Calamity Jane - 1983
by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd
Adapted by Ronald Hanmer and Phil Park
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Music by Sammy Fain
Production Team
Producer - Arthur Nicol
Musical Director - S. Gordon Lang
Choreographer - Margaret Lewis
Characters
Henry Miller - Bob McCrae
Susan - Elizabeth Porter
Doc. Pierce - Robbie Crawford
Wild Bill Hickock - Colin Thomas
Calamity Jane - Morag Wilson
Rattlesnake - Tom McCardle
Joe - Bill Struthers
Francis Fryer - Gilbert Wedgwood
Hank - Jim McCormack
Pete - Tom Montgomery
Lieut. Danny Gilmartin - Pat O'Brien
Adelaide Adams - Elaine Anderson
Katie Brown - Margaret Thomas
Stage-door-Johnnies - Peter Carlin, Peter King, Jim Maxwell, Harry Sheridan
Colonel Stark - Tom Borland
Ladies of the Chorus
Hazel Carlin, Isabel Davidson, Frances Doyle, Carol Edison, Aileen Finlay, Ann Harris, Anne McCord, Lori McElroy, Rona MacGregor, Maureen Malone, Anne Miller, Eileen Montgomery, Rosalind Montgomery, Pauline Moscardini, Ann Struthers.
Gentlemen of the Chorus
Bruce Arthur, Tom Borland, Peter Carlin, Peter King, Jim McCormack, Robert McDermott, Jim Maxwell, Tom Montgomery, Tom Muir, Eddie Peirce, Harry Sheridan, Bill Walker.
Dancers
Morag Arthur, Dorothy Bedford, Evelyn Bovill. Gail Cardno. Karen Cochrane, Sandra Goodfellow, Mairi Steele.
Stage Manager - Jim Caullay
Club Accompanist - Nan McKechnie
Lighting - Carrick McGhie
Property Mistress - Susan Struthers
Wardrobe Mistress - Edna Porter
Leader of Orchestra - Andrew Wilson
Prompter - Catherine Pierce
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Synopsis of Scenes
Act I
Scene 1 - "The Golden Garter" Deadwood City, Dakota Territory
Scene 2 - The Star Dressing Room, Bijou Theatre, Chicago
Scene 3 - "The Golden Garter"
Act II
Scene 1 - Calamity Jane's Cabin.
Scene 2 - A Trail Through a Pass in the Black Hills
Scene 3 - Fort Scully
Scene 4 - The Trail
Scene 5 - "The Golden Garter"
Time— 1876
Musical Numbers
Act II
Overture - Orchestra
The Deadwood Stage - Calamity and Ensemble
Careless with the Truth - Calamity, Bill and Chorus
Adelaide - Bill and Men
Everyone Complains about the Weather - Fryer
Men! - Calamity
Can-Can - Dancers
Hive Full of Honey - Fryer
I Can Do Without You - Calamity and Bill
It's Harry I'm Planning to Marry - Adelaide and Stage-door-Johnnies
Reprise - It's Harry I'm Planning to Marry - Katie
Reprise - Adelaide - Men
Windy City - Calamity and Chorus
Reprise - It's Harry I'm Planning to Marry - Katie
Keep it under Your Hat - Katie and Chorus
Finale Aft I - Careless with the Truth - Ensemble
Act II
Entracte - Orchestra
A Woman's Touch - Calamity and Katie
Higher than a Hawk - Bill
The Black Hills of Dakota - Principals and Chorus
Love You Dearly - Katie and Danny
Finaletto - Calamity and Bill
My Secret Love - Calamity
Reprise - Windy City - Chorus
Finale - Principals and Ensemble
East Kilbride Light Opera Club Committee
Hon. President - Hugh C. Gray
Hon. Vice-President - W.Gordon McNay, OBE
President - Jack Tait
Vice-President - Colin Thomas
Secretary - Elaine Anderson
Treasurer - William Walker
Committee
William Struthers, Elizabeth Struthers, Jim Caullay, Morag Arthur, Ann Struthers, Robert McCrae, MBE.
Performance Details
25th February - 5th March 1983
The Village Theatre,
East Kilbride
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Henry Miller, the proprietor of the "Golden Garter" in Deadwood City, is anxiously
awaiting the arrival of the Stage Coach which is bringing a star attraction for the Saloon -
the lovely Frances Fryer. When the stage finally arrives it brings not Frances but Francis
Fryer, a song and dance man! The townsfolk are, to say the least, disappointed.
To prevent serious damage to Miller's person, Calamity Jane, our hard-bitten, gun-
totin' heroine, promises to go to Chicago and bring back Adelaide Adams, a glamorous
Vaudeville star, much to Miller's horror and Wild Bill Hickock's amusement.
Unfortunately Calamity mistakes Adelaide's stage-struck dresser, Katie Brown, for
the star and in all good faith takes her back to the Saloon. Faced with an audience Katie's
nerve goes and she causes as big a riot as Fryer. When she confesses her deception
Calamity again saves the day and encourages Katie to "do it her own way". She does and
is a sensation. All the men fall for her, including Danny Gilmartin, a Lieutenant at the
Fort. Calamity is secretly in love with Danny, although she won't admit it to anyone.
Bill and Danny both arrive at Calamity's cabin with the intention of asking Katie to go
to a Ball at Fort Scully. They draw straws and Danny wins. The four go to the Ball, where
Calamity in a beautiful hall-gown is the sensation of the evening. She returns from the
first waltz to find Katie and Danny in an embrace. She flies into a rage and orders Katie
out of town at gunpoint. Breaking down into tears she pulls off her borrowed finery. Bill
hurriedly fetches her coat and escorts her home. On the way they console each other,
and without knowing how or why find themselves in a passionate embrace. Danny
arrives with a letter from Katie, saying she has gone to Valley Falls. Calamity
immediately rides off to bring Katie hack for a triple wedding, Francis Fryer having
plucked up enough courage to ask Miller if he can marry his niece Susan.