The 19th Tasmanian Drama Festival (Senior Section)

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Event The 19th Tasmanian Drama Festival (Senior Section)
Venue National Theatre, Launceston, TAS
First Date 1 July 1965
Opening Date 1 July 1965
Last Date 3 July 1965
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description The Participants were: The Launceston Players with The Lunch Hour, Launceston Repertory Society with Othello, Old Nick Company with The Public Eye, Launceston Repertory Society with The Dumb Waiter, Sedryk Players with Heads and Tails, or What You Like, Launceston High School with The Merchant of Venice, Hobart Repertory Society with Women in a Dressing Gown, and Intercol with Bird Cage People.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Joe MacColum Adjudicator
Kathleen Beattie Festival Director
John Simmons OAM Lighting Operator/Technician
John Cullen Publicist
Walter Van Nieuwkuyk Junior Publicist
Walter Van Nieuwkuyk Junior Sound Operator/Engineer Stage crew
Albert Sidebotham Stage Director
Kathleen Ashworth Stage crew
Ted Carney Box Office
Graham Dowling Stage crew
Hugh Duncan Reservations
Ralph Graham Stage crew
Chris Marshall Stage crew
Dorothy Smith Stage crew
Resources
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information The winner of the 19th Tasmanian Drama Festival, the Catherine Duncan Cup, was the Launceston Repertory Society with Dumb Waiter. The regional award was not presented. The playwrights award, the Launceston Players Plaque was awarded to Ross J. Murray for Heads or Tails, Or What You Like presented by the Sedryk Players. Fay Trenfield of the Hobart Repertory Society won the Emma Eddinton Trophy.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme CHS 15, 6/4, Launceston Players Society Collection, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Newspaper The Examiner, 5 July 1965, p. 12.
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 97919