The Golden Oldies

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Event The Golden Oldies
Venue Jane Street Theatre (1966-1981), Randwick, NSW
First Date 12 September 1979
Last Date 30 September 1979
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Professional production in association with Greenroom and Australian Theatre Studies Programme.

"Between the roles of Esme nursing her mother and Esme's daughter, Ellie, Michele Fawdon also played Esme when, frail and old, confined to a wheelchair and pitifully dependent upon her housekeeper, just as Esme's mother had been totally dependent upon a professional nurse."
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Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Subjects Ageing
Carers
Disability
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Michele Fawdon Actor Esme / Dr Ellie
Carole Skinner Actor Robbie / Nora
Richard Hunter Assistant Producer
Elizabeth Wright Assistant Producer
John Tasker Director
G A C Lawson Lighting Designer
Dorothy Hewett Playwright
Mirka Mora Puppet Designer
Tom Bannerman Set Designer
Maxine Le Guier Stage Manager
Cedric McLaughlin Voice Over Artist Parson
John West Voice Over Artist Radio Announcer
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Book Performing Arts Year Book of Australia 1979
Newspaper The Golden Oldies (1979, September 24). Tharunka (Kensington, NSW : 1953 - 2010), p. 13. Retrieved December 4, 2016, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230421123
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 127258