The Frogs

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Event The Frogs
Venue Athenaeum, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Date 9 December 1959
Last Date December 1959
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description Dionysus, visiting the underworld, judges a contest between Aeschylus and Euripides. Play dates from 405 B.C.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Satire
Mask
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Patric Carey Actor
Marie Collins Actor
Michael Dodds Actor
Nancy Egan Actor
Peter Egan Actor
Ben Elson Actor
Dallas Fairmaid Actor
Ronald Garman Actor
Keith Harrison Actor
Beverley Knox Actor
Nigel McKinlay Actor
Elsie McNeill Actor
Ian Ralston Actor
Richard Raymond Actor
Stanley Ryan Actor
Peter Stedman Actor
Aubrey Stephens Actor
Betty Ussher Actor
Brian Ussher Actor
Patric Carey Director
Aristophanes Playwright
Dudley Fitts Translator
Text Nationality Greece
United States of America
Further Information Pre-Globe Theatre production. Played a repeat season from 25/1/1960, for Dunedin Festival Week, on consecutive days to Alcestis. Repeat season from 25/1/1960 in Otago University Quadrangle and in the garden at Ashburn Hall.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 189139