Waiting For Lefty

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Event Waiting For Lefty
Venue Railway Institute, Surry Hills, NSW
First Date 25 January 1936
Opening Date 25 January 1936
Dates Estimated No
Status Pro-Am
World Premiere No
Description By Clifford Odets. Based on Left politics and unionism. "With its head-on union meeting scenes, its flash-backs into the homes of cab-drivers, and its action, whirling from stage to audience and back again".
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Political
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Edmund Allison Actor Role: Clancy
Jean Blue Actor Role: Jean
Frank Callanan Actor Role: John
Hugh Carlsson Actor Role: Dr Benjamin
Jack Fegan Actor Role: Joe
Henry Howlett Actor Role: Dr Barnes
Hughla Hurley Actor Role: Florence
Kenyon McCarron Actor Role: Sid
Cecile Milne Actor Role: A Stenographer
R Mitchell Actor Role: A Gunman
Desmond Rowan Actor Role: Sid
John Sherman Actor Role: Miller
Frank Swonnell Actor Role: Philips
Victor Arnold Director Role: Agate-Keller
Jerold Wells Director Role: Harry Fatt Role: Mr. O'Grady Role: Fayette
Clifford Odets Playwright
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Works
Further Information 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 play was performed alongside Slickers Ltd., see Event 22646. Cast and production list entered from programme.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Box 145x Archive, programme for production
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 22643