| By Barry Grant and Felicity Williams, based on “One of Bens” by Maurice Shadbolt Director: Barry Grant Musical Director: Mark Hodgkinson Choreographer: Justine Whitaker Season: 18 Sep – 2 Oct 1999 Justice is a Snake tells the tale of Ernest and Ada Shadbolt when they lived in Banks Peninsula over the period 1898 to 1909. Ernest and Ada, the grandparents of both Maurice Shadbolt the author and Tim Shadbolt the mayor, moved to Little River to make their fortune from a guest house, general store, billiard saloon, and residence. Guests began to leave however, because of a smell which was traced to sewage pipes under the guest house carrying effluent from the Little River railway station. Ernest sued the railways, and won, but a second trial was ordered. He won this one, too, but was not awarded costs. Penniless, he sued his lawyer Oscar Alpers, but lost. Bowed, but not broken, Ernest petitioned parliament, was given one hundred pounds, and won some King Country land in a ballot. Cast: Ernest Shadbolt - Paul Doig Ada Shadbolt - Megan Scott Dawson - Mark Tavendale Anastasia - Sally McGregor Mr Justice Denniston - John Jeffries Mr Oscar Alpers - Don Brown Mr K C Stringer - Kevin Wilder William Shaw - Ian Beswick Annie Shaw - Erin Callanan Thomas - Stuart Frost Richard - Ryan Boswell Frederick - Steve Brown Dr Saunders - Gwyn Randell The Company: Catherine Criuckshank, Anna Kean, Anastassia Smirnova, Kevin Wilder, Jacqueline Eade, Ptritiippa Howarth, Adrienne Watson Children: Lily Cartwight, Ranec Highet, Rachel Kennedy, Ryan Sloan, Shannon Smith, Sybil Heinz-Becroft, Anna Jamieson, Lillian Mulholland, Kati Smith Musicians: Amy Huang, Amy Hutchinson, Ari Freeman, Amelia Woodfield |  |
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