Six Men of Dorset

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Event Six Men of Dorset
Venue New South Wales Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, NSW
Umbrella Event Sesqui Centenary Production
First Date 12 April 1938
Opening Date 12 April 1938
Last Date 13 April 1938
Dates Estimated No
Status Pro-Am
World Premiere No
Description "Six Men of Dorset is a powerfully sincere and moving drama of six heroes in chains who were falsely convicted and sentenced to seven years transportation to Australia for forming a Trade Union".
"The play opens in the early Thirties of last century, when the Trade Union Movement in England was beginning to make itself felt."
Description Source Flyer/Poster
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Subjects Colonial
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Frank Aldridge Actor Farmer Duffett
Edmund Allison Actor Constable Brine
Victor Arnold Actor Harry Brown (another delegate from London)
Michael Ashton Actor 3rd convict
Jack Barker Actor James Frampton (J.P.)
Jean Blue Actor Betsy Loveless (George's wife)
George Bouffler Actor Thomas Wakley (M.P.)
Simon Bracegirdle Actor The Master
Joe Burke Actor Mr. Butt (counsel for the defence)
Frank Callanan Actor The overseer
Hugh Carlsson Actor Mr. Gambier (counsel for the prosecution)
K Charles Actor 1st convict
Moira Claux Actor Nellie (The Loveless's daughter)
Beresford Conroy Actor Robert Owen
James Fahey Actor James Hammett (another of the six men)
Jack Fegan Actor Captain of convict ship
W Fitzgerald Actor 2nd convict
William Galmes Actor Pocock
Jack Geddes Actor A convict guard
Ernest Guthrie Actor Dr. Warren (a delegate from London)
Reg Humphreys Actor James Brine (another of the six men)
Charles Kitchener Actor Bob Dominy (a poacher)
Cecil Knowland Actor The Squire
Nancy Lee Actor Grown-up Nellie Loveless
Kenyon McCarron Actor William Cobb (another delegate from London)
Basil McClure Actor James Loveless (George's brother, and one of the six men)
Tim McGill Actor Thomas Stanfield (another of the six men)
Dennis Nash Actor Edward Legg (the informer)
Frank Newey Actor Farmer Case
Elsie Osmond Actor Susan Morris
Gordon Roberts Actor Robin Nealy
Edgar Ross Actor C. B. Wallaston (J.P.)
James Ryan Actor 4th convict
John Sherman Actor Farmer Bryant
Ted Stevens Actor The first mate
Nance Truman Actor Jinnie (The Loveless's daughter)
John Warwick Actor Georgie (The Loveless's son)
Jerold Wells Actor Judge Baron Williams
Allan Wild Actor John Stanfield (Thomas's son; another of the six men)
Edgar Yardley Actor George Loveless
Desmond Rowan Assistant Stage Manager
Frank Swonnell Assistant Stage Manager
Robert Murton Lighting Designer
Richard Errey Lighting Operator/Technician
Norman Iversen Lighting Operator/Technician
Harry Brooks Playwright
Miles Malleson Playwright
Jerold Wells Producer
Edmund Allison Set Designer
Charles Kitchener Set Designer
Edmund Allison Stage Manager
Resources
Further Information New Theatre League production. Authors, director and designers taken from The New Years 1932 - . The Plays, People and Events of Six Decades of Sydney's Radical New Theatre, New Theatre, 1992. Cast, crew, and play description taken from programme (SLNSW New Theatre Records).
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Six Men of Dorset programme for the 12/04/1938 production. Found in the Records of the Sydney New Theatre 1932-1990 ML MSS 6244.
Flyer Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Flyer PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Event Identifier 21309
Dataset AusStage