ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Playhouse Theatre Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Mayhew Sherwood Flowers Ltd. Wigs by KATHLEEN PARAM of Maison Lawrence COMING EVENTS Nov. 9- Nov. 12 METAMORPHOSIS By Franz Kafka adapted for the stage by STEVEN BERKOFF an M.F.A. Thesis Production directed by BARBARA McCOLL in the Dorothy Somerset Studio Jan. 11 -Jan. 21 DEUSEXMACHINA written and directed by DONALDSOULE c7Wuch Ado rjlbout Nothing Frederic Wood Theatre MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING The University of British Columbia Nov. 2- 12, 1977 MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Directed by JOHN BROCKINGTON Settings Designed by DOUGLAS HIGGINS Lighting Designed by IAN PRATT lusic Arranged and Conducted by ALEXMcLEOD Costumes Designed by BRIGITTESITTE Dance Sequences Arranged by BRAMORDEL CAST (in order of appearance) LEONATO, Governor of Messina MATTHEW WALKER* MESSENGER TODD DUCKWORTH HERO, daughter of Leonato . . KAREN LEVINSON BEATRICE, niece to Leonato LALLY CADEAU* DON PEDRO, Prince of Aragon ALAN HANNAM BENEDICK, a young lord of Padua ALLAN GRAY* DON JOHN, Don Pedro's bastard son DEREK ALLEN CLAUDIO, a young lord of Florence STEPHEN E. WOODHOUSE ANTONIO, Leonato's brother ALEX McLEOD CONRADE, follower of Don John SANDY WINSBY BORACHIO, follower of Don John DAVE ADAMS MARGARET, gentlewoman attending on Hero VIRGINIA STOHLBERG URSULA, gentlewoman attending on Hero WENDY LEWIS BOY SAM NEWTON BALTHAZAR, attendant on Don Pedro BRUCE WILSON DOGBERRY, a constable MICHAEL PUTTONEN VERGES, a headborough IAN EDWARDS THE WATCH TODD DUCKWORTH, DAVID SHERMAN DESMOND SMIRL, GARY BASARABA FRIAR FRANCIS STANLEY WEESE SEXTON DAVID SHERMAN IMOGEN, wife to Leonato DOREEN BIENER SOLDIERS, GENTLEWOMEN, SERVANTS, ETC ROBYN BRITTON, GORDON CAMPBELL, HOWARD DAHL, KAREN FOWNES SHARI GRAYDON, JONATHAN HOBBS, WENDY MICHNICK, WILLIAM NIKOLAI, BRAM ORDEL, JOAN PARKINSON, JODY SCHELLENBERG, MIRIAM SMITH, JOANNE STARK f Appearing by permission of Canadian Actor's Equity Association The Action of the Play Covers Four Days Scene: Messina, Sicily Leonato's House and Garden A Street Outside Leonato's House A Prison PLOT SYNOPSIS The soldiers return to Messina from the wars and are welcomed by Leonato, the governor of the city. Claudio, with the help of the Prince Don Pedro, wins the hand of Leonato's only child Hero, while her cousin Beatrice, a confirmed spinster, and Benedick, a confirmed bachelor, are tricked into believing they love each other. Claudio is deceived by a plot and on his wedding day denounces Hero as unchaste. She faints and is believed dead, but recovers to be proved innocent by a chance discovery made by the local watch. Claudio and Hero and Beatrice and Benedick are happily united. There will be one intermission of fifteen minutes PRODUCTION STAFF Technical Director and Production Stage Manager IAN PRATT Stage Manager PAT OLENICK Costume Execution PAT SMITH, CAROL BOYCE, CATHERINE BARBER, MARY CAPLE, SANDRA DENT, PEGGY KEENE, MARVIN SCHLICHTING Lighting Execution DON GRIFFITHS Set Construction RON VAGUE, DON GRIFFITHS, BOB EBERLE, DON E. ZACHARIAS Properties SHERRY DARCUS Assistants to the Director KIM D. BUTCHART, DIANA FORBES, DOREEN BIENER Scene Design Assistant JUANA HIBBERT Costume Design Assistant IAN S. LEE Scenic Artists MOLLY MARCH, CEDAR CHRISTIE, EVA SMEKAL Stage Crew STUDENTS OF THEATRE 350 Box Office MARIASCHA WRIGHT, SUSIE DARKE, PAT OLENICK Business Manager MARJORIE FORDHAM Production NORMAN YOUNG ERRATA Costume Design Assistant Properties Assistant Rosalie Braeco-Hannifan Ian S. Lee ADDMPA Watch Trumpets Assistant Stage Manager Fallow-spot operators Stage Crew Flyman Sound House Manager Costumes Fira D. Butchart Dave Flello, John Fleming, Dave Lamb, Chris Smith Kim D. Butchart Valerie Peters, Debbie Wrinch Debbie de Haas, Sherry Jones Philip Whitford Geoffrey Abbott Christine Smith Gayle Doren, Christine Smith