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Event

The Recruiting Officer

Venue

The Wharf Theatre, Sydney, NSW

First Date

17 June 1989

Opening Date

17 June 1989

Last Date

22 July 1989

Dates Estimated

Status

Professional

World Premiere

Part of a Tour

Yes

Primary Genre

Theatre - Spoken Word

Secondary Genre

Comedy
Drama
Military

Organisations

The Royal Court Theatre, Presenting Company
The Royal Court Theatre, Production Company
Sydney Theatre Company, Presenting Company
Diana Bliss, Presenting Company
The British Council, Sponsor

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
Jude Akuwudike	Actor	Mr Scruple / Costar Pearmain
Ron Cook	Actor	Captain Brazan / Bullock
Nigel Cooke	Actor	Mr Worthy / Bridewell
Kathryn Hunter	Actor	Thomas Appletree / Melinda
Mark Lambert	Actor	Mr Balance / Pluck
Suzanne Packer	Actor	Lucy
Amanda Redman	Actor	Silvia
Clive Russell	Actor	Kite
Mossie Smith	Actor	Rose
Julian Wadham	Actor	Captain Plume
Peter Hartwell	Designer
Max Stafford-Clark	Director
Jenny Cane	Lighting Designer	Original
Christopher Toulmin	Lighting Designer
George Farquhar	Playwright
Diana Bliss	Producer
Bryan Bowen	Sound Designer
Jude Wheway	Stage Manager

Resources

Programme: The Recruiting Officer / Our Country's Good, The University of Adelaide, Library Special Collections, 3 June 1989

Works

The Recruiting Officer

Text Nationality

Ireland

Production Nationality

England

Further Information

This production was staged alternately with Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good from 3rd June to 22nd July 1989. Both productions used the same cast and producers. On occasion, they were shown together on the same day but have been indexed separately.

Event Status

Completed

Data Source

Source	Description
Programme	PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Brochure	PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia

Event Identifier

19528

Dataset

AusStage