1966 - 1967
Once Upon a Mattress
The “inside story” of what really happened to the famous princess who was so sensitive that she couldn’t sleep on twenty downy mattresses when one pea was placed underneath. The action takes place in a small kingdom in the year 1428.
Director: Barry Stewart
Musical Director: Berthold Carrière
Choreographer: Paulette Roberts
Cast
Ann Challon
Queen Aggravaine
Bill Lowry
Third Knight
Bryan Smith
Sir Harry
Cathy Patton
Merrill
Don Grant
King Sextimus the Silent
Freda Blain
Lady Larkin
Gordon Newman
Sir Studley
Jean Horwood
Princess No. 12
Jean Wheeler
Rowena
Jennifer Dickson
Lady Mabelle
Jim Perkins
Second Knight
John Boschetti
Pantomime Prince
Leila Usher
Lady Beatrice
Leila Usher
Pantomime Queen
Len Morin
First Knight
Len Morin
Dancer (Father of Jester)
Marcel Carrière
Sir Harold
Margaret Cattell
Lucile
Marylin Day
Nightingale of Samarkand
Paul Gaffney
Prince Dauntless
Paulette Roberts
Pantomime Princess
Ray Smith
Wizard
Sharron Hunter
Princess Winnifred
Wally Burgess
Jester
York Davis
Minstrel
David Brearley
Ensemble
Jack Wallace
Ensemble
John Powell
Ensemble
Joy Phillips
Ensemble
Judy Cairncross
Ensemble
Marg Owens
Ensemble
Pam Payant
Ensemble
Vernon Fraser
Ensemble
Production
Bud May
Stage Manager
Dorothy Gough
Script Assistant
Faye Lavell
Ticket Manager
John McGuire
House Manager
Ken Meyer
Programme
Ken Ross
Set Designer
Larry Lavell
Assistant House Manager
Marg Mahony
Ushers
Mark Brooks
Assistant Ticket Manager
Marylin Day
Prompter
Murray Smith
Photography
Nancy Turner
Lighting Designer
Nancy Turner
Production Co-ordinator
Nancy Turner
Publicity
Norma Coll
Costume Designer
Rod Holmes
Accompanist
Terry Moran
Workshop
