The Piper

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Event The Piper
Venue New South Wales Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, NSW
First Date 27 July 1934
Last Date 28 July 1934
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description This play won a prize in 1910, and was first performed at the old Shakespeare
Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. The basis of the plot is the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, and the story has been picturesquely embroidered and amplified against an effective medieval setting. Mr. Peter Osborn will represent the Piper.
Description Source Article
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Farce
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
David Benjamin Actor Alfred
Desmond Brown Actor Noony
Judith Halse-Rogers Actor Margueritte Hickett
Joan Hollinshead Actor Mrs Spoker
Christian Jeffrey-Griffith Actor Gladys
Jean Knight Actor Barbara Wykeham
Ian Maxwell Actor Major Bone
Barbara McGann Actor Rawlins
Jack Needham Actor Peter Wykeman
Leonard Norman Actor Claude Hickett
Kenneth Pawley Actor Rev. Sloley-Jones
Les Philpott Actor A Lord
Patricia Rutherford Actor Mrs Bone
Bob Stevenson Actor Chauffeur
Keith Donald Assistant Stage Manager
Ben Travers Author
May Hollinworth Director
F Connell Electrician
Keith Donald Properties Officer
Peter Reed Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Performance also included pupils from Ascham School and the Edgecliff Preparatory School.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Correspondence From the SUDS spreadsheet by Laura Ginters
Newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) 4 May 1935: 10
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 103742