A Delicate Balance

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Event A Delicate Balance
Venue Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Umbrella Event Festival of Overseas Play Successes
First Date 13 February 1967
Opening Date 13 February 1967
Last Date 11 March 1967
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description The story revolves around the household of an old WASP couple (Agnes and Tobias) and the cohabiting Claire (Agnes' hard-drinking sister), who never passes up an opportunity to drink or to make a good joke at someone's expense (including her own). Their uneasy peace is disrupted first by the unexpected arrival of two old friends (Harry and Edna) -- fellow empty-nesters with free-floating anxiety who ask to stay with them to escape an unnamed terror -- and then by the arrival of their daughter Julia, whose fourth marriage has collapsed.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Subjects Family
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Brian James Actor
Patricia Kennedy Actor
Brigid Lenihan Actor
Monica Maughan Actor
Margaret Reid Actor
George Whaley Actor
Betty Druitt Costume Designer
John Sumner Director
Robert Anderson Electrician
Edward Albee Playwright
Richard Prins Set Designer
Geof Rumney Stage Manager
Graeme Blundell Stage Manager, Assistant
Peter Taylor Stage Manager, Assistant
Text Nationality United States of America
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Cast List MTC records
Event Identifier 77956