You Can't Take It With You

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Event You Can't Take It With You
Venue Criterion Theatre, North Sydney, NSW
First Date 7 January 1939
Last Date 17 January 1939
Dates Estimated No
Status Pro-Am
World Premiere No
Description A comedic play in three acts by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The original production of the play premiered on Broadway in 1936, and played for 838 performances. The play won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Performances on Saturday and Wednesday only for two weeks
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Subjects Materialism
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Arnold Barker Actor Tony Kirby
Gregory Blaxland Actor One of the Three Men
Howard Craven Actor Donald
Valentina Diakoff Actor Olga
Lars Engberg Actor One of the Three Men
Ron Folkard Actor Ed
William Hume Actor Mr De Pinna
Mary Littlejohn Actor Mrs Kirby
Evan Llewellyn Actor Henderson and one of the Three Men
Sumner Locke Elliott Actor Martin Vanderhof
Helen Lohan Actor Penelope Sycamore
Robert Montgomery Actor Mr Kirby
Jessica Noad Actor Essie, Penelope's married daughter
David Ratner Actor Boris Kolenkhov
Edward Samuel Actor Paul Sycamore
Haydee Seldon Actor Gay Wellington
Irene Thirkell Actor Alice
Dorothy Whiteley Actor Rheba, a maid
Moss Hart Playwright
George Kaufman Playwright
Doris Fitton Producer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality United States of America
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information First performance by The Independent Theatre company at the venue which was ultimately to be their home for forty years. The complete cast was not entered.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Review "YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU.". (1939, January 9). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 6.
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 113680