The Tempest

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Event The Tempest
Venue Globe Theatre, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Date 3 December 1976
Last Date 12 December 1976
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description Shakespeare's play adapted as a puppet production. Presented in the Japanese tradition of Bunraku puppets, large rag puppets with carved wooden faces, their hooded and masked manipulators appearing almost as shadows behind them.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Puppetry
Adaptation
Romantic
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Rowena Cullen Adaptor
Louise Petherbridge Adaptor
Diane Parnham Costume Designer
Louise Petherbridge Director
Sue Anderson Graphic Designer
Peter Jaquiery Lighting Designer
Glynn Marillier Musician
Martin Anderson Publicist
Libby Brown Puppet Designer
James McLean Puppet Designer
Carola Peterson Puppet Designer
Rowena Cullen Puppet Maker
Shirley MacKenzie Puppet Maker
Briar Middleditch Puppet Maker
Louise Petherbridge Puppet Maker
Gordon Brough Puppeteer Caliban
Rowena Cullen Puppeteer Stephano
Janet Dawson Puppeteer Trinculo
Katie Fraser Puppeteer
Briar Middleditch Puppeteer Shadow puppets
Rex Perreau Puppeteer Prospero
Karen Pronk Puppeteer Ferdinand
Ngaire Sprague Puppeteer Miranda
Christopher Masters Sound Recorder
Patricia Griffin Stage Manager
Graeme Smith Stage Manager
Walter Bloomfield Vocalist
Gordon Brough Vocalist
Rowena Cullen Vocalist
David Green Vocalist
Louise Petherbridge Vocalist
Works
Text Nationality England
Further Information Following this abridged Tempest, a short presentation of poetry from Edith Sitwell's book 'The Song of the Cold', with Orpheus and Eurydice played by Tim Bernstein and Robyn Fryer, arranged by Briar Middleditch.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 194100