The Ships Whistle

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Event The Ships Whistle
Venue The Playhouse (1973-2000), Adelaide, SA
First Date 1980
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description In the author's, Barry Oakley, words, " the play was about loneliness - the double bind suffered by many who came to Australia in the nineteenth century and, because of their experiences, felt at home neither in the colony they'd adopted nor the culture they'd left behind'.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Theatre in Education
Subjects Loneliness
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Robert Alexander Actor As Charles dickens
Simon Burvill-Holmes Actor As sea-sick man, Dight, Defendant, Rev. Fox, Sailor, Lt. Bateson
B J Cole Actor Clara Burnham
Tom Considine Actor As an admirer, O'Donnell, Sir Charles Hotham, Ogden, M.C., Sailor, Lt Crayford
Peter Cummins Actor As Alf Benson
Maree D'Arcy Actor Madame Ophelia Vielburn
Vanessa Downing Actor As Kate Horne
Edwin Hodgeman Actor As Frank Norman Trelawny Nottage - Photographer
Philip Quast AM Actor As Hank, Governor's Aide, Lt Armstrong, Professor Kemp, Francis Jeffrey Dickens,
Henry Salter Actor As Richard Horne
Peter Schwarz Actor As Cabin-mate, Old Croft, Plaintiff, George Coppin, Butler, Captain Steventon
Coralie Ashton Assistant Stage Manager
Bev McInnes Assistant Stage Manager
Richard Roberts Costume Designer
Kevin Palmer Director
Nigel Levings Lighting Designer
Michael Fuller Movement Director
Barry Oakley Playwright
Sue Russell Set Designer
Malcolm Leech Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme University of Adelaide Barr Smith Library Special Collections
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 147535