The Second Tasmanian Drama Festival

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Event The Second Tasmanian Drama Festival
Venue National Theatre, Launceston, TAS
First Date 7 April 1948
Opening Date 7 April 1948
Last Date 10 April 1948
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description The participants were: The Launceston School of Speech with The House in Fern Road, The Launceston School of Speech with John's Mother, The Launceston Players with Twentieth Century Lullaby, The Cameron Players of Scottsdale with Ladies in Waiting, The Launceston Players with Dark Brown, The St. Barnabas Play Readers of Scottsdale with Even Exchange, The Douglas Caddy Players with Ways and Means, The Hobart Theatre Guild with Death Comes to my Friends and The Launceston Players with Miss Marlow at Play.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Peggy Tellick Adjudicator
Anne Godfrey-Smith Administrator
Cecil Woodroffe Administrator Assistant
Mac Woodroffe Assistant Stage Manager
Ronald Tyson Front of House
Geoff Downie Lighting Operator/Technician
Hugh Duncan Publicist
Geoff Finney Publicist
Frank Thyne Stage Manager
Resources
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information The individual performances have been entered separately. The Launceston Players with Dark Brown won first place, the Catherine Duncan Cup, at the Second Tasmanian Drama Festival. The Douglas Caddy Players with Ways and Means came in second place and the Launceston Players with Twentieth Century Lullaby came third.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper The Examiner, 12 April 1948, p. 5.
Programme CHS 15, 7/1, Launceston Players Society Collection, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 89494