The 15th Tasmanian Drama Festival

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Event The 15th Tasmanian Drama Festival
Venue National Theatre, Launceston, TAS
First Date 19 June 1961
Opening Date 19 June 1961
Last Date 24 June 1961
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description The participants were: Kings Meadows High School with The Bishop's Candlesticks, 7LA Junior Players with The Ugly Duckling, Ashley Players with Cut Ting's Treasure, Launceston Repertory Society with Leith Sands, Broadland House Church of England Girls Grammar School with The Patchwork Counterpanes, Brooks High School with Dark Lady of the Sonnets, Launceston Youth Theatre May I Call You Brother?, Launceston High School with Scenes from Twelfth Night, Hagley Community Drama Club with Lorna, Launceston Repertory Society with The Living Image, Launceston Players with The Rape of the Belt, The British Settlers Association with Charlady and the Angel, Launceston Players with Time to Kill, Hobart Repertory Theatre Society with The Ass and the Philosophers, Kingston Players with The Browning Version and the Kingston Players with A Woman's Privilege.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
David Reid Adjudicator
Resources
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Full list of festival contributors not added. The winner of the Under 17 youth section, the Radio 7EX trophy, was the 7LA Junior Players with The Ugly Duckling at the 15th Tasmanian Drama Festival. Graeme Round, the author of Cut Ting's Treasure, won the Launceston Players Shield for the best original play. The Examiner and Express Trophy, the major award for the under 21 section, was won by...
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper The Examiner, 22 June 1961, p. 2.
Newspaper The Examiner, 26 June 1961, p. 3.
Programme CHS 15, 6/3, Launceston Players Society Collection, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 93737