Separate Tables

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Event Separate Tables
Venue Elizabethan Theatre, Newtown, NSW
Umbrella Event The Ralph Richardson 1955 Tour of Australia and New Zealand
First Date 5 August 1955
Opening Date 5 August 1955
Last Date 5 October 1955
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description Consists of two smaller plays, Table No. 7 and Table by The Window.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Humanity
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Lewis Casson Actor Mr Fowler - Table by the Window / Mr Fowler - Table Number Seven
June Collis Actor Miss Tanner - Table by the Window / Mrs Stratton - Table Number Seven
Lorna Forbes Actor Mabel - Table by the Window / Mabel - Table Number Seven
Meriel Forbes Actor Mrs Shankland - Table by the Window / Miss Railton-Bell - Table Number Seven
Winifred Green Actor Lady Matheson - Table by the Window / Lady Matheson - Table Number Seven
Jacqueline Kott Actor Doreen - Table by the Window / Doreen - Table Number Seven
Lily Moore Actor Miss Meacham - Table by the Window / Miss Meacham - Table Number Seven
Daphne Newton Actor Miss Cooper - Table by the Window / Miss Cooper - Table Number Seven
Ralph Richardson Actor Mr Malcolm - Table by the Window / Major Pollock - Table Number Seven
Harry Starling Actor Mr Stratton - Table by the Window / Mr Stratton - Table Number Seven
Sybil Thorndike Actor Mrs Railton-Bell - Table by the Window / Mrs Railton-Bell - Table Number Seven
John Sumner Administrator General Manager for the Elizabethan Theatre
Jerome White Assistant Stage Manager
Tom Lingwood Costume Designer Sir Ralph Richardson's uniforms
Helen Quinslik Costume Designer Ladies' gowns
Lionel Harris Director
Robert Cunningham Head Electrician for the Elizabethan Theatre
Athol Charlwood Head Mechanist for Garnet H Carroll
Ron Field Head Mechanist for the Elizabethan Theatre
Joan Chartres Musician
Eunice Lloyd Musician
Terence Rattigan Playwright
Michael Day Properties Master/Mistress for Garnet H Carroll
John Yeates Properties Master/Mistress for the Elizabethan Theatre
Ron Patten Publicist for the Elizabethan Theatre
Tom Lingwood Set and/or Property Maker St decorator
Michael Weight Set Designer
Alan Harvey Stage Manager
Frank Wilson Technician Chief Engineer for Garnet H Carroll
Beddoes Wardrobe Master/Mistress for Garnet H Carroll
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information This venue opened for this production in 1955. Two plays were performed alternately throughout this tour, Separate Tables and The Sleeping Prince. Seasons were only one-two weeks per play and were relatively short.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Event Identifier 17457
Dataset AusStage