The 16th Tasmanian Drama Festival (Senior Section)

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Event The 16th Tasmanian Drama Festival (Senior Section)
Venue National Theatre, Launceston, TAS
First Date 18 June 1962
Opening Date 18 June 1962
Last Date 23 June 1962
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description The participants were: The Launceston Repertory Society with The Shewing Up of Blanco Posnet, The Launceston Players with All My Sons, The Launceston Players with The Laboratory, The British Settlers Association with Operation Cold Cure, The Launceston Players with Miss Julia, Bass-Flinders Group with Escape, The Northern Players with The Lady of Larkspur Lotion, The Launceston Repertory Society with Picnic, the Westbury Drama Club with El Campesino, Deloraine Dramatic Club Society with See How They Run, Port Sorrell Drama Group with The Storm, The Basin Theatre Group with Eldorado, Old Nick Company with Nude Washing Dishes, Ulverstone Repertory Society with Mr. Lucifer and the Spinster, Old Nick Company with Barnstable, Kingston Players with Two Gentlemen of Soho, The Southern Players with River Without Banks, Queenstown Amateur Dramatic Society with Temptation Sordid or Virtue Rewarded, Kingston Players with Bedtime Story, and the Hobart Repertory Theatre Society with The Bespoke Overcoat.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Neil Hutchison 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
Ted Carney Box Office
Hugh Duncan Reservations
Olwyn Young Catering and hostess
Resources
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information The full contributor list has not been 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 senior section of the 16th Tasmanian Drama Festival, the Catherine Duncan Cup, was the Hobart Repertory Theatre Society with The Bespoke Overcoat.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper The Examiner, 25 June 1962, p. 10.
Programme CHS 15, 6/3, Launceston Players Society Collection, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 95139