A Fortunate Life

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Event A Fortunate Life
Venue Playhouse, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 21 June 1984
Opening Date 21 June 1984
Last Date 28 July 1984
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description Adaptation of A.B. Facey's best-selling memoir of a life lived to the full.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Historical
Theatre
Biographical
Subjects Australia
Biography
Marriage
Resilience
Rural communities
World War 1
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Don Bridges Actor Cave Rock Bill (Pt 1)/Frank Phillips/Henry (Pt 2)
Sydney Conabere Actor Uncle Archie (1)/ Captain (3) Strong (4) Colonel (5) Shillington (6)
Chris Connelly Actor Roy (1) Roy/A Meiklie Brother (2) Stockman (3) George (6)
Frank Gallacher Actor Cave Rock Bob (1) Bill Oliver (3) Burns/The Ganger (4) Bob (6)
Caroline Gillmer Actor Camp Site Woman (1) Mrs Phillips (2) Mrs Staford (3) Old Evelyn (6)
Eve Godly Actor Mrs Bibby (2) Nrs Wilson (4) Nurse (5) Mrs Gibson/Shirl (6)
Vivean Gray Actor Grandma
Kevin Harrington Actor Bert (4) Eric (1) (2)
Douglas Hedge Actor Bill (2) Darkey (3) Mickey Flynn (4)Mr Williams (6)
Steven Jacobson Actor Bert (1) (2) (3) Barney/Eric (6)
John Murphy Actor Camp Site Man (1) Scots Man/Mr Bibby (2) Baldy (3) Old Boxer (4) Sergeant (5)
Michael O'Neill Actor Bert (5) Barney (6)
Frederick Parslow Actor Old Bert Facey
Fiona Press Actor Laura/Nurse (1) Laura/Molly (2) Young Evelyn (6)
Johnny Quinn Actor Policeman (1) Foundry Worker/Jock (4) Sgt Major (5)
Anne Scott Pendlebury Actor Myra/Scots Lady (1) Myra/Martha (2) May (3) Beryl/Olive (6)
Helen Tripp Actor Mother /Old Lady at Cave Rock(1) Mother (2) Nurse (5) Shirley (6)
David Whitney Actor Man with Whip (2) Bentley/Engineer/Boxer (6)
Clem Gorman Adaptor
Andrew Barker Assistant Stage Manager
David Gallen Assistant Stage Manager
Victoria Knight Assistant Stage Manager
Albert Barnett (AB) Facey Author
Peter Morrell Deputy Stage Manager
Richard Jeziorny Designer
John Sumner Director
Jamieson Lewis Lighting Designer
Garry McQuinn Production Manager
Peter Salmon Stage Manager
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Cast List MTC Records
Book John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009
Event Identifier 79202
Dataset AusStage