Under the Apple Tree – Fringe 2018 Reviews

From the Hamilton Herald November 26, 1921

JEALOUS MAN’S RAGE ENDS IN FATAL SHOOTING – Harry Grubb, actor shot and probably fatally injured Miss Cecilia Bartley, Actress – Turned Gun on Self – He died shortly after.

Presented by Theatre Erebus, Under the Apple Tree, a musical with a Historic Hamilton flavor, is a story of an unrequited love, a murder and the aftermath. It is performed with acute detail to actual historic events. The play recreates a musical comedy vaudeville act, that had week long run at the Lyric Theatre on Mary Street in Hamilton, in November of 1921, when stage hand Jack Grubb, shot chorus girl Cecile Bartley, and turned the gun on himself. An lively, enjoyable performance, that in my opinion was made better knowing the historical origins of the story.

The songs and music in the play were written by Darl MacBoyle and Walter L. Rosemont, who created the music for the original 1920’s vaudeville sketch UNDER THE APPLE TREE.

Directed and Written by: Brian Morton
Songs composed by: Darl MacBoyle & Walter L. Rosemont
Stage Managed by: Valerie Van Landschoot
Cast: Susan Robinson, Chris Cracknell, Michelle LaHaise, Claire Shingleton-Smith, Erynn Garland, Brian Morton, Larry Smith

Show Type: Musical, Theatre

Audience: Parental Guidance

Running Time: 59 minutes

Venue: The Zoetic

Show Times:

Friday 20 July @ 8pm
Saturday 21 July @ 10pm
Sunday 22 July @ 7:30pm
Monday 23 July @ 9:30pm
Tuesday 24 July @ 8pm
Friday 27 July @ 4:30pm
Sunday 29 July @ 6:30pm