Love's a Luxury / Little Red Riding Hood

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Event Love's a Luxury / Little Red Riding Hood
Venue Rosebud Foreshore, Rosebud, VIC
Umbrella Event Holiday Attractions
First Date December 1956
Opening Date December 1956
Last Date January 1957
Dates Estimated Yes
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Presented by the National Theatre Drama Company, one of the National Theatre Movement's three professional companies at the time. Set up a tent next to the Rosebud Library & performed Hood as a children's matinee and Love as an evening show. Cast doubled as mechanits & crew raising the tent. Company of 20 lived in caravans
Description Source Article
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Pantomime
Farce
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Marcella Burgoyne Actor Love's a Luxury
William Carse Actor
Claire Farbon Actor Love's a Luxury
Reg Gillam Actor Love's a Luxury
Joan Harris Actor Colin (Red Riding Hood)
Olivia Hudson Actor
Ernest Leitch Actor Silly Willy (Little Red Riding Hood)
Pat Monkhouse Actor Love's a Luxury
Charles Norman Actor Dame Trot (Little Red Riding Hood)
Peter Norton Actor Love's a Luxury
Malcolm Phillips Actor Love's a Luxury
Malcolm Phillips Actor Sir Rupert Hardbake (Little Red Riding Hood)
Kathie Reed Actor Love's a Luxury
Harry Starling Actor Love's a Luxury
John Truscott Actor Demon Wolf ( Little Red Riding Hood)
Norma Webster Actor
William P Carr Director Love's a Luxury
Edward V Hoile Writer Love's a Luxury
Guy Paxton Writer Love's a Luxury
Malcolm Phillips Writer (Little Red Riding Hood)
Works
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Dual programme with Puppets in Pantomime.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Book National treasure
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 23887