The Life of the Insects

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Event The Life of the Insects
Venue University of NSW, Science Theatre (1959-), Kensington, NSW
Umbrella Event First Year Student Performance
First Date 4 August 1960
Opening Date 4 August 1960
Last Date 4 August 1960
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Training Schools/Colleges
World Premiere No
Description In the play, a tramp/narrator falls asleep in the woods and dreams of observing a range of insects that stand in for various human characteristics in terms of their lifestyle and morality.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Contemporary
Surrealism
Organisations
  • NIDA, Production Company
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Max Bartlett Actor Second Engineer
Janice Cook Actor Ant Official/ Mrs. Cricket
Warwick Cooper Actor Inventor Ant
Anne Croft Actor First Messenger
Jean Drinan Actor First Moth / Butterfly / Other Creepy Crawler
Carmen Duncan Actor Clytie / Sixth Moth
Carol Fisher Actor Butterfly / Wounded Man / Second Moth / Second Messenger
Max Goumas Actor Philanthropist
Douglas Hall Actor Lepidopterist
Penny Hall Actor Commander-in-Chief of Yellows / Strange Beetle / Other Creepy Crawler
John Heywood Actor Felix
Briony Hodge Actor Blind Ant
Eric Hoek Actor Victor / Journalist
Sandra McKenzie Actor Mrs. Beetle
Nano McMahon Actor Iris / Fifth Moth
Peter Morris Actor Mr. Beetle
Virginia Osborne Actor Signal Officer
Edmund Pegge Actor Chief Engineer
Don Philps Actor The Tramp
Norman Price Actor Mr. Cricket
Barrie Roberts Actor Otto
Bernard Stapleton Actor Ichneumon Fly
Judith Stephenson Actor Chrysalis
Dalvern Thom Actor Butterfly / His Daughter / Third Moth
Rachel Treadgold Actor Parasite
Lynne Wright Actor Butterfly / Fourth Moth
Clifford Bax Adaptor
Nigel Playfair Adaptor
Joan Whalley Director
Josef Capek Playwright
Karel Capek Playwright
Text Nationality Russia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Admission is free but no tickets are available. Invite only.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 153560