Playhouse Creatures

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Event Playhouse Creatures
Venue Theatre Royal, Hobart, TAS
Umbrella Event Theatre Royal 2004 Subscription Season
First Date 8 July 2004
Opening Date 8 July 2004
Last Date 10 July 2004
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description English actors Nell Gwynn, Mary Betterton and Elizabeth Farley where among a small group of pioneers in the late 1660's whose talent and success not only established women as a force in the theatre but caused more radical comic dramatists to write sympathetically about female issues and rights, particularly in marriage. This play follows the women's lives with the King's (Charles II ) Company from 1669 until the theatre was burned down a few years later, presenting a female view of the theatre's capacity to both empower and destroy.
Description Source Press Release
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Historical
Subjects Historical
Not known
Theatre
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Andrew Duvall Actor
Kayne Johnson Actor
Scott Keen Actor
Simon Keen Actor
Jessica Manuel Actor
Annie Maynard Actor
Robin McLeavy Actor
Phaedra Nicolaidis Actor
Ella Scott-Lynch Actor
Catherine Terracini Actor
Charles Turner Actor
John Clark Director
April De Angelis Playwright
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper The Mercury 01/07 /2004 Tasmania
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 62769