The Contractor

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Event The Contractor
Venue Canberra Theatre, Canberra, ACT
First Date 27 August 1971
Opening Date 27 August 1971
Last Date 28 August 1971
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description "Erection, decoration and dismantling of a tent as a poetic parable for a wedding and the bizarre collection of misfits at the breakfast. It is a play in which the dialogue and the physical action (the operation of the tent) are entirely dependent on each other."
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Construction
Marriage
Workers
Workplace
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
John Allen Actor
Matthew Burton Actor
Simon Chilvers Actor
Lloyd Cunnington Actor
Marion Edward Actor
Frederick Parslow Actor
Martin Phelan Actor
Malcolm Phillips Actor
Margaret Reid Actor
Deidre Rubenstein Actor
David Spurling Actor
Gary Wastell Actor
Anne Fraser Costume Designer
Rick Billinghurst Director
Nigel Levings Electrician
David Storey Playwright
Simon Hopkinson Production Manager
Anne Fraser Set Designer
Peter Turley Stage Manager
Peter Roehlen Technical Director
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Melbourne Theatre Company tour to Canberra, with Galileo.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Cast List MTC Records
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 78299