Annie Get Your Gun - 1997
by arrangement with Samuel French Ltd.
Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields
Production Team
Director & Choreographer - Billy Love
Musical Director - S. Gordon Lang
Characters
Little boy - Hamish Fingland
Little girl - Linzi Campbell
Charlie Davenport - lain Fraser
Mac the Property Man - Bill Ginn
Foster Wilson - Peter King
Dolly Tate - Norma Fingland
Frank Butler - Colin Thomas
Annie Oakley - Margaret Hay
Minnie - *Beth Porter #Lisa McTaggart
Jessie - *Caroline King #Clare Edison
Nellie - *Lianne Gough #Charlene Dall
Little Jake - *William Porter #Christopher Mclntyre
Colonel William F. Cody - Buffalo Bill - Peter Nevans
Mrs. Blacktooth - Morag Arthur
Mrs. Yellowfoot - Gillian Dunker
Train Man - Donald Corbett
Porter - Martin Russell
Waiter - Stuart Maxwell
Major Gordon Lillie - Pawnee Bill - Martin Russell
Chief Sitting Bull - Ken Lawton
The Wild Horse - Ceremonial Dancer - Robert Henderson
Pawnee's Messenger - Walter Thomson
Major Domo - Peter King
Waiter - Peter Blair
Mr. Schuyler Adams - Edward Peirce
Mrs. Schuyler Adams - Marion McFadyen
Dr. Percy Ferguson - Bill Struthers
Mrs. Percy Ferguson -Carol Edison
Mr. Ernest Henderson - Donald Corbett
Mrs. Ernest Henderson - Alison Russell
Sylvia Potter-Porter - Pauline Moscardini
*Mon, Wed, Fri, and Sat matinee.
#Tue, Thu and Sat evening.
Ladies of the Chorus:
Morag Arthur, Dorothy Bedford, Alison Bennet, Gillian Dunker, Carol Edison,
Anneliese Gannon, Anne-Marie Halleron, Hazel Hampson, Wendy Hayes,
Shona Jenkins, Vanessa Livesley, Rona MacGregor, Marion McFadyen,
Pauline Moscardini, Elizabeth Porter, Alison Russell, Linda Watson.
Gentlemen of the Chorus:
Bruce Arthur, lain Bell, Donald Corbett, Bill Crudge, Robbie Crawford,
Bill Ginn, Jim Kirkpatrick, Jim Lamb, Jim Maxwell, Stuart Maxwell, Edward Peirce,
Martin Russell, Harry Sheridan, Bill Struthers, Walter Thomson.
Dancers
Fiona Arthur, Susan Bedford, Heather Dalrymple, Susan Fraser, Lori McElroy,
Linda Raeburn, Evelyn Roulston, Dawn Smith.
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Synopsis of Music and Scenes
Act I
Scene 1 The Wilson House, a summer hotel on the outskirts of Cincinnati, Ohio. July.
"Buffalo Bill" - Charlie, Dolly and Ensemble
"I'm a Bad, Bad, Man" - Frank and Girls
"Doin' What comes Natur'lly" - Annie, Kids and Wilson
"The Girl that I Marry" - Frank
"You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" - Annie
"There's No Business Like Show Business" - Buffalo Bill, Charlie, Frank and Annie
Scene 2 A Pullman parlour in an overland steam train. Six weeks later.
"They say it's Wonderful" - Annie and Frank
"Moonshine Lullaby" - Annie, Trio and Kids
Circus Ballyhoo - Dancers
Scene 3 The fairgrounds at Minneapolis, Minn. A few days later.
"There's No Business Like Show Business" - Annie
"My Defences are Down" - Frank and Boys
Scene 4 The arena of the big tent. Later that night.
Ceremonial Dance - Wildhorse, Braves and Squaws
"I'm an Indian Too' - Annie
Tribal Dance - Annie and Indians
Finals - Annie and Sitting Bull
Act II
Scene 1 The deck of a cattle boat. Eight months later.
"Lost in His Arms" - Annie and Ensemble
Scene 2 Ballroom of the Hotel Brevoort, New York. The next night.
Opening Waltz - Dancers
Reprise: "There's No Business Like Show Business" - Frank, Dolly, Pawnee Bill, Mr. & Mrs. Adams
Scene 3 Aboard the ferry en route to Governor's Island. Next morning.
"I've Got the Sun in the Morning" - Annie & Ensemble
"Old Fashioned Wedding" - Annie & Frank
Reprise: "The Girl that 1 Marry" - Frank
Scene 4 Governor's Island, near the fort. Immediately following.
Reprise: "There's No Business Like Show Business" - Ensemble
"Anything You Can Do" - Annie and Frank
Finale - The Entire Company
East Kilbride Light Opera Club Committee
Hon. President - Hugh C. Gray
Hon. Vice-President - W. Gordon McNay, OBE
President - Ann M. Struthers
Vice-President - J. Bruce Arthur
Secretary - Elaine Anderson
Treasurer - Elizabeth Struthers
Committee
Robbie Crawford, Jack Tait, Ken Lawton, Morag Arthur, Peter King, Pauline Moscardini
Stage Manager - William J. Porter
Asst. Stage Manager - Graham McFadyen
Stage Director - Jack Tait
Club Accompanist - Nan McKechnie
Lighting - Carrick McGhie
Property Mistress - Susan Struthers
Wardrobe Mistresses - Margaret McFadyen, Anna McGillivray
Leader of the Orchestra - Andrew Wilson
Prompter - Doreen McKenzie
Performance Details
3rd March - 8th March 1997
The Village Theatre,
East Kilbride
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When Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show arrives in Cincinatti the show manager,
Charlie Davenport, has difficulty in finding accommodation for his Company.
Charlie is trying to arrange a shooting contest between his champion sharpshooter, Frank Butler, and any local challenger. At first the hotel proprietor,
Foster Wilson, will have nothing to do with it and Frank, accompanied by his
assistant are just about to give up when Annie Oakley appears trying to sell
the hotel proprietor the game which she has shot. Realising Annie's potential,
Wilson offers Annie five dollars to enter the shooting contest. Annie does so
and amazes everyone by winning, but, in the meantime, she has fallen head
over heels in love with Frank. Despite the fact that Frank is annoyed at being
beaten, he allows Charlie to talk him into giving Annie a job in the Show.
Meanwhile, Pawnee Bill has a rival Wild West Show running in nearby St. Paul
with Chief Sitting Bull as a special attraction. To compete with this Annie is persuaded to perform a spectacular trick on the opening night, about which Frank
knows nothing. When he finds out, he feels cheated and leaves the Show to
join Pawnee Bill. Chief Sitting Bull, having seen Annie's performance, decides
to adopt her into his tribe and joins Buffalo Bill's Show.
Returning eight months later from a European Tour which has won him fame
but not fortune, Buffalo Bill decides to merge with his former rival, Pawnee Bill,
not knowing that he is also in financial difficulties. Once again Annie and Frank
decides to shoot it out to decide who is Champion, but this time Sitting Bull
points out to Annie that she can only win Frank if she loses the match. At last
Annie realises that she "Can't Get a Man with a Gun".
