The Green Pastures

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Event The Green Pastures
Venue The New Auditorium, Kensington, NSW
Umbrella Event Second Year Student Performance
First Date 12 May 1960
Opening Date 12 May 1960
Last Date 14 May 1960
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Training Schools/Colleges
World Premiere No
Description "...an attempt to present certain aspects of a living religion in the terms of its believers. The religion is that of thousands of Negroes of the deep South."
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Religious
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Doug Anderson Actor Cain / Cain the Sixth / General / Shimmy Dancer
Elspeth Ballantyne Actor Candidate Magician
Lance Bennett Actor Ham / Aaron
John Boden Actor Flatfoot / King of Babylon
Jeanette Brown Actor Mrs. Noah / Shimmy Dancer
Peter Couchman Actor Shem / Corporal / Master of Ceremonies
Elaine Cusick Actor Custard Maker / First Woman / Shimmy Dancer
Harriet Dearth Actor First Cleaner Angel
Tommy Dysart Actor God
Ron Finney Actor First Gambler / Pharaoh / Prophet
Murray Foy Actor Second Gambler / Moses
John Gregg Actor Adam / Third Gambler / Head Magician / Hezdrel
Lana Harnat Actor Second Woman
Edwin Hodgeman Actor Mr. Deshee / Fourth Gambler / Isaac / High Priest
Jeffrey Keegan Actor Man Cook / Boy Gambler / Jacob
Patricia King Actor Cook Angel
Dibbs Mather Actor Gabriel
June Murphy Actor Eve / Third Woman
Robyn Nevin Actor Myrtle
Edmund Pegge Actor Joshua
Rosemary Pile Actor Mammy Angel
John Potter Actor Noah
Mary Reynolds Actor Slender Angel
Lois Smith Actor Stout Angel
Penelope Spence Actor Cain's Girl / Shimmy Dancer
Kenneth Taylor Actor Archangel / Japheth / Abraham
Priscilla Thompson Actor Mammy Angel / Second Cleaner Angel
Lola Etherton Costume Designer
Marc Connelly Playwright
John Boden Set Designer
Resources
Text Nationality United States of America
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Programme does not indicate a director-producer.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Correspondence Opening date and venue supplied by Anton Crouch with programme donation, Barr Smith Library
Event Identifier 22883
Dataset AusStage