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Event

Godspell

Venue

Playbox Theatre, Melbourne, VIC

First Date

15 November 1971

Opening Date

15 November 1971

Last Date

30 November 1972

Dates Estimated

Status

Professional

World Premiere

Primary Genre

Music Theatre

Secondary Genre

Musical

Subjects

Religion

Organisations

Williamson-Edgley Theatres Limited, Production Company
Aztec Services Pty Ltd, Production Company

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
Jillian Archer	Actor
Neil Bryant	Actor
Karen Corbett	Actor
Jamie Davidson	Actor
Colleen Hewett	Actor
Colette Mann	Actor
Karin Murphy	Actor
Christopher Pate	Actor
Chris Sheil	Actor
George Spartels	Actor
Betty Pounder	Assistant Director
John-Michael Tebelak	Devisor
Sammy Dallas Bayes	Director
Stephen Schwartz	Music and Lyrics Librettist
Rory Thomas	Musical Director
Malcolm C Cooke	Producer

Resources

Article: Day-by-day Colleen settles on new plans, The Age, 20 July 1972, 14
Article: Sally White, But don't clown with Sammy: he's sincere about this show, The Age, 5 October 1971, 2
Article: Sweet sound of success, The Age, 1 June 1972, 19
Programme: Godspell, Flinders University, Library Special Collections, 15 November 1971

Works

Godspell

Text Nationality

United States of America

Production Nationality

Australia

Further Information

First presented Cherry Lane Theatre, Greenwich Village, New York, 17.05.1971. There are two programmes for this season with cast differences. The programme contains brief biographies and photos of the cast.

Event Status

Completed

Data Source

Source	Description
Programme	Flinders University Library Special Collections Theatre Programmes 1971(2)
Programme	Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library

Event Identifier

14410

Dataset

AusStage