The Children's Hour

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Event The Children's Hour
Venue Allen Hall Theatre, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Date 30 July 1982
Last Date 6 August 1982
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Training Schools/Colleges
World Premiere No
Description The destructive power of evil - its strength to corrode family relationships and to nourish malignant public opinion through rumour - is a common theme in Hellman's plays. Set in a private school outside Boston in the fictional town of Lancet, in the 1930s.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Sally Cameron Actor Catherine
Michael Corkin Actor Grocery Boy
Amanda Ellis Actor Mary Tilford
Michelanne Forster Actor Karen Wright
Jenny Hercus Actor Helen Burton
Fiona McAlevey Actor Rosalie Wells
Marshall Seifert Actor Joe Cardin
Vivienne Shakespeare Actor Lois Fisher
Joy Smith Actor Amelia Tilford
Anne-Marie Speed Actor Evelyn Munn
Meg Taylor Actor Peggy Rogers
Mary Troup Actor Lily Mortar
Lisa Warrington Actor Martha Dobie
Jane Warwood Actor Agatha
Hilary Norris Associate Director
Louise Birkin Costume Designer
Jane Warwood Costume Designer
Susan Warwood Costume Designer
Alistair Stewart Designer
Brian McNeill Director
Peter Jacquiery Lighting Designer
Peter Nuttal Lighting Designer
Lillian Hellman Playwright
Graham Kyle Production Assistant
Lin Jamieson Properties Officer
Alistair Stewart Set Designer
Guy Field Sound Operator/Engineer
Tessa Tylee Stage Manager
Text Nationality England
Further Information Actors were a mixture of students and (semi) professionals.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 193678