The 18th Tasmanian Drama Festival (Junior Section)

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Event The 18th Tasmanian Drama Festival (Junior Section)
Venue National Theatre, Launceston, TAS
First Date 17 June 1964
Opening Date 17 June 1964
Last Date 20 June 1964
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description The participants were: Sacred Heart College with The Farce of the Devil's Bridge, Launceston High School with In All His Glory, St Patrick's College with Arms and the Man, St. Patrick's College with Pygmalion, Laurhenian Players with The Patchwork Counterpanes, the Young Children's Theatre with The Legend of the Great Flood, Riverside High School with The Golden Gander, Launceston High School with Three Knaves of Normandy, Launceston Players with The Dark Lady of the Sonnets, Launceston Teachers' College with The Falconer's Lassie, Laurhenian Players with When Toys Awake, Deloraine High School with The Man in the Bowler Hat, Howrah Primary School with Cit Ting's Treasure, Sacred Heart College with The Sleeping Fires.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Max Oldaker Adjudicator
Molly Gallavan Festival Director
William Beattie Front of House
John Simmons OAM Lighting Operator/Technician
Albert Sidebotham Stage Director
Kathleen Ashworth Stage crew
Kathleen Beattie Refreshments
Ted Carney Box Office
Hugh Duncan Reservations
Chris Marshall Stage crew
Mary Penney Stage crew
Bill Rainbird Stage crew
Albert Sidebotham Stage crew
Dorothy Smith 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 junior section of the 18th Tasmanian Drama Festival, the 7EX Trophy, was Riverside High School with The Golden Gander and they also won the Launceston Players Shield for the best original play. The winner of the Express and Examiner Trophy was the Launceston Junior Players with Dark Lady of the Sonnets.
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, 22 June 1964, p. 6.
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 97916