Howarth

THE MACE-BEARER

John Drought

THE MESSENGER, in love with Marion

Michael Gatti

THE BELLMAN, a kind of Town Crier

Chris Litherland

A PORTER of a general store in the near-by town

Philip Holt


Scene One

The front garden outside Michael Marthraun's house in
Nyadnanave. Morning.

Scene Two

The same. Mid-day.

Scene Three

The same. Dusk.

There will be two intervals-one of five minutes and one
of fifteen minutes. During the second coffee will be served in the Dining Hall.

Stage Construction:

B. Gathercole; N. Unwin; J. F. Haynes;
J. Hyman; J. Hatchek

Lighting and Special Effects:

D. G. Black; A. Munro; A. G. Thomason;
D. Waistnidge; B. K. Marshall; S. P. Collis;
P. G. L. Smith; M. I. Gillott; A. M. Knox

Produced by:

Mr. P. N. Wood

Assistant Producer:

Mr. J. Ringrose

Set Design:

Mr. P. O. Jones

Costumes:

Mrs. H. M. Curtis

 

Mrs. V. Jepson

 

Mrs. A. Sutton

 

Mrs. P. N. Wood

Make-up:

Mr. J. C. Hemming

 

Mrs. R. Sharrock

 

Mrs. M. J. Hillam

 

Miss M. Merrill

 

Mr. C. H. Baker

 

P. Cooper

 

S. Lorber

Prompter:

R. Bailey

Poster Design:

D. A. Carr

Programme Design:

J. T. M. Drought

Stage Manager:

Mr. G. C. Paice

Business Manager:

Mr. D. Marcer

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That's Real Dandy, Girls!

STEPPING out in style (left to right) Elaine Cowell, Margaret Lawson and Elizabeth Cowen getting
on their toes during a dress rehearsal of "Cock A Doodle Dandy," being presented his week by the
King Edward VII School, Sheffield, pupils. Looking on are Stephen Howarth and Nigel Wood.