The Lady's Not For Burning

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Event The Lady's Not For Burning
Venue Willard Hall, Adelaide, SA
Umbrella Event The Therry Society
First Date 23 February 1962
Opening Date 23 February 1962
Last Date 3 March 1962
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description An unusual comedy.
"In the past I wanted to be hung. It was worth while being hung to be a hero, seeing that life was not really worth living."
A convict who confessed falsely to a murder, Feb. 1947
This statement gave Christopher Fry an idea which he developed to its fullest extent in "The Lady".
But whereas the original admission is baldly pessimistic, Fry's hero overcomes the "hypocrisy, porcous pomposity, greed, lust, vulgarity, trickery, sham all possible nit-wittery" in the world which sicken him, through his love for the fascinating Jennet Jourdemayne.

Scene - A room in the house of Hebble Tyson, Mayor of the small market town of Cool Clary.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Don Barker Actor
Jeff Carey Actor
Peter Ferrier Actor
Tom Georgeson Actor
Leonore Guerin Actor
Julie Hamilton Actor
Tony Haslam Actor
Jim Morrissey Actor
Sally Newby Actor
Bill Riley Actor
Brian Woodward Actor
John Coleman Front of House
Merran Barker Assistant Set Design and Costumes
Bill Buykx Assistant Stage Manager
Veronica Curtin Assistant Set Design and Costumes
Judy Daly Assistant Set Design and Costumes
Helena Doherty Assistant Set Design and Costumes
Katherine Engh Assistant Set Design and Costumes
Christopher Fry Playwright
Niall Glancy Assistant Stage Manager
Maria Glastonbury Assistant Set Design and Costumes
Alan Killigrew Assistant Stage Manager
Frances Lovick Properties
Joan Moriarty Assistant Set Design and Costumes
Paula Morrissey Sound
Keith O'Dea Assistant Stage Manager
Sue O'Loughlin Set Design and Costumes
Anne O'Shaughnessy Sound
Dennis Olsen Producer
Tracey Peek Assistant Stage Manager
Millicent Reed Assistant Set Design and Costumes
Mary Supple Properties
George Wheadon Stage Manager Lighting
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme University of Adelaide Library Theatre Collection
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 77496