GOLD IN THE
HILLS
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Royalties paid for use of Ol' Man River and Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
Words and Music by Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
All rights owned or administered by ASCAP
Royalties paid for use of the melodrama Gold in the Hills
Baker's Plays Quincy, MA
We made the front page of The Vicksburg Post.
Faith County September 12-14, 19-21, 2008
Stalag 17 November 14-16 & 21-23, 2008
Jenny St. Joan December 12-14, 2008
Searching for Eden February 12-15, 21-22, 2009
Gold in the Hills 2009 March 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28, April 3, 4, 2009
The Fantasticks April 23-26, 30, May 1-3, 2009
Always Patsy Cline Special Production (not part of Membership) May 15-17, 22-24, 2009
Fairy Tale Theatre 2009 June 25-28, 2009
Gold in the Hills 2009 July 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25, 31, August 1, 2009
GOLD IN THE HILLS and the VICKSBURG THEATRE GUILD
were featured on Vicksburg's government access channel,
Channel 23. Click here for more
information.
Click for link to more Gold photos
Meet the Cast after the show in the lobby; take a picture with a cast member for your photo album.
"Gold In The Hills" is presented in the air-conditioned theatre at Parkside Playhouse on the Frontage Road (Confederate Ave) off the Halls Ferry exit of I20. Sit back in the comfortable theatre style seating and enjoy the world famous melodrama that has been enjoyed by audiences from across the world since 1936 in Vicksburg. In the tradition of plays of the 1890s, "Gold" features good, represented by our hero, John, a simple farmer, and our heroine, Nell, a farm girl in her early twenties; and bad represented by a ruthless villain and his accomplice. Leaving the farm, our heroine encounters the wilder side of life at the infamous New York Bowery. Entertainment at the bowery includes singing and can can dancing. Cheer the hero and heroine; boo the villain and his accomplice. (Sorry, no peanuts at our temporary location...) Sing along with the old songs. Participate in clean, family oriented fun, suitable for all ages.
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GOLD IN THE HILLS YEAR 2000 REUNION
By special permission of Robert Walker
, his special
Historical Brochure by Frances Ethridge
click
here to view can can video (avi format)
Can Can Dancers with Gloria Thames Bottom
Heros
Villains
Downtown Dancing in the Street
Proclamation Declaring June 24-29, 2000
Gold in the Hills Week
Former Mayor Walker Presenting Declaration
The Death of a Family Member
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The Sprague
April 15, 1974
For more information, including
dates of our other performances write Vicksburg Theatre Guild, P. O. Box
821472, Vicksburg, MS 39182,
call 601-636-0471, or e-mail
editor.39180@gmail.com.
PARKSIDE PLAYHOUSE, VICKSBURG SINCE 1936 Engagement Extraordinary The Vicksburg Theatre Guild PRESENTS
GOLD IN THE
HILLS A Nineteenth Century Melodrama in Three Acts by J. Frank Davis
Produced by Mr. Michael Calnan & Dr. Walter Johnston
SYNOPSIS OF SCENES ACT I THE OLD HOMESTEAD; JUNE. The happy home. A murder. Nellie the farmer's daughter. John Dalton makes a sacrifice. Moonlight and a locket. The serpent comes into the Garden of Eden. "Beneath this flannel shirt there beats an honest heart." Sam Slade the shadow. "Gold in the Hills." "I fear neither man nor devil, save only one." The plot thickens. "Officer, do your duty!" A base deceiver. Nellie's temptation. "You are no longer daughter of mine!" A fate worse than death. John Dalton confronts Richard Murgatroyd. "She will be in my power!" A blow for defenseless womanhood. ACT II BIG MIKE'S BEER GARDEN AND DANCE HALL ON THE BOWERY; OCTOBER. The fugitive finds honest employment. A pistol concealed. Word comes of the sleuth. "There's dirty work afoot!" An innocent child in the toils. "Who is it he reminds me of?" Nellie seeks news. A ruse to avoid recognition. "Once that poor outcast had a home." A familiar voice. In the villain's clutches.' "Will no one save me?" John Dalton to the rescue. "Stand back! I am a desperate man!" The escape. OLIO AN OLIO between acts II & III will introduce "Ol’ Man River" or "Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man," "Battle Hymn of the Republic," and "Dixie's Land." ACT III THE OLD HOMESTEAD AGAIN; THE FOLLOWING CHRISTMAS EVE. The vacant chair. A face at the window. "I cannot sing the old songs." A lamp to light the wanderer home. "I have the papers!" Out into the bitter storm. A hunted man. "And I am powerless to aid them." The erring girl's return. The villain still pursues her. A stratagem with Slade. John Dalton's arrival. "Tell me, or I will strangle it out of you!" The loss discovered. Charge and counter-charge. The Dead Sister's Secret. "Curses on you all!" Denouement.
SPECIAL REQUEST
GOLD IN THE
HILLS
OL'
MAN RIVER and CAN’T HELP LOVIN’
DAT MAN |
1 WHEN YOU
WORE A TULIP |
2 LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART |
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When You Wore A Tulip
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Let Me Call You SweetHeart
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I Want a Girl
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Bicycle Built for Two
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Goodbye,My Lover,Goodbye
The above files are in RealAudio format. We
recommend the
JetAudio Basic Player.
If you enjoyed this try this page of
Girl Scout Campfire Songs.
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Emma Lou and the Big Ragout was presented as part of Fairy Tale Theatre 2008. Terri Booth was the Director and Ryan Van Den Akker was the Apprentice Director. |
The Dragons of Spring, presented as part of Fairy Tale Theatre 2007, was written by Vicksburg resident and Gold in the Hills actor Richard Van Den Akker. Marie Cunningham was the Director. |
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Snew White was presented as part of Fairy Tale Theatre 2006 with permission of Pioneer Drama Service. Emily Jackson was the Student Director. |
Aladdin and The Wonderful Lamp was presented for Fairytale 2005 via special arrangement with Baker's Plays. Emilee Booth directed the performance. |
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Stone Soup was presented for Fairytale 2004 via special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service. Jo Beth Britt directed the performance. |
The Wizard of Oz in the Wild West was presented for Fairytale 2003 via special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service. Jo Beth Britt directed the performance. |
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The Frog Princess was presented for Fairytale 2002 via special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service. Beth Martin directed the performance. |
Jungle Book was presented for Fairytale 2001 via special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service. Meggie Welch directed the performance. |
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Special Thanks to Harold Ober Associates for letting us adapt and perform Letitia Rabbits String Song by Russell Hoban, dramatized by Julia Dionne for Fairytale 00 with original music by Julia Dionne. |
Special Thanks to Dramatic Publishing of Woodstock, Illinois for letting us perform Charlie and the Chocolate Factory based on the book by Roald Dahl, dramatized by Richard George for Fairytale 99. |
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A note from Barry: |
Other Related Regional Web Pages
Gulfport Little Theatre Home Page
Cedar Grove Mansion once owned by VTG.
Mississippi Theatre Association (MTA)
WLBT, Channel 3 Jackson, Home of Window on Mississippi
Vicksburg Post, a newspaper friend to VTG and the Arts
The Jackson Free Press, Jackson, Mississippi's alternative newsweekly
American Association of Community Theatre (AACT)
Jim Henson born Greenville, MS (same year as "Gold" 1936) raised Leland,
MS (where Kermit was born in Jim's mind on the banks of Deer Creek and named after his childhood friend Theodore Kermit Scott) Director/Puppeteer/Rock
Skimmer (his children recently regained control of the company through a purchase--Congratulations Brian and siblings)
Vicksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau
Bill & Shirley Smollen's Stained Glass Manor