The 17th Tasmanian Drama Festival (Senior section)

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Event The 17th Tasmanian Drama Festival (Senior section)
Venue National Theatre, Launceston, TAS
First Date 25 June 1963
Opening Date 25 June 1963
Last Date 29 June 1963
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description The participants were: The Dutch Australian Association Drama Group with British Passport, Deloraine Dramatic Society with The Trapper, Hagley Community Club with The Godsend, the Launceston Repertory Society with The Well of the Saints, Deloraine Dramatic Society with The Room, Launceston Repertory Society with The Caretaker, the Pendulum Players with One Day Pendulum, the Launceston Players with The End of the Beginning, the Westbury Drama Club with The Red Velvet Goat, the British Settlers Association of Tasmania with The Rose and the Crown, the Launceston Players with Duet For Two Hands, Ulvertsone Repertory Theatre Society with The Setting Sun, the Cameron Players with Fail Not Our Feast, Queestown Amateur Dramatic Society with The Bear, Kingston Players with Family Album, the Basin Theatre Group with The Farce of Master Pierre Pathelin and the Old Nick Company with The Bald Headed Prima Donna.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Ronald Denson Adjudicator
Ronald Tyson Front of House
John Simmons OAM Lighting Operator / Technician
Kathleen Beattie Stage Director
Ted Carney Box Office
Hugh Duncan Reservations
Pat Shackel Stage crew
Albert Sidebotham Stage crew
Dorothy Smith Stage crew
Walter Stephenson Stage crew
Walter Van Nieuwkuyk Junior Stage crew
Nina Wallbank Stage crew
Peter Wallbank Stage crew
Resources
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information The winner of the senior section of the 17th Tasmanian Drama Festival, the Catherine Duncan Cup, was the Launceston Repertory Society with The Well of the Saints. The Kingston Players won the regional award, the Launceston Players Torch, with the Family Album. Pat Greenwood of the Launceston Repertory Society won the best actress award, the Emma Eddington Trophy and Trevor Robinson...
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, 1 July 1963, p. 3.
Event Identifier 97885