as performed by
The Playhouse Company
On Saturday 8th April 2000 I went to The Playhouse Theatre, Cheltenham to see an amateur production of the musical play MACK & MABEL. The main reason for wanting to see this show was so that I could put into the correct context the Torvill & Dean Ice Dance routine.
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| MACK SENNETT | - | Dominic Gittins |
| MABEL NORMAND | - | Alison Crothers |
| LOTTIE AMES | - | Jan Bagnall |
| FATTY ARBUCKLE | - | Ian Greenwood |
| FRANK | - | Matthew Hyde |
| ELLA | - | Sarah Betton |
| FREDDIE | - | Darren Ratcliffe |
| ANDY | - | Graham Ross |
| KLEINMAN | - | David Rex |
| FOX | - | Paul Williams |
| WILLIAM DESMOND TAYLOR | - | Eric Goodchild |
All other characters and chorus
Anne Chandler
Ann Clarke
Wendy Denman
Ruth Franklin
Maggie Fryer
Marie Kennedy
Nikki Pointing
Sylvia Strange
Dan Mullins
Andy Rendell
Chris Price
Peter Young
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| ACT I | ACT II |
| The Sennett Studios, 1932 Movies Were Movies |
Mack's Office, 1923 |
| The Brooklyn Studios, 1911 Look What Happened to Mabel |
Studio, Early Next Morning When Mabel Comes in the Room |
| Mack's Office, Brooklyn Look What Happened to Mabel (Reprise) Big Time |
Hit 'Em on the Head |
| En Route to California I Won't Send Roses Mabel's Roses |
A Pier, New York, Evening Time Heals Everything |
| Los Angeles, 1912 Make the World Laugh Also Called Mack & Mabel |
"Vitagraph Varieties of 1929" Tap Your Troubles Away |
| The New Studio, Several Weeks Later Make the World Laugh (Reprise) |
Mack's Office and Mabel's Home Happy Ending |
| The Orchid Room of the Hollywood Hotel, 1919 Wherever He Ain't |
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| On the Set Hundreds of Girls |
I thought the performance was excellent and especially liked the singing of Mabel which was supurb. I also thought that the use of strobe lighting to convey the illusion of an old movie was very clever.
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Please address any comments concerning this page to The Music Maestro Mark Chard BSc, PLY |
Page created: 20th April 2000 Last edited: 29th April 2006 |