Gossip from the Forest

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Event Gossip from the Forest
Venue Drama Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW
First Date 5 May 1983
Last Date 11 June 1983
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description To a railroad siding in a forest near Compiegne come the men who will sign the Armistice to end the Great War
Description Source Brochure
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects World War 1
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Alan Cassell Actor Matthias Erzberger
John Doyle Actor Admiral Hope
Ron Haddrick Actor Count von Maiberling
Bob Hornery Actor Gen von Winterfeldt
Rhys McConnochie Actor Lord Wemyss
Dennis Miller Actor Marshall Foch
Ken Shorter Actor Captain Vanselow
Alan Tobin Actor Gen Weygard
Allan McFadden Composer
David Aitken Designer
Aarne Neeme Director
Tony Youlden Lighting Designer
Thomas Keneally Playwright
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Brochure Sydney Theatre Company 1983 Season, Marion Roubos-Bennett Collection
Australian Drama Project (UQ) GOSSIPFTK
Brochure Sydney Opera House, A Year of Fine Entertainment 1983
Book John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 93114