Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

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Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

1979

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Overview

Four friends grapple with aging and the march of time in this opera based on Ray Lawler's iconic Australian play. For years, cane cutters Roo and Barney (Gary Rowley and Barry Ryan) have bunked with barmaids Olive (Gillian Sullivan) and Nancy in the summer. But Nancy's moved on, replaced by newcomer Pearl (Elizabeth Campbell). Vacation's no longer the unending party it once was as each member of the quartet arrives at a new understanding of life.

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8 members

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Rowena Wallace

Self - Host

Rowena Wallace

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Christine Amor

Kathy 'Bubba' Ryan

Christine Amor

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Sandy Gore

Pearl Cunningham

Sandy Gore

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Carole Skinner

Olive Leech

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Bruce Myles

Barney Ibbot

Bruce Myles

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Irene Inescort

Emma Leech

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Peter Curtin

Roo Webber

Peter Curtin

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David Downer

Johnnie Dowd

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