Arms and the Man

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Event Arms and the Man
Venue Downstage Theatre @ Walkabout (1964 -1971), Wellington, New Zealand
First Date 8 November 1966
Last Date 3 December 1966
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description The play takes place during the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War. Its heroine, Raina, is a young Bulgarian woman engaged to one of the heroes of that war, whom she idealizes. One night, a Swiss voluntary soldier to the Serbian army, Bluntschli, bursts into her bedroom and begs her to hide him, so that he is not killed. Raina complies, though she thinks the man a coward, especially when he tells her that he does not carry pistol cartridges, but chocolates.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Rosemarie Croom-Johnson Actor
Joanna Derrill Actor
Tim Eliott Actor
Roy Hope Actor
Roy Leywood Actor
John Smythe Actor
David Weatherley Actor
Davina Whitehouse Actor
Michael Woolf Actor
Raymond Boyce Designer
Antony Groser Director
George Bernard Shaw Playwright
Works
Text Nationality Ireland
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 186070