Mr Bones and Mr Jones

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Event Mr Bones and Mr Jones
Venue Repertory Theatre, Christchurch, New Zealand
First Date 1971
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description A quiet satire on the 'racial problem'. ACT 18. Plays with the traditional minstrel show format to demonstrate that the constraints of social ambition are not exclusively Whitey's domain.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Contributors
Name Function Notes
John Blumsky Actor Mr Interlocutor
Judie Douglass Actor 6 Minstrel/Doris
Barry Empson Actor 3 Minstrel/Dad
Kim Gabara Actor Mr Bones
Endel Lust Actor 4 Minstrel/Johnny
Juliet Robinson Actor 5 Minstrel/Gillian
Terry Shepherd Actor Jason Jones
Isabel Wilkin Actor 2 Minstrel/Mum
Robin Wooller Actor Mr Bones's Son
Simon Greenfield Designer
Phillip Mann Director
Eve Hughes Playwright
Text Nationality New Zealand
Production Nationality New Zealand
Further Information Double billed with Chekhov's The Anniversary. The play was judged co-winner of the 1970 NZ Theatre Federation Playwriting Competition.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 192150