Event |
The 16th Tasmanian Drama Festival (Senior Section)
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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
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Resources |
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Article:  Duncan Cup to Hobart Group, The Examiner, State Library of Tasmania, Launceston Reference Library, 25 June 1962, 10
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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 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.
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Event Status |
Completed
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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 |
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Event Identifier
| 95139 |
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