The Prisoner of Second Avenue

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Event The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Venue Playhouse (QPAC), South Bank, QLD
First Date 31 March 2008
Opening Date 3 April 2008
Last Date 19 April 2008
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description New York, summer, 1971. Everyone is on strike. The garbage is piling up, the heat is stifling, the air-conditioning is freezing, the crime rate is rising and the neighbours are louder than ever. In his simmering inner-urban fourteenth floor apartment on the East Side's Second Avenue, advertising accountant Mel Edison teeters on the edge of losing his job and his sanity. His selfless wife Edna tries to rally the frazzled Mel, but even her well-intentioned in-laws are unable to help - particularly when they discover the cost of the doctor's bills.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Robert Coleby Actor Harry Edison
Karen Crone Actor Jessie
Sue Dwyer Actor Pearl
Barbara Lowing Actor Pauline
Sean Taylor Actor Mel Edison
Jacki Weaver Actor Edna Edison
Helen Jacobs Assistant Designer
Andrea Moor Assistant Director
Lucy Coronati Assistant Stage Manager
Bruce McKinven Designer
Melissa Agnew Dialect Coach
Jon Halpin Director
Matt Scott Lighting Designer
Neil Simon Playwright
Brett Collery Sound Designer and Composer
Rachel Bourke Stage Manager
Andrea Moor Voice Over Artist Upstairs Neighbour / Various Reporters
Sven Swenson Voice Over Artist Roger Keating / Upstairs Neighbour / Various Reporters
Works
Text Nationality United States of America
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Magazine Brisbane News 16/1/2008
Newspaper Sunday Mail Brisbane 13/4/2008
Programme QPAC Museum
Newspaper Courier Mail Brisbane 5/1/2008
Programme https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10159855235359180&set=oa.438600404511943
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 73748