Friendly Enemies

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Event Friendly Enemies
Venue Criterion Theatre, Sydney, NSW
First Date 21 December 1918
Last Date 17 January 1919
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description "Comedy drama in three acts"
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Drama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Helen Adams Actor
Nick Adams Actor
Rawdon Blandford Actor
Gaston Mervale Actor
Maggie Moore Actor
Lizette Parkes Actor
James Waters Actor
Clyde Meynell Administrator
George Tallis Administrator
Hugh J Ward Administrator
J W Hazlitt Adminstrator: Business Manager
Taylor Darbyshire Associate Director
Lewis Henderson Musical Director
Aaron Hoffman Playwright
Samuel Shipman Playwright
George A Highland Producer
Leslie Board Scenic Artist
Thomas E Foster Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality United States of America
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Henry Block and Karl Pfeifer are old friends who both immigrated to the United States from Germany. Karl's son Billy and Henry's daughter June are engaged to be married. Henry has assimilated as a patriotic American, including changing his name from Heinrich. Karl refuses to change his name and remains a German patriot. The entry of the United States into World War I against Germany creates confl
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Thesis Heckenberg
Programme PROMPT Collection, J.C. Williamson scrapbooks of music and theatre programmes, Sydney and Melbourne, 1905-1921, vol 4, p 135-36
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 134267