Deathtrap

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Event Deathtrap
Venue Fortune Theatre, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Date 8 March 1980
Last Date 29 March 1980
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description Sydney Bruhl is a playwright with a problem. He hasn't written a successful play for years. He desperately needs a good idea or two; the only way for him to get some is to steal them from a pupil of his. And so the only way to make sure that the pupil doesn't get a share of the glory is to murder him….
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Thriller
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Peter Drake Actor Sidney Bruhl
Murray Hutchinson Actor Attorney
Louise Petherbridge Actor Helgar Ten Dorp
Joy Smith Actor Myra Bruhl
Peter Verstappen Actor Clifford Anderson
Miles Taylor Assistant Stage Manager
Alex Gilchrist Director
Peter Short Lighting Designer
Peter Williams Lighting Operator/Technician
Michael de Hamel Photographer
Ira Levin Playwright
Shirley Kelly Programme Administrator/Researcher
Chris Wigley Properties Officer
Bruce Bohm Set and/or Property Maker
Murray Hutchinson Set Designer
Peter Williams Sound Designer
Chris Wigley Stage Manager
Anne Coombes Wardrobe Assistant
Text Nationality United States of America
Further Information Invercargill 15-17 April 1980.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 187138