A Drama Festival (the first of the Tasmanian Drama Festivals)

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Event A Drama Festival (the first of the Tasmanian Drama Festivals)
Venue National Theatre, Launceston, TAS
First Date 5 June 1947
Opening Date 5 June 1947
Last Date 7 June 1947
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description The participants were: The Launceston Players with One Evening at Nero's, The Launceston Players with scenes from Twelfth Night, The Launceston Players with Heaven on Earth, Devonport Dramatic Club with The Waxen Man, New Norfolk Players with Act Three of The Little Foxes, The Unnamed Players of Hobart with The Man Who Wouldn't go to Heaven, and The Australian Repertory Players of Melbourne with Candida.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Edgar Harcourt Adjudicator
Resources
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information The individual performances have been entered separately. The Launceston Players with scenes from Twelfth Night won first place at the first of the Tasmanian Drama Festivals. The Australian Repertory Players of Melbourne with Candida came second and the Unnamed Players of Hobart with The Man Who Wouldn't go to Heaven came third.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme CHS 15, 6/1, Launceston Players Society Collection, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Newspaper The Examiner, 9 June 1947, p. 3.
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 89304