The Alchemist

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Event The Alchemist
Venue Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 19 September 1979
Last Date 27 October 1979
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Concerns a wily servant, Face, who developes a scheme to make money while his master is away in the countryside. He gives access to his master's house to a charlatan named Subtle and a prostitute named Doll. Subtle disguises himself as an alchemist, with Face as his servant; Doll disguises herself as a zealous Puritan. Together, the three of them gull and cheat an assortment of foolish clients.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Subjects Class Issues
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Simon Chilvers Actor Face
Warwick Comber Actor Kastril
Vivien Davies Actor Dame Pliant
Gary Day Actor Surly
Laurie Dobson Actor Neighbour
David Downer Actor Ananias
Robert Essex Actor Tribulation
Sandy Gore Actor Dol Common
Jonathan Hardy Actor Subtle
Nina Holgate Actor Neighbour
Bruce Kerr Actor Lovewit
Roger Oakley Actor Dapper
Frederick Parslow Actor Epicure Mammon
Malcolm Phillips Actor Neighbour
Ian Suddards Actor Drugger
Ernest Wilson Actor Neighbour
Rodney Rigby Assistant Stage Manager
James Ridewood Designer
Frank Hauser Director
Jamieson Lewis Lighting Designer
Murray Taylor Lighting Operator/Technician
Ben Jonson Playwright
Peter Roehlen Production Manager
Sue McIntyre Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Cast List MTC Records
Book Performing Arts Year Book of Australia 1979
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 30445