The Cocktail Hour

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Event The Cocktail Hour
Venue Theatre Royal, Hobart, TAS
First Date 1990
Last Date 1990
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description ""A.R. Gurney has written an 'autobiographical' play about an imaginary confrontation he could have had with his father and the rest of his family about his play writing"".
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Elspeth Ballantyne Actor
Nicholas Hammond Actor
Joanna McCallum Actor
John McCallum Actor
Googie Withers Actor
Peter Cooke Designer
Richard Cottrell Director
Roger Barratt Lighting Designer
A R Gurney Playwright
Trevor Cosker Production Manager
Michael Kaempff Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality United States of America
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information There are no dates in the programme for the tour to Tasmania, Brisbane and Surfers Paradise. There is a loose-leaf photo and biography of Elspeth Ballantyne inserted in the programme.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record October 1989
The Noreen Le Mottee Collection Programme
Data Reviewed By Noreen Le Mottee (NoreenLeMottee) on 30 March 2018
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 136008