Modest Expectations

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Event Modest Expectations
Venue Beckett Theatre @ CUB Malthouse, Southbank, VIC
Umbrella Event Opening Season Malthouse Theatre
First Date 1 November 1990
Opening Date 2 November 1990
Last Date 24 November 1990
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description Dickens sent many of his characters, and two of his sons, to Australia. the play explores what might have happened had Dickens himself journeyed to this great South Land. The most successful Australian theatrical entrepreneur of the late 19th Century was George Coppin: populist, businessman and entertainer extraordinaire. Inside Australia's first prefabricated theatre, the "Iron Pot", the playwright invites us to enjoy Coppin's brash colonial optimism as a foil to the ageing, disillusioned Dickens.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Historical
Subjects Colonial
Entertainers
Writers
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Carrillo Gantner Actor Dickens
Caitlin Morris Actor Ellen
David Roberts Actor Plorn
Malcolm Robertson Actor Coppin
Graeme Blundell Director
Jill Smith General Manager
Robert Taylor Lighting Designer
David Allen Playwright
Robert Taylor Production Manager
Peter Corrigan Set Designer
Stuart McKenzie Sound Operator/Engineer
Karen Flaherty Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Book John McCallum, Belonging, Currency Press, Sydney, 2009
Press Release
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record November 1990
Programme
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 12866