The Dictionary of Lost Words

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Event The Dictionary of Lost Words
Venue Dunstan Playhouse (2001-), Adelaide, SA
First Date 22 September 2023
Last Date 14 October 2023
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Part of a Tour Yes
Description Pip Williams’ award-winning New York Times bestseller and book club favourite, The Dictionary of Lost Words, will be brought to vivid life in a new adaptation for the stage by Verity Laughton and directed by Jessica Arthur (Grand Horizons, Wonnangatta).

It’s 1886 and the very first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary is being compiled. Four-year-old Esme Nicoll has a front row seat. Well, she’s hiding under the sorting table, anyway. As her father and his male colleagues decide which words stay and which go, Esme collects the discarded (often gendered) scraps to compile her own far mo
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Historical
Subjects Family
Suffrage
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Contributors
Name Function Notes
Brett Archer Actor Harry Nicoll
Rachel Burke Actor Lizzie Lester/Mrs Smythe/Maria
Tilda Cobham Hervey Actor Esme Nichols
Raj Labade Actor Gareth/Mr Crane
Ksenja Logos Actor Ditte/Mabel/Megan/Alice
Angela Mahlatjie Actor Tilda Taylor/Sarah/Frederick Sweatman
Christopher Pitman Actor Sir James Murray
Anthony Yangoyan Actor Bill Taylor/Arthur Maling
Shannon Rush Assistant Director
Pip Williams Author
Max Lyandvert Composer & Sound Designer
Ailsa Paterson Costume Designer
Jennifer Innes Dialect Coach
Jessica Arthur Director
Ruth Fallon Intimacy Consultant & Fight Coordinator
Trent Suidgeest Lighting Designer
Verity Laughton Playwright
Jonathon Oxlade Set Designer
Arkia Ashraf Understudy
Briallen Clarke Understudy
Brenna Harding Understudy
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Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme https://statetheatrecompany.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Dictionary-Program-Online.pdf
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 211820