Extracts from Shakespeare

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Event Extracts from Shakespeare
Venue University of NSW (Kensington Campus), Kensington, NSW
Umbrella Event First Year Student Performance
First Date 1964
Opening Date 1964
Last Date 1964
Dates Estimated Yes
Status Professional Training Schools/Colleges
World Premiere No
Description In the first play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Theseus, duke of Athens, after conquering the warrior Amazons in battle, is in turn conquered by the charms of their queen, Hippolyta, and they are now planning to marry. To speed the time until their wedding night, he orders amusements to be staged.

In the second play, As You Like it, Rosalind and her cousin escape into the forest and find Orlando, Rosalind's love. Disguised as a boy shepherd, Rosalind has Orlando woo her under the guise of "curing" him of his love for Rosalind.

In the final play, Love's Labour's Lost, the impetuous king of
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Organisations
  • NIDA, Production Company
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Marianna Aeckerie Actor Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Helmut Bakaitis Actor Egeus in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Orlando in As You Like it
Vivienne Benson-Young Actor Princess of France in Love's Labour's Lost
Kerry Bindon Actor Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Gail Garry Actor Rosalind in As You Like it
Elizabeth Gash Actor Lady Boyette in Love's Labour's Lost
Martin Harris Actor Duke Theseus of Athens in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Caroleen Heaton Actor Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Beverley Kirk Actor Queen Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Lyn Lee Actor Fairy in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Lynette Lee Actor Phoebe in As You Like it
Helen Morse Actor Celia in As You Like it and Jaquenetta in Love's Labour's Lost
Maureen Moyle Actor Lady Maria in Love's Labour's Lost
Lesley Munro Actor Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mary O'Sullivan Actor Lady Katherine in Love's Labour's Lost
Bruce Partridge Actor Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Bill Pearson Actor King Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Constable Dull in Love's Labour's Lost
Richard Raper Actor Lord Berowne in Love's Labour's Lost
Jon Skiller Actor King Ferdinand of Navarre in Love's Labour's Lost
Robert Stephenson Actor Don Adriano De Armado the spaniard in Love's Labour's Lost
Sylvia Sutton Actor Queen Hippolyta of Amazonia in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ross Thompson Actor Oliver in As You Like it and Lord Dumayne in Love's Labour's Lost
Anthony Thurbon Actor Costard in Love's Labour's Lost
Jill Wallace Actor Lady Rosaline in Love's Labour's Lost
Daryl Wilkinson Actor Silvius in As You Like it and Lord Longaville in Love's Labour's Lost
Catherine Behan Costume Designer
Alan Edwards Director As You Like it / Love's Labour's Lost
Joe MacColum Director A Midsummer Night's Dream
Keith Watson Lighting Designer
William Shakespeare Playwright
Geoffrey Wood Set Designer
Jim Sharman Sound Designer
Penelope Thompson Stage Manager A Midsummer Night's Dream
Geoffrey Wood Stage Manager As You Like it / Love's Labour's Lost
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme
Event Identifier 153729
Dataset AusStage