The Lesson / A Slight Ache

Export event | Export network | Feedback | Print
Event The Lesson / A Slight Ache
Venue The Tin Shed (1958-1962), Kensington, NSW
Umbrella Event Second Year Student Performance
First Date 3 October 1962
Opening Date 3 October 1962
Last Date 6 October 1962
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Training Schools/Colleges
World Premiere No
Description The absurd plot of The Lesson concerns a timid professor who uses the meaning he assigns to words to establish tyrannical dominance over an eager female student. A Slight Ache concerns a married couple's dreams and desires, focusing mostly on the husband's fears of the unknown, of growing old, and of the "Other" as a threat to his self-identity.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Tragi-comedy
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Jane Bertelson Actor Flora in A Slight Ache
Anne Dobrowolska Actor The Pupil in The Lesson
Barry Eggington Actor The Professor in The Lesson
Brian Harold Actor The Matchseller in A Slight Ache
Tessa Mallos Actor The Maid in The Lesson
Dennis Olsen Actor Edward in A Slight Ache
Judy Christopherson Assistant Stage Manager
Sonia Rutman Assistant Stage Manager
Moffatt Oxenbould Costume Designer
Judith Firth Costume Maker
John Clark Director
Derek Nicholson Electrician
Reg Coote Musical Arranger
Eugene Ionesco Playwright The Lesson
Harold Pinter Playwright A Slight Ache
John Clark Set Designer
Ivan Potas Stage Manager
Judy Varga Stage Manager
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information There will be one minute of 15 minutes during which coffee will be served.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 153715