THE ONE DAY OF THE YEAR

 

by Alan Seymour

 

Performed at the Maskers Bassett Studio on January 22nd to 25th 1974

 

Cast

Alf Cook (Dad)

David Bartlett

Wacka Dawson

Kenneth Spencer

Dot Cook (Mum)

Gwenyth Annear

Jan Castle

Sheila Clark

Hughie Cook

Martin Fleming-Sims

 

 

ANZAC DAY: April 25, 1915. Australian and New Zealand troops landed in a small cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula at dawn. Object: to storm the Dardanelles with other British forces and eventually take Constantinople. Outnumbered by Turkish soldiers in good positions and suffering enormous losses, the Anzacs somehow managed to establish a position, but were unable to advance. The day is commemorated annually throughout Australia by rememberance services and parades by veterans of both wars. A dwindling minority of these use the occasion for ‘pub- crawl’ type reunions after the formalities. But for many of those that do, the result could be ‘The One Day of the Year’.

 

For the Maskers

Directed by

Jo Bartlett

Technical Director

Ron Tillyer

Lighting

Ivan White, Malcolm Gardiner

Sound

Geoff Grandy

Stage Manager

Berenice Davies

Tech.Assistants.

Olive Payne, D.Field, Chris O’Brien.

Properties

Eileen Stannard

Wardrobe

Nicole Bartlett

Decor

Kenneth Spencer

Set construction

Ron Tillyer, John Riggs, Monty Rose

Set Design.

Jo Bartlett

Front-of-House.

Betty Riggs and Members of the Maskers.

Special Properties by

Southern Whitewood

Martin Fleming-Sims is a member of Southampton Youth Theatre.