Man Speaking

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Event Man Speaking
Venue St Martins Theatre, South Yarra, VIC
Umbrella Event Voyage Theatre Season
First Date 23 May 1966
Opening Date 23 May 1966
Last Date 28 May 1966
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description Lang, in the programme, says this "is not a conventional poetry reading" but a piece whose "'departure point is the problem of its three actors in deciding how to speak poetry, but it swiftly becomes an absorbing and sometimes hilarious investigation of ... hypocrisy, psychoanalysis, and even the English love of pets."
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Experimental
Poetry
Subjects Criticism
Humanity
Poetry
Psychology
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Nicholas Amer Actor
Greville Hallam Actor
Harold Lang Actor
Daphne Eales Designer
Harold Lang Director
Harold Lang Writer
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality England
Further Information Harold Lang is credited as Writer, but the English poets chosen for discussion include John Donne, William Blake, John Milton, W. H. Auden, T. S. Eliot, Isaac Walton, W. B. Yeats and others.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Performing Arts Collection of South Australia
Programme St Martins Theatre season 1966
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 83043