 Event |
The Shaughraun
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| Venue |
The Playhouse (1973-2000), Adelaide, SA |
| First Date |
28 April 1979 |
| Opening Date |
28 April 1979 |
| Last Date |
19 May 1979 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Robert Ffolliott, fiancé of Arte O'Neale, has returned to Ireland after escaping from transportation to Australia. He was in part sent as a result of Kinchela's desire for ownership of the O’Neale property. However, two things stand in Kinchela's way: a curse on the property that brings death to all inhabitants that are not a part of certain Irish gentry families (Arte O’Neale being from one of said families), and the engagement of Robert to Arte. Kinchela thus conspires with police informant Harvey Duff to have Robert arrested as a Fenian fugitive and sent on a ship to Australia. However the true nature of Robert’s possible Fenian political status and theoretical involvement is left ambiguous throughout the play. Kinchela then defrauds Claire and Arte by lowering the rent of the properties surrounding theirs, deceitfully forcing them to have him purchase the property. Robert escapes due to Conn the Shaughraun (Irish seachránaí = wanderer, errant person, a roguish poacher who provides a great deal of comic relief) conning his way onto the ship. The two of them then con their way onto another ship heading back to Ireland and Robert is reunited with Arte at Father Dolan’s. Robert sees Duff’s face in the window and begins to panic, but Duff flees before the others can see him as well. Molineaux searches the house for Robert with great disdain, willing to call off the search if he receives the trustworthy word of a catholic priest (Father Dolan). Father Dolan struggles greatly, unable to lie, and Robert gives himself up so that the Father does not need to. |
| Description Source |
Website |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Melodrama
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
| Name |
Function |
Notes |
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Donald Bell
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Actor
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Soldier, villager, mourner
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Robin Bowering
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Actor
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Father Dolan
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Delma Cannon
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Actor
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Soldier, villager, mourner
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Leslie Dayman
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Actor
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Corry Kinchela
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Neil Fitzpatrick
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Actor
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Captain Molineux
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Katrina Foster
|
Actor
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Arte O'Neal
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Colin Friels
|
Actor
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Reilly
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Daphne Grey
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Actor
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Bridget Madigan
|
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Robert Grubb
|
Actor
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Andy Donovan
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Robert Grubb
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Actor
|
Sergeant Smith
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Michael Habib
|
Actor
|
Soldier, villager, mourner
|
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Daphne Harris
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Actor
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Soldier, villager, mourner
|
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Edwin Hodgeman
|
Actor
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Harvey Duff
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Wayne Jarratt
|
Actor
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Doyle
|
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Nina Landis
|
Actor
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Moya
|
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Audine Leith
|
Actor
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Mrs O'Kelly
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Christine Mahoney
|
Actor
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Claire Ffolliott
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Andrew Munro
|
Actor
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Soldier, villager, mourner
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Tony Prehn
|
Actor
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Mangan
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John Saunders
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Actor
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Soldier, villager, mourner
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Peter Schwarz
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Actor
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Robert Ffolliott
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Michael Siberry
|
Actor
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Sullivan
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Tony Strachan
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Actor
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Conn
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Michael Beaumont
|
Administrator
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Michael Beaumont
|
Administrator
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John Glennon
|
Administrator
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David Niehus
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Administrator
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Hilary Winzar
|
Assistant Stage Manager
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Kevin Palmer
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Assistant to the Director
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Colin George
|
Director
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Doug Dick
|
Front of House
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John Glennon
|
Front of House
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Edmund Alexander
|
Head Mechanist
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Norm Callender
|
Head Mechanist
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Nigel Levings
|
Lighting Designer
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Paul Beck
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Lighting Operator/Technician
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Les Bowden
|
Lighting Operator/Technician
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Alan Addams
|
Mechanist
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John Cameron-Hill
|
Mechanist
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Ken Cleveland
|
Mechanist
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Brian Morgan
|
Mechanist
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Noel Jenkyn
|
Milliner
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Michael Fuller
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Movement Director
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David Wilson
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Photographer
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Dion Boucicault
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Playwright
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John Kelly
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Production Coordinator
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Derek Mills
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Production Manager
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Margaret Day
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Programme Administrator/Researcher
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Barbara Marvell
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Programme Administrator/Researcher
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Kevin Palmer
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Programme Administrator/Researcher
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Barry Kennedy
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Properties Master/Mistress
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John Leaney
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Properties Master/Mistress
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Axel Bartz
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Scenic Artist
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Mac Dick
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Scenic Artist
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Dennis Law
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Scenic Artist
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Adrian Rutter
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Sound Operator/Engineer
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Peter Walton
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Stage Director
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Peter Kaukas
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Stage Manager
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Bronwyn Jones
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Wardrobe Master/Mistress
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| Works |
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Further Information |
Sourced from programme for 'Hedda Gabler', QTC, 1979.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Programme Advertisement |
Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
29444 |
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