Fresh Fields

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Event Fresh Fields
Venue All Saints' Hall, Brisbane, QLD
First Date 2 May 1940
Opening Date 2 May 1940
Last Date 3 May 1940
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description Two sisters, Lady Mary, a widow, and Lady Lillian, inherit a Belgravian mansion without the income necessary for its upkeep. Lady Mary’s husband, Mr. Crabbe, had made the aquaintance of a warm-hearted family by the name of Pidgeon. In due course, Mrs. Pidgeon, her daughter, Una, and her brother Tom Larcombcall take up residence with the aristocratic sisters as paying guests. Mrs. Pidgeon, a blatant person, now very rich, at first offends Lady Strome, a weathly grande dame, by producing her cheque book when it is proposed that her daughter Una should be bought out by the insulted society mag
Description Source Article
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Subjects Heterosexual Relationships
Romance
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Delcia Beavis Actor
Cecil Canham Actor
Oriele Douglass Actor
Lilyan Hawke Actor
Kathleen Lamb Actor
Colin Luckman Actor
Betty Ross Actor
Arthur Stanford Actor
Valerie Tooth Actor
Ivor Novello Playwright
Mavis Cundy Producer
Vic Hardgraves Producer
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper Courier Mail 3 May 1940 p 7
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 110863