- Alec Wilder
Kittiwake Island (1954)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
- 103.2asx+2tsx.0/0220/2perc/pf/str
- 5 male, 5 female lesser roles
- 2 Male, 1 Female lead
- 2 hr
- Libretto by Arnold Sundgaard.
- English
Programme Note
Cast List:
ORLANDO PUFFIN
LYDIA SPARROW
HOBIE MERGANSER
GIRL SCHOLARS:
KESTREL GREBE
JENNY WREN
ANNE VIREO
LUCY LARKIN
ROBIN O'DAY
BOY SCHOLARS:
KEITH BRANT
COOT JOHNSON
CORY SANDERLING
RUSTY SWALLOW
JAY BYRD
Synopsis:
The story of a shipwreck and of a young man by the name of Orlando Puffin who enjoys the peace of isolation and relishes comparisons to Robinson Crusoe. Puffin, however, is shocked and disappointed to discover that the island isn’t deserted. The interaction between Orlando and a group of female University scholars on a special outing to study Shakespeare is handled most amusingly. To further the humorous intrigue, Dr Orlando Puffin is actually a professor from the same University. Romantic interests unfold and to complicate the tangled but amusing plot, a group of boy scholars in Oceanography suddenly appear, also from the same University. All bicker about who should have rights to the island. Life is indeed a rare combination of purpose and accident.
ORLANDO PUFFIN
LYDIA SPARROW
HOBIE MERGANSER
GIRL SCHOLARS:
KESTREL GREBE
JENNY WREN
ANNE VIREO
LUCY LARKIN
ROBIN O'DAY
BOY SCHOLARS:
KEITH BRANT
COOT JOHNSON
CORY SANDERLING
RUSTY SWALLOW
JAY BYRD
Synopsis:
The story of a shipwreck and of a young man by the name of Orlando Puffin who enjoys the peace of isolation and relishes comparisons to Robinson Crusoe. Puffin, however, is shocked and disappointed to discover that the island isn’t deserted. The interaction between Orlando and a group of female University scholars on a special outing to study Shakespeare is handled most amusingly. To further the humorous intrigue, Dr Orlando Puffin is actually a professor from the same University. Romantic interests unfold and to complicate the tangled but amusing plot, a group of boy scholars in Oceanography suddenly appear, also from the same University. All bicker about who should have rights to the island. Life is indeed a rare combination of purpose and accident.