Smugglers Beware!

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Event Smugglers Beware!
Venue Anzac Memorial Hall, Mosman, NSW
First Date 8 July 1950
Opening Date 8 July 1950
Last Date 15 July 1950
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description Set in Sydney Town, 1818. About the smuggling of rum and other goods into Sydney harbour in exchange for money.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Children's Theatre
Subjects Crime
Smuggling
Sydney
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Margery Brewer Actor Miss Maria
Barbara Brunton-Gibb Actor Henrietta
Elsie Dayne Actor Minnie Huggle
David Futcher Actor Rummy
Alan Herbert Actor Herbert Huggle
Julie Herbert Actor Miss Matilda
John Hunt Actor William
Greta Levy Actor Fish-Woman
Mark Roberts Actor Jamie
Joe Scully Actor The Colonel
Robert Witcombe Actor Croaker
Lilian Hunt Costume Assistant Bonnets
Jean Cowtan Costume Designer
Jack Horner Costume Designer
Elsie Dayne Director Director/Producer
Warren Baggott Lighting Designer
Eleanor Witcombe Playwright
Greta Levy Properties Mistress
Jean Cowtan Set Designer
Jack Horner Set Designer
Warren Baggott Sound Designer
Greta Levy Stage Manager
Jean Cowtan Wardrobe Supervisor/Coordinator/Head
Elizabeth Orme Wardrobe Supervisor/Coordinator/Head
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Play also produced by its more usual title 'Pirates at the Barn'. Published as 'Pirates at the Barn/Smugglers Beware!' illustrated by Peter Tierney (Sydney: Currency, 1989).
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian Drama Project (UQ) Key SMUGGLEEW
Newspaper The Sunday Herald, 25 June 1950, 6
Web AustLit Database
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 87288