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Event

Volpone

Venue

Church Theatre, Hawthorn, VIC

First Date

28 April 1988

Last Date

4 June 1988

Dates Estimated

Status

Professional

World Premiere

Description

"Volpone is a robust tale of greed, trickery, lust and revenge", adapted and abbreviated here in a fairly simple, well-focussed production.

Description Source

Reviewer's Opinion

Primary Genre

Theatre - Spoken Word

Secondary Genre

Comedy

Subjects

Business
Fraud
Materialism

Organisations

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
Karen Davitt	Actor	Celia
Ernie Gray	Actor	Corvino
Rhys McConnochie	Actor	Volpone
Robert Meldrum	Actor	Mosca
Mark Minchinton	Actor	Voltore / Castrone
Genevieve Picot	Actor	Lady Wouldbe / Androgyno
Malcolm Robertson	Actor	Corbaccio / Sir Politic Wouldbe
Ian Shrives	Actor	Bonario / Nano
Joseph Spano	Actor	Judge Peregrine
Laurence Strangio	Assistant Director
Lorraine Milne	Composer
Rose Chong	Costume Co-ordinator
Lloyd James	Costume Designer
Robert Draffin	Director
Mark Williams	Dramaturg/e
David Schultz	Lighting Designer
Ben Jonson	Playwright
Sally Beck	Production Manager	Assistant
Robert Gebert	Production Manager
Shaun Gurton	Set Designer
Merryn Tinkler	Stage Manager

Resources

Works

Text Nationality

England

Production Nationality

Australia

Event Status

Completed

Data Source

Source	Description
Programme	Church Theatre season
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record	April 1988

Event Identifier

548

Dataset

AusStage