The White Devil

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Event The White Devil
Venue The Opera Theatre (1977-1988), Adelaide, SA
Umbrella Event Adelaide Festival of Arts 1980
First Date 13 March 1980
Opening Date 13 March 1980
Last Date 15 March 1980
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description "Michael Kahn and the Acting Company have translated the motives of the play into modern terms by linking the theatricality and drama of Webster's text to the extravagant images that surround us today. The play becomes a youth-oriented world of drugs, music and sexual display. The production pulsates with the blare of rock music, the look of bizarre fashions and design, a feel for the forbidden appeal of the erotic imagination and the shocking senselessness of gratuitous acts of ritual murder."
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Evil
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Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Lisa Banes Actor
J Michael Butler Actor
Suzanne Costallos Actor
Janet DeMay Actor
John Greenleaf Actor
Harriet Harris Actor
Laura Hicks Actor
Matthew Kimborough Actor
Robert Lovitz Actor
William McGlinn Actor
Randle Mell Actor
Richard Ooms Actor
Tom Robbins Actor
Charles Shaw-Robinson Actor
Scott Walters Actor
Claudia Wilkens Actor
John Housman Artistic Director
Michael Kahn Artistic Director
Alan Schneider Artistic Director
Jane Greenwood Costume Designer
Michael Kahn Director
Margot Harley Executive Producer
John Webster Playwright
Andrew Jackness Set Designer
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality United States of America
Further Information Four performances.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Performing Arts Collection of South Australia
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 62759