The Dumbells and Norman Fraser Allan

[David Ferry]

Wow...memories.

I played pianist and musical director Jack Ayre of the Dumbells  in a CBC TV movie about the troupe. Circa '76-'77.

Heath LAMBERTS played  one of the Plunketts (Merton I think ), Gordon Thompson (of Dynasty fame) played a lovely Marjorie (Ross Hamilton) and Derek McGrath played, I think, Allan Murray.

It may be in the CBC Archives.

There was a couple of stage versions around that time as well.

Scott Thompson, of Kids in the Hall fame has a little homage that you can see on YouTube with some DBells clips.

http://youtu.be/IWHPMw22RIY

And there is a more recent stage celebration, and book...see this:

http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/TV+Shows/The+National/Arts+and+Entertainment/ID/2391732332/



Daf



David Ferry
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> On Oct 24, 2014, at 8:40 AM, Lee Ramsay <lramsay at TORONTOPUBLICLIBRARY.CA> wrote:
> 
> The archive of the Dumbells troupe is held at the Toronto Reference Library and there are over 20 pieces of sheet music by Norman Fraser Allan in our Canadian Sheet Music collection.  Here is the link to the archival inventory for the Dumbells Collection:
>  
> http://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/files/dumbells-collection.pdf
>  
> For more information contact the Special Collections department at trlspc at torontopubliclibrary.ca
>  
> Lee Ramsay
> Librarian, Arts Department
> Toronto Reference Library
> 789 Yonge Street
> Toronto, ON M4W 2G8
> (416) 393-7172
> lramsay at torontopubliclibrary.ca
>  
> From: Canadian Theatre Research [CANDRAMA at listserv.unb.ca] On Behalf Of Theatre Research in Canada [tric.rtac at UTORONTO.CA]
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 2:35 PM
> To: CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA
> Subject: The Dumbells and Norman Fraser Allan
> 
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> I am writing to you on behalf of Stephanie Hall, who contacted the TRIC/RTAC office regarding an article she had read in TRIC by Patrick B. O'Neill about the Dumbells.  Stephanie's grandfather, Norman Fraser Allan, was a member of the Dumbells, and Stephanie is now searching for any information, photos, sheet music, or other material pertaining to this group or to her grandfather specifically.
> 
> If anyone has come across any information about the Dumbells or Norman Fraser Allan over the course of their research, Stephanie would be grateful to hear from you.  She can be reached at stephhall3 at gmail.com.  Alternatively, if you'd prefer to forward information to us at the TRIC office, we'd be glad to pass it on to her.
> 
> Thank you for any assistance you can offer.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Kelsy Vivash
> Senior Editorial Assistant, TRIC/RTAC 
> 
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