A Cuckoo in the Nest

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Event A Cuckoo in the Nest
Venue Police Boys' Club Theatrette, Broken Hill, NSW
First Date 18 July 1948
Opening Date 18 July 1948
Last Date 8 August 1948
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description A comedy screamer. The story of the play takes place in England and commences on the porch of a Kensington Flat, late one summer afternoon and proceeds to a small wayside Inn "The Stag and Hunt" in the little village of "Maiden's Blottom," Somerset.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Mary Anson Actor Mrs Spooker, landlady of Stag and Hunt Inn
Gus Bromwich Actor Noony, country yokel
Kevin Brown Actor Major Bone
Tom Collins Actor Alfred, the barman
Roma Dalla Valle Actor Rawlins, the Wykeham maid
June Gough Actor Marguerite Hickett
Len Lambert Actor Mr Hickett
Laurel Lovis Actor Gladys, housemaid at the Stag and Hunt Inn
Carmel Madsen Actor Barbara Wykeham
Arthur McLaughlan Actor Chauffeur
Cliff Neate Actor Peter Wykeham
Ruby Prider Actor Mrs Bone
Bill Spencer Actor Rev Sloley-Jones
Ben Travers Playwright
Victor A Bindley Producer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Broken Hill Repertory Society Plays, 1945-1948, Broken Hill Library, A792.02 BRO
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 92108