Event |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
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Venue |
Everest Theatre (Seymour Centre), Chippendale, NSW |
First Date |
3 November 1980 |
Opening Date |
7 November 1980 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
No |
Description |
"The members of a Shakespeare Company came together to work on a six month research project. The aims was to study in detail and perform two of Shakespeare's plays, and the project has been pursued away from the time and money pressures of the five week rehearsal period which has become the tradition in Australian professional theatre.
The project was funded by an Australia Council 'Limited Life' grant. The work was undertaken on a full-time basis, but these productions were not regarded by the company as being the final result of months of work together, but simply as a stage in a mo |
Description Source |
Article |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
Name |
Function |
Notes |
Ruth Cracknell
|
Actor
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Silvia (or John Gaden) / Launce (or Arthur Dignam) / Host (or Arthur Dignam) / Outlaw
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Arthur Dignam
|
Actor
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Launce (or Ruth Cracknell) / Lucetta (or Kerry Walker) / Host (or Ruth Cracknell) / Outlaw
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Drew Forsythe
|
Actor
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Proteus (or John Howard or Kerry Walker) / Thurio (or John Howard) / Antonio (or John Howard)
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John Gaden
|
Actor
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Silvia (or Ruth Cracknell) / Speed (or John Howard or Kerry Walker) / Sir Eglamour (or John Howard or Kerry Walker)
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Ron Haddrick
|
Actor
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Julia (or Jennifer Hagan) / Duke (or Robert Menzies) / Panthino (or Robert Menzies)
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Jennifer Hagan
|
Actor
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Valentine (or Robert Menzies) / Julia (or Ron Haddrick)
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John Howard
|
Actor
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Proteus (or Drew Forsythe or Kerry Walker) / Thurio (or Drew Forsythe) / Speed (or John Gaden or Kerry Walker) / Antonio (or Drew Forysthe) / Sir Eglamour (or John Gaden or Kerry Walker)
|
Tony Mack
|
Actor
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Outlaw / Ursula
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Robert Menzies
|
Actor
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Valentine (or Jennifer Hagan) / Duke (or Ron Haddrick) / Panthino (or Ron Haddrick)
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Kerry Walker
|
Actor
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Proteus (or Drew Forsythe or John Howard) / Speed (or John Gaden or John Howard) / Lucetta (or Arthur Dignam) / Sir Eglamour (or John Howard or John Gaden) / Outlaw
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Rex Cramphorn
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Director
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William Shakespeare
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Playwright
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James Waites
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Researcher
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Resources |
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Article:  Jill Sykes, Great Shakespeare experiment, The Age, 2 December 1980, 10
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Article:  Ken Healey, Taking the measure of a team experiment, The Canberra Times, 30 November 1980, 8
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Review:  Dennis Biggins, To be congratulated, Theatre Australia, 5, 6, February 1981, 36
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
England
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Production Nationality |
Australia
|
Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Newspaper |
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Book |
Performing Arts Year Book of Australia 1980 |
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Event Identifier
| 134780 |
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