Happy Days

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Event Happy Days
Venue The Playhouse (1973-2000), Adelaide, SA
First Date 25 May 1991
Opening Date 25 May 1991
Last Date 8 June 1991
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description All that is left for Winnie and her husband Willie is hopeless hope, a life to be lived as if it had meaning despite the evidence all around of the cosmic joke.
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Ageing
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Ruth Cracknell Actor Winnie
Allan Penney Actor Willie
Bev MacInnes Assistant Stage Manager
Ian McDonald Composer
Mary Moore Designer
Simon Phillips Director
May-Brit Akerholt Dramaturg/e
Jana de Biasi Hair Stylist
Martin Olesk Head Mechanist
Karen Norris Lighting Designer
David Green Lighting Operator/Technician Head
Laraine Wheeler Lighting Operator/Technician
Samuel Beckett Playwright
Jeanne Hurrell Sound Operator/Engineer
Susan Benfer Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Ireland
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Happy Days was first produced 1962. (Closing date sourced from programme for Cherry Orchard, Suncorp Theatre, 1991.)
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record May 1991
Programme
Event Identifier 13939
Dataset AusStage