The 16th Tasmanian Drama Festival (Youth Section)

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Event The 16th Tasmanian Drama Festival (Youth Section)
Venue National Theatre, Launceston, TAS
First Date 12 June 1962
Opening Date 12 June 1962
Last Date 16 June 1962
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description The participants were: Methodist Ladies College with The Golden Doom, The Ardenne Players with Elizabeth Refuses, College Dramatic Society with Jephthar's Daughter, Riverside Primary, Grade VI with Briar Rose, Queechy High School Drama Club with The Dyspeptic Ogre, Brooks High School with The Astonishing Adventures of Pang, 7LA Junior Players with St Joan, Act 1, Scene 1, Yandiah Studio with The Temptations of Man, Broadland House Church of England Girls' School with Reaching the Heights, Launceston High School with Noah, The Trinity Players with The Graveyard, R.M. Murray High School Drama Group with The Price of Perfection, and The Trinity Players with Sleeping Beauty.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Max Oldaker Adjudicator
Vivienne Ellis Festival Director
David Hancock Front of House
John Simmons OAM Lighting Operator/Technician
Don Phillips Musical Supervisor
John Cullen Publicist
Geoff Willis Stage Director
David Barratt Stage crew
Ted Carney Box Office
Max Cassidy Stage crew
Hugh Duncan Reservations
Olwyn Young Catering and hostess
Resources
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Full contributor list not added. The 16th Tasmanian Drama Festival had a record number of 33 entries with 13 in the youth section and 20 in the senior section. The winner of the Youth Section of the Tasmanian Drama Festival, the 'Examiner and Express Trophy' (21 years and under) was the College Dramatic Society with Jephthas's Daughter. The Launceston High School won the 7EX trophy for Noah.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme CHS 15, 6/3, Launceston Players Society Collection, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Newspaper The Examiner, 18 June 1962, p. 9.
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 95138