The Father We Loved On a Beach By the Sea

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Event The Father We Loved On a Beach By the Sea
Venue Universal Theatre, North Fitzroy, VIC
First Date 31 August 1983
Opening Date 31 August 1983
Last Date 18 September 1983
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description A study of an ordinary family caught up by the sudden depression of the late 50s, and of the effects of that experience upon the children. Playwright Stephen Sewell commented that he wrote it "in an attempt to understand a few things: how workers can be anything but revolutionary under a capitalist system; how pain and misery can be turned into a way of life vigorously defended by its victims; and what relationship exists between those most intimate moments of our lives...and the broader political and economic forces allegedly restricted to the public arena".
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Adam Briscomb Actor
Ron Challinor Actor joe
Cliff Ellen Actor joes mate
Robert Forza Actor
John Francis Actor
Beverley Phillips Actor joes wife
Kristopher Steele Actor
Ross Williams Actor dan
Anna French Costume Designer
Malcolm Robertson Director
Jill Smith General Manager
Fred Wallace Lighting Designer
Stephen Sewell Playwright
Anna French Set Designer
Nigel Green Sound Designer
Ruth Aldridge Stage Manager
Robert Gebert Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Book Jonathan Bollen, Adrian Kiernander, Bruce Parr, Men At Play: Masculinities in Australian Theatre since the 1950s, Rodopi, Amsterdam & New York, 2008
CV Anna French
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 90374