Female Transport

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Event Female Transport
Venue Peacock Theatre, Hobart, TAS
First Date 8 January 1981
Last Date 17 January 1981
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description "If there ever was a hell afloat, it must have been in the shape of a female convict ship - quarrelling, fighting, thieving, destroying in private each other's property from a mere spirit of devilishness, conversation with each other most abandoned, without feeling or shame." (A Ship's Surgeon in 1830)
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Convicts
Women
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Paul Bennett Actor Sarge
Peter Dowling Actor Surgeon
Debra Hill Actor Sarah
Kay MacGregor Actor Winnie
Malcolm Saltmarsh Actor Captain
Steve Smith Actor Tommy
Christina Steshic Actor Madge
Penelope Tynan Actor Pitty
Wendy Tynan Actor Nance
Susan Williams Actor Charlotte
Graham Richards Director
Lindsay Broughton Graphic Designer
Robert Cruickshank Lighting Operator/Technician
Steve Gooch Playwright
Helen Bryant Properties Master/Mistress
David Betts Set and/or Property Maker
Jon Bowling Set and/or Property Maker
Brian Ervin Set and/or Property Maker
Anthony Langdale Set and/or Property Maker
Daryl Risely Set and/or Property Maker
Jon Bowling Set Designer
Daryl Risely Stage Manager
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
The Noreen Le Mottee Collection Programme donated by Christopher Thomas
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 156563