They Came to a City

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Event They Came to a City
Venue Tivoli Theatre (1930-1962), Adelaide, SA
First Date 23 June 1945
Opening Date 23 June 1945
Last Date 30 June 1945
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description Provocative of thought, and good as entertainment, its two acts -- the first used for the careful delineation of characters, the second portraying their reactions to contact with a lightly sketched and never seen idealised society from which greed, exploitation and enmity had been banished. "This was the City of Friends."
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Ralph Binns Actor Sir George
Joy Brealey Actor Mrs Stritton
Phyllis Burford Actor Alice Foster
Richard Croger Actor Malcolm Stritton, bank manager
Keith Macdonald Actor Joe Dinmore
Robert Matthews Actor Ludworth
Beryl Roberts Actor Lady Loxfield
Lois Thomson Actor Mrs Batley
Joy Watson Actor Phillipa Loxfield
Richard Cowell Lighting Designer
J B Priestley Playwright
Jack Ham Producer
Irving Johnston Set Designer
John Cleary
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Performed on 23, 26-28 and 30 June 1945.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper The Advertiser, 25 June 1945, p. 5
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 100951