Ned Kelly

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Event Ned Kelly
Venue Elizabethan Theatre, Newtown, NSW
First Date 3 October 1956
Opening Date 3 October 1956
Last Date 27 October 1956
Dates Estimated Yes
Status Pro-Am
World Premiere Yes
Description Play about the famous Australian bushranger by New Zealand born writer Douglas Stewart.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Historical
Subjects Bushrangers
Crime
Historical
Irish people
Police
Victoria
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Douglas Bladon Actor Constable Richards / Reardon
Bunney Brooke Actor Barmaid
Paul Cohen Actor Jack Jones (or Peter Cohen)
Peter Cohen Actor Jack Jones (or Paul Cohen)
Lloyd Cunnington Actor Steve Hart
Benita Harvey Actor The Roo
Patricia Hill Actor Rita Sherritt
Collins Hilton Actor Living
Robert Levis Actor Swaggie / Aaron Sherritt
Frank Lloyd Actor Mackin / Curnow
Charles McCallum Actor Gribble
Leo McKern Actor Ned Kelly
Kevin Miles Actor Dan Kelly
Des Rolfe Actor Elliott / Police Sergeant
Ron Shand Actor Cox
Edward Smith Actor Tarleton
Nancye Stewart Actor Mrs Barry / Mrs Jones
Neville Teede Actor Bracken
Peter Wagner Actor Lounger
Frank Waters Actor Joe Byrne
John Sumner Administrator General Manager
Louis Van Eyssen Administrator Assistant Manager
Peter Wagner Assistant Stage Manager
John Antill Composer
William Paterson Costume Maker
Desmonde Downing Designer
Sidney Nolan Designer Special Cloths
John Sumner Director
Robert Cunningham Head Electrician
Ron Field Head Mechanist
Esme Guest Milliner
John Antill Musical Arranger
Lionel Easton Musician Harmonica
Marie van Hove Musician Timpanist
Douglas Stewart Playwright
Jim Bettison Properties Master/Mistress
Ron Patten Publicist
Ron Field Set and/or Property Maker
Alan Burke Stage Director
Ken Southgate Stage Manager
Elsie Dayne Wig Stylist
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Replaced by "The Rainmaker" after a hostile reaction from press & public who felt a story about a bushranger inappropriate in an Olympic Games year in Melbourne
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian Drama Project (UQ) Key NEDKELLDS
Book Australian Theatre Year Book, ed. The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, 1958
Book Companion to Theatre in Australia, 1995
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 30097