The Sound of Music - 1978
by arrangement with Chappell & Co. Ltd
Music by Rudolf Friml
Book and Lyrics by W.H. Post and Brian Hooker
A musical play founded upon Justin Huntly McCarthy's Romance, "If I were King"
Production Team
Producer - Jack Tait
Musical Director - S. Gordon Lang
Choreographer - Douglas Gray
Characters in order of appearance
Maria Rainer - Nan Tait
The Mother Abbess - Betty Roberts
Sister Berthe - Mistress of Novices - Elaine Anderson
Sister Margaretta - Mistress of Postulants - Eileen Montgomery
Sister Sophia - Rona MacGregor
Captain Georg Von Trapp - Leonard Johnson
Franz - the butler - James Caullay
Frau Schmidt - the housekeeper - Ann Struthers
Children of Captain Von Trapp
Liesl - Carol Smith
Friedrich - Kevin Devine/Brian Robson
Louisa - Lorna Tait/Anne Rennie
Brigitta - Sarah Waters/Marie Hannigan
Kurt - Andrew Boyce/Derek Quinn
Marta - Shona Craig/Jacqueline Miller
Gretl - Liane Craig/Morven McAdie
Rolf Gruber - Graham Hughes
Elsa Schrader - Elizabeth Rennie
Max Detweiler - Robert McCrae
Herr Zeller - The Gauleiter - Edward Pearce
Admiral von Schreiber - David Hughes
Ladies of the Chorus
Francis Baird, Sheena Brough, Julie Clements,
Isobel Davidson, Frances Doyle, Aileen Finlay, Isa Hornal, Gayle McElree,
Barbara McElroy, Lori McElroy, Carol Hannigan, Anne Harris, Betty McAulay,
Heather Miller, Pauline Moscardini, Mary Perrie, Anne Robertson, Gillian Smith,
May Smith, Mairi Steele, Susan Struthers, Morag Wilson.
Gentlemen of the Chorus
Ken Clements, Martin Shelley, Allan Smith,
Bill Struthers, Bill Walker, Gilbert Wedgwood.
Performance Details
2nd, 3rd, 5th - 10th March
The Village Theatre,
East Kilbride
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Synopsis of Scenes and Music
Act I
Scene1 - Nonnberg Abbey
Scene2 - Mountainside near the Abbey
Scene3 - The Office of the Mother Abbess, the next morning
Scene4 - Outside the Abbey
Scene5 - The living room of the Trapp Villa, that afternoon
Scene6 - Outside the Trapp Villa, that evening
Scene7 - Maria's bedroom, later that evening
Scene8 - A hallway in the Trapp Villa
Scene9 - The terrace of the Trapp Villa, six weeks later
Scene10 - A hallway in the Trapp Villa, one week later
Scene11 - The living room, the same evening
Scene12 - A corridor in the Abbey
Scene13 - The Office of the Mother Abbess, three days later
Preludium - Chorus of Nuns
The Sound of Music - Maria
Maria - Mother Abbess, Sisters Margaretta, Berthe, Sophia
I Have Confidence - Maria
My Favourite Things - Maria, Mother Abbess
Do-Re-Mi - Maria, Children
You are Sixteen - Liesl and Rolf
Lonely GoatherdMaria, Children
How can Love Survive - Elsa, Max, Captain
The Sound of Music - Maria, Captain, Children
So long, Farewell - Children
Climb Every Mountain - Mother Abbess
Act II
Scene1 - The terrace, the same day
Scene2 - A corridor in the Abbey, two weeks later
Scene3 - Nonnberg Abbey, immediately following
Scene4 - The living room, one month later
Scene5 - The Concert Hall, three days later
Scene6 - The garden of Nonnberg Abbey, that night
No Way to Stop It - Captain, Max, Elsa
Something Good - Maria, Captain
Processional - Ensemble
You are Sixteen - Maria, Liesl
Do-Re-Mi - Maria, Captain, Children
Edelweiss - Captain
So Long, Farewell - Maria, Captain, Children
Climb Every Mountain - Mother Abbess and Nuns
Stage Manager - David Waters
Club Accompanist - Nan McKechnie
Lighting - Carrick McGhie
Property Master - Jack McElroy
Wardrobe Mistress - Edna Porter
Leader of Orchestra - Andrew Wilson
Prompter - Isa Hornal
East Kilbride Light Opera Club Committee
Hon President - Hugh C. Gray
Hon. Vice-President - W. Gordon McNay, OBE
President - William Struthers
Vice-President - Tom Borland
Secretary - Elaine Anderson
Treasurer - Nancy Hughes
Committee - Jack Tait, Elizabeth Struthers, Bill Walker, Martin Shelley, Morag Arthur, Gordon Hughes
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EKLOC staged two shows in 1978, Paint Your Wagon in March, and The Sound of Music in April. The same programme cover, made up of a montage of previous programmes, was used for both shows. There was no synopsis in either programme so I haven't put one here. If you'd like a synopsis of The Sound of Music you can read the one which accompanied our 
