Macrune's Guevara

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Event Macrune's Guevara
Venue Mercury Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand
First Date 23 February 1972
Last Date 11 March 1972
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description A glorious and irreverent send-up of theatre itself…. An over-serious but likeable little playwright called Edward Hotel has discovered the work of a scruffy old painter called MacRune and reads into it a deep significance which it does not possess….He experiments with ways to dramatize the MacRune view of Che Guevara….
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Penelope Barrett Actor Rosaura
Penelope Barrett Actor Angelique
Penelope Barrett Actor Narrator
Tony Blackett Actor Edward Hotel
Liz Coulter Actor Deborah
Stephen Crane Actor Willy
Stephen Crane Actor Debray
Stephen Crane Actor Lope
Ross Duncan Actor Marcos
Lee Grant Actor Narrator
Lee Grant Actor Mrs Rent
Lee Grant Actor Singer
Lee Grant Actor Isabella
Raymond Hawthorne Actor Che Guevara
George Henare Actor Singer
George Henare Actor The Lieutenant
George Henare Actor Joaquin
George Henare Actor The Manager
Chris Howell Actor Bustos
Chris Howell Actor Benjamin
David McKenzie Actor Felipe
David McKenzie Actor Rolando
Walter Pym Actor Coco
Walter Pym Actor The Questioner
David Weatherley Actor MacRune
David Weatherley Actor Black Jaque
David Weatherley Actor Singer
Catherine Wilkin Actor Tania
Bevan Wilson Actor Raimundo
Bevan Wilson Actor Franc le Blanc
Bevan Wilson Actor Loro
Helen Smith Assistant Producer
Lee Grant Choreographer
Russell Craig Designer
John S Roberts Designer
Don Farr Director
Francis Batten Fight Director
Robert Alderton Musician
Barry McLaren Musician
John Spurling Playwright
Graham Sparkes Stage Manager
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 192667