 Event |
The 13th Tasmanian Drama Festival
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| Venue |
National Theatre, Launceston, TAS |
| First Date |
14 April 1959 |
| Opening Date |
14 April 1959 |
| Last Date |
18 April 1959 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Amateur |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
The participants were: Campbell Town Drama Club with And Nellie Came Too, Launceston Teachers' College Drama Group with Everyman, Launceston Repertory Society with The Second Visit, Ross Repertory Society with Forty Minutes, Westbury Dramatic Society with Exit for Seven, Launceston Players with The Bells, George Town Country Women¿s Association Drama Group with Two Aunts and a Grandmother, Hagley Community Club Drama Group with Drive a Hard Bargain, British Settlers Association of Tasmania with Mr. Twemlow Is Not Himself, Tasmanian New Theatre Group with Home Run, Tasmanian New Theatre Group with Save Me The Waltz, Lindisfarne-Geilston Little Theatre with Come Away, Death, University of Tasmania Old Nick Company with Gammer Gurton's Needle and the Hobart Repertory Theatre Society with Separate Tables. |
| Description Source |
Programme |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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Article: Festival Win, The Examiner, State Library of Tasmania, Launceston Reference Library, 20 April 1959, 7
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Collection: Launceston Players, Launceston Players Society Collection, The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
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Photograph: Catherine Duncan Cup, The Examiner, National Library of Australia, 23 March 1948, 4
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Further Information |
The full list of the Drama Festival Executive contributors was not entered. The winner of the 13th Tasmanian Drama Festival, the Catherine Duncan Cup, was the Hobart Repertory Theatre Society with Separate Tables. The other finalists were the Tasmanian New Theatre Group with Save Me The Waltz who were awarded the Launceston Players Plaque, and the George Town Country Women¿s Association Drama Gro
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Programme |
CHS 15, 6/2, Launceston Players Society Collection, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery |
| Newspaper |
The Examiner, 20/04/1959, p. 7 |
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| Event Identifier
| 92513 |
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