The Blue Beard

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Event The Blue Beard
Venue Commerce Way, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 10 January 1994
Opening Date 10 January 1994
Last Date 1 February 1994
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Cooperative
World Premiere Yes
Description Writer / designer Peter Long has adapted Charles Perrault's fairy-tale with an all-male cast - following from the Grimm's tale, The Goose Girl, performed in the same venue last year. This hour long story of a wealthy man who warns his new young wife not to enter a particular room in his mansion, and then has to kill her when she does.
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Outdoor Entertainment
Physical Theatre
Subjects Myth
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Wade Beed Actor
Mark Hennessy Actor
Robert Lyon Actor
Bruce Naylor Actor
Mark Shannon Actor
Peter Long Designer
Bob Pavlich Director
John Ford Lighting Designer
Peter Long Playwright
Resources
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record January, 1994
Flyer Premiere season
Data Reviewed By Geoffrey Milne (GeoffreyMilne) on 18 August 2012
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 20704