Overtime

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Event Overtime
Venue Repertory Theatre, Christchurch, New Zealand
First Date 4 September 1954
Last Date 11 September 1954
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description The thesis of Overtime is that we are living in a technological world where the craftsman is being crushed by the machine, and where the benevolent entrepreneur is being forced out of existence by militant unionism.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Clarence Hall Actor Union Secretary
Gavin Henderson Actor Arthur Blaxton
Strath McNight Actor Ted
Hector L Smith Actor Joblin
George Taylor Actor Walter
Dolores Woodley Actor Norma
Claude Davies Director
Claude Evans Playwright
John Hendry Set Designer
Text Nationality New Zealand
Production Nationality New Zealand
Further Information Set in Christchurch - the first of Evans' plays not to be set in England. Evans was a Canterbury Rep member.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 189117