Housemaster

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Event Housemaster
Venue Minerva Theatre (1939-1950), Kings Cross, NSW
First Date 7 March 1940
Opening Date 7 March 1940
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description The management of the Minerva Theatre announces that a new play. "Housemaster." by Ian Hay will be presented next Thursday
Harold Meade and Barbara Brunton Gibb are joining the existing company for the occasion, and John Wood, as "Flossie" Nightingale.
will appear in the same part as he played in
the screen version of the comedy.
Description Source Article
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Drama
Subjects Heterosexual Relationships
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Yvonne Banvard Actor
Frank Bradley Actor
Aileen Britton Actor
Barbara Brunton-Gibb Actor
Megan Edwards Actor
Lloyd Lamble Actor
Pat McDonald Actor
Harry Meade Actor
John Wood Actor
Frederick Blackman Director
Ian Hay Playwright
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Housemaster is a comedy by the English playwright Ian Hay, first produced at the Apollo Theatre, London, on 12 November 1936, running for 662 performances. The play depicts the conflict between a wise housemaster and a puritanical younger headmaster at an English public school, with the action complicated by the unexpected incursion of two women and two girls who have to be accommodated in the ot
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Newspaper MINERVA THEATRE. (1940, March 2). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved July 21, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17653232
Event Identifier 15266