The Suicide

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Event The Suicide
Venue Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 5 August 1981
Last Date 26 September 1981
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description An unemployed 'little man' contemplates suicide and is besieged by discontented groups wanting him to turn his suicide into a gesture on their behalf.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Farce
Black Comedy
Subjects Money
Suicide
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Graeme Blundell Actor Semyon Semyonovich Pidsekalnikov
John Bowman Actor Egor Timovyeyevich / First Man
Rhonda Cressey Actor Raissa Filipovna / Others
Lloyd Cunnington Actor Father Elpidi / 1st Individual
Beverley Dunn Actor Margarita Ivanova Peryesvetov
Chris Hallam Actor Aristarch Dominiovich Golashchapov
Robert Hewett Actor Viktor Viktorovich / 2nd Man
Denzil Howson Actor Alexander Petrovich Kalabushkin
Jackie Kelleher Actor Serafima Ilinichna
David Letch Actor Deaf Mute / Others
Rona McLeod Actor Maria Lukianona
Kristopher Steele Actor Nikifor Arsenyevich Pugachov / 2nd Man
Linden Wilkinson Actor Cleopatra Maximovna / Deaf Mute's Mother
Susan Greaves Assistant Stage Manager
Paul Kathner Designer
Judith Alexander Director
Jamieson Lewis Lighting Designer
Neil Finlayson Lighting Operator/Technician
Nikolai Erdman Playwright
Dianne Lynn Production Manager
Peter Salmon Stage Manager
Peter Tegel Translator
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Russia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Book Performing Arts Year Book of Australia 1981
Cast List MTC Records
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 78768