Seven Little Australians (play)

Seven Little Australians is a play written by Anne Scott Pendelbury to be first put on by the Wangaratta Players in September and October this year. The play is based on a novel with the same name by Ethel Turner.

The play is to be performed at the Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre.

Wangaratta Show Times
September 25th at 8pm.

September 26th at 8pm.

October 2nd at 8pm.

October 3rd at 2pm and 8pm.

Wangaratta Cast
The Wangaratta Players production has two casts, which the director, Christine Duff, has called the Ethels and the Turners.

Ethels (26/9/09, 2/10/09, 3/10/09 matinee)
Meg: Sarah Faithful

Pip: Robert Morris

Judy: Sophie Enders

Nell: Leah Anderson Byrne

Bunty: Micheal Fryer-Watson

Baby: Felicity Ramsey

Turners (25/9/09, 3/10/09 evening)
Meg: Sarah Faithful

Pip: Sam Hargreaves

Judy: Rachel Enders

Nell: Becky Talbot

Bunty: Austin Ross

Baby: Ella Spackman

The adult actors appear in all shows:

Captain Woolcot: Rick Harnwell

Esther: Janelle Bisignano

Bridget: Lexi Aivalotis

Mr Gillet: Jeff

Alan Courtney: Jack Bennet

Aldith McCarthy: Alex

Act 1
The children are introduced by Meg one by one. They are then seen to be having dinner in the garden. After lots of begging for food and a rude comment from Judy, the Captain (their father) punishes them by giving the pantomime tickets to the Digby Smiths, a family hated by the Woolcot children.

Judy attempts to get her own back by planning a mischevious outing, which only gets her into deeper trouble. For this, she is punished by being sent to boarding school.

After Judy's departure, Aldith sets up a prank in an attempt to get Meg and Alan together. Meg's frightful reaction causes Aldith's plan to fail.

The Captain is furious to discover that Judy is home from school and has been for a week.

Act 2
It takes a while for Judy's illness to pursuade the Captain to let her stay home. Mr Gillet suggests that "the girl could do with a holiday," which, after much pursuasion, the Captain agrees to. He stays behind and misses the family.

Tragedy strikes when Judy is killed by a falling branch on the holiday. The loss changes the family's lives for ever:

- The Captain becomes lighter hearted on the kids.

- Meg and Alan get together.

- Bunty doesn't eat as much as he used to.

- Pip has become sullen and moody.