State of Siege

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Event State of Siege
Venue NZBC, Auckland, New Zealand
First Date 9 March 1973
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Rosalie Carey's adaptation of Janet Frame's book, further adaped for radio by Bernard Kearns. Malfred Signal is a retired teacher of art escaping from a lifetime of 'obsession with shadows, with shading' and with teaching children to draw fire shovels. … Malfred wants to paint landscapes without people, but her truth is three people: her father, her mother and her lover, Wilfred.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Radio
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Anne Bradshaw Actor
Rosalie Carey Actor Malfred Signal
Les Cleveland Actor
Les Coxhead Actor
Peggy Durrant Actor Mrs Signal
Natalie Ellis Actor
Bernard Kearns Actor Narrator
Ian Ralston Actor
William Scannell Actor
Owen Simmance Actor
Jim Sullivan Actor
Brian Walker Actor
Cynthia Ward Actor
Bernard Kearns Director
Rosalie Carey Playwright
Text Nationality New Zealand
Production Nationality New Zealand
Further Information A Globe Theatre presentation.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 192333