The Tales of Hoffmann

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Event The Tales of Hoffmann
Venue Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC
Umbrella Event National Theatre Festival of the Arts 1954: Season Eight
First Date 1 March 1954
Opening Date 1 March 1954
Last Date April 1954
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Royal Command Performance in the prescence of HRH Queen Elizabeth II & HRH Prince Phillip. Aside from the 1700 peple inside another 20,000 had gathered outside and heard the performance relayed by loudspeakers. Further performances after the Royal Command without cuts
Description Source Article
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Opera
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Contributors
Name Function Notes
June Brown Actor Act II guests (Drama Company)
Robert Eastgate Actor Act II guests (Drama Company)
Agnes Fulton Actor Act II guests (Drama Company)
Pamela Greenall Actor Act II guests (Drama Company)
Mary Hardy Actor Act II guests (Drama Company)
John Ludbrooke Actor Act II guests (Drama Company)
Peter Norton Actor Act II guests (Drama Company)
Betty Rechter Actor Act II guests (Drama Company)
Harry Starling Actor Act II guests (Drama Company)
Robert Allman Actor and Singer
Marie Collier Actor and Singer Giulietta
Dorothea Deegan Actor and Singer Nicklaus
Lauris Elms Actor and Singer
Betty Fretwell Actor and Singer Antonia
Nance Grant Actor and Singer chorus
Stefan Haag Actor and Singer Spalanzani
Lance Ingram Actor and Singer Hoffmann
Keith Neilson Actor and Singer Crespel
Lorenzo Nolan Actor and Singer Pittichinaccio
Justine Rettick Actor and Singer
John Shaw Actor and Singer Dapertutto / Coppelius
Noel Spark Actor and Singer
Barbara Wilson Actor and Singer Olympia
Leonard Delany Actor-Manager
Herman Schildberger Assistant Conductor
Valrene Tweedie Choreographer
Jacques Offenbach Composer
Joseph Post Conductor
Louis Kahan Costume Designer
Noelle Aitken Dancer
Vivian Arnold Dancer
Sandra Brown Dancer
William Carse Dancer
Mel Clifford Dancer
Judith Cohen Dancer
Geoffrey Ingram Dancer
Pauline Jones Dancer
Gwenda Kaires Dancer
Janet Keyte Dancer
Gayrie MacSween Dancer
Bruce Morrow Dancer
Ronald Reay Dancer
Kay Smith Dancer
Valrene Tweedie Dancer
Marion Ward Dancer
Ivan Calnin Mechanist
Cid Ellwood Music Adaptor
Stefan Haag Producer
Louis Kahan Set Designer
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Text Nationality France
Germany
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information The Cain Government had cut funding to the Arts & The National Theatre but then asked then to stage the Royal Command Performance. The night's profit - 6,000 pounds (Australian record at the time) was donated to charity "at the direction of the State Government". Nance Grant recounts she played a lamp post in one scene...
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper
Correspondence
Book National Treasure
Magazine
Book A Life of Curtain Calls
Event Identifier 135176
Dataset AusStage