A semi-professionally made video produced by RGS Technical Support in association with Midnight Oil Productions of a performance of 'Treasure Island' done by junior school pupils of Royal Grammar School Newcastle for friends and family. Single camera position. Title: Treasure Island by R.L. Stephenson Robert Louis Stevenson’s well-known tale begins with an old sailor drinking at the Admiral Benbow, who tells the inn keeper’s son Jim Hawkins to beware of a one-legged sea farer....

A semi-professionally made video produced by RGS Technical Support in association with Midnight Oil Productions of a performance of 'Treasure Island' done by junior school pupils of Royal Grammar School Newcastle for friends and family. Single camera position. Title: Treasure Island by R.L. Stephenson Robert Louis Stevenson’s well-known tale begins with an old sailor drinking at the Admiral Benbow, who tells the inn keeper’s son Jim Hawkins to beware of a one-legged sea farer. An old map belonging to the old sailor comes into the possession of Jim and his mother. The map shows the whereabouts of treasure belonging to the notorious pirate Captain Flint. Jim shows the map to local physician Dr Livesey and Squire Trelawney who decide to retrieve the treasure. They set sail in Trelawney’s schooner the Hispaniola with Jim Hawkins as cabin boy. However most of the crew served under Captain Flint including the ship’s cook Long John Silver. Jim overhears a plot by the crew to seize the treasure after it has been found and to assassinate the ship’s Captain, Captain Smollett and the other loyal men. After many adventures on the island, the treasure is not to be found where the map indicates but in the cave of former pirate under Captain Flint and island hermit Ben Gunn, the treasure is eventually taken back to England by Jim Hawkins, the Doctor and the Squire. The production takes place the Royal Grammar School theatre where an area in front of the stage is set out as the Admiral Benbow inn. In the stage area behind can be seen a profile view of a side of ship complete with rigging. The scenes on the ship at sea involve moving the ship into the area in front of the stage, all other scenes take place here. At the end of the play all the cast stand on a tiered platform as the audience applauds. A member of staff expressed his thanks to the cast and everyone connected with the production. A special presentation was given to the man who designed and made Long John Silver’s wooden leg. Credits: Cast Capt. Billy Bones R. Sen Jim Hawkins T. Mather Dr Livesey T. Wallace Mrs Hawkins R. Suggest Black Dog G. Jamieson Blind Pew N. Broadhead Tom Morgan J. Davidson Squire Trelawney R. Small Long John Silver N. Younger Mrs Trefuddle A. Myers Mrs McGoo T. Pearson Dead Bones Jones S. Fisher Capt. Smollett M. Docherty Ben Gunn F Henderson The Pirates A. Ramshaw A. Williamson B. Grogan A. Hurley J. Mofrad J. Keith B.Grogan M. Young N. Khanna The Technicians Front of House G. Gilpin M. Robinson Make-Up Mrs Younger Mrs Williamson Mrs Pearson Mrs Ramshaw Sound S. Cotterell Prompt C. Ridley-Smith Special Thanks To: The Junior School Art Club Parents For Help With Costumes Mr Docherty For Long John’s Leg R.G.S. C.C.F. For The Ropes Mrs Brown For Photos and Videos Director Mrs B Joy Artistic Director Mrs V James Copied and Engineered By: R.G.S Technical Support In Association With Midnight Oil Productions © Midnight Oil Productions MIM (1999)