State of the Play

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Event State of the Play
Venue Fortune Theatre, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Date 10 March 1979
Last Date 1979
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Subject matter: a sense of personal failure and its connections to troubles with a father…. It's a play of some complexity …Yet I fail to see why it has been warily received, since it is more inventive, and fantastic and exciting than Glide Time and Middle Age Spread.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Peter Dennett Actor Dave
Peter Drake Actor Dingwall
Alex Gilchrist Actor Brian
Simone Kennedy Actor Clare
Marian Mahn Actor Margaret
Brett Schwieters Actor Neil
Denise Forsyth Assistant Stage Manager
Murray Hutchinson Designer
Murray Hutchinson Director
Len Bauska Lighting Designer
Roger Hall Playwright
Shirley Kelly Programme Administrator/Researcher
Greg Dwyer Properties Officer
Bruce Bohm Set and/or Property Maker
Stuart Robertson Sound Artist
Len Bauska Stage Manager
Phillippe Jaquiery Technician
Anne Coombes Wardrobe Assistant
Denise Forsyth Wardrobe Assistant
Works
Text Nationality New Zealand
Production Nationality New Zealand
Further Information The play was written in 1977, during Hall's first year as Burns Fellow at Otago University (programme note).
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 185831