What the Butler Saw

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Event What the Butler Saw
Venue Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 7 July 1987
Last Date 25 July 1987
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description The chase is on in this breakneck comedy of licensed insanity, from the moment when Dr. Prentice, a psychoanalyst interviewing a prospective secretary, instructs her to undress. The plot of What the Butler Saw contains enough twists and turns, mishaps and changes of fortune, coincidences and lunatic logic to furnish three or four conventional comedies. But however the six characters in search of a plot lose the thread of the action - their wits or their clothes - their verbal self-possession never deserts them.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Farce
Subjects Mental Illness
Psychiatry
Sex
Sexuality
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Shane Bourne Actor
Kevin Harrington Actor
Bob Hornery Actor
Judith McGrath Actor
Genevieve Mooy Actor
Richard Piper Actor
Jackie Nieuwenhuizen Assistant Stage Manager
Richard Roberts Designer
Simon Phillips Director
Philip Wadds Lighting Designer
Colin Alexander Lighting Operator/Technician
Joe Orton Playwright
Peter Roehlen Production Manager
Kerry Saxby Sound Designer
Libby Higgin Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Transferred from Russell Street Theatre season 27.05.87-04.07.87.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian Theatre Record May 1987
Cast List MTC Records
Data Reviewed By Geoffrey Milne (GeoffreyMilne) on 28 August 2011
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 79266