The Night of the Ding Dong

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Event The Night of the Ding Dong
Venue Waterside Workers' Federation Hall, Sydney, NSW
First Date 17 October 1959
Opening Date 17 October 1959
Dates Estimated No
Status Pro-Am
World Premiere No
Description The play is a comedy set in Adelaide during the Crimean War, when the locals feared a Russian invasion.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Satire
Subjects Adelaide
Historical
War
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
John Armistead Actor
Geoff Beaver Actor
Roger Coates Actor
Frank Curtain Actor
Janette Gabriel Actor
Betty Milliss Actor
Patricia Robertson Actor
Arthur Rudkin Actor
Bill Thomas Actor
June Worth Actor
Marie Armstrong Assistant Director
Norma Disher Costume Designer
John Armstrong Director
Ralph Peterson Playwright
John Howard Set Designer
Tom Salisbury Stage Manager
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Some information for this production was taken from The New Years, 1932 - The Plays, People and Events of Six Decades of Sydney's Radical New Theatre, New Theatre, 1992. This production was the Australian premiere, the world premiere having taken place in London in 1954. 18 performances
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Book K. Brisbane 'Plays of the 50s', Currency Press, Sydney 2004
Australian Drama Project (UQ) Key NIGHTOFRP
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 21719