The School for Scandal

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Event The School for Scandal
Venue Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC
Umbrella Event Old Vic Australian and New Zealand Tour 1948
First Date 20 April 1948
Opening Date 20 April 1948
Last Date 22 May 1948
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description A comedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. This tour consisted of three plays, The School For Scandal, Richard III, and The Skin of Our Teeth. The tour covered Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and Hobart, as well as Auckland, Dunedin and Wellington in New Zealand.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
James Bailey Actor
Robert Beaumont Actor
Eileen Beldon Actor
George Cooper Actor
Dan Cunningham Actor
Peter Cushing Actor
Tony Gavin Actor
Thomas Heathcote Actor
Oliver Hunter Actor
Vivien Leigh Actor
Meg Maxwell Actor
Bernard Merefield Actor
Terence Morgan Actor
Laurence Olivier Actor
George Relph Actor
Peggy Simpson Actor
Hugh Stewart Actor
Mercia Swinburne Actor
Andrée Howard Choreographer
Harold Ingram Conductor
Cecil Beaton Costume Designer
Harold Ingram Musical Director
Richard Brinsley Sheridan Playwright
Laurence Olivier Producer
Cecil Beaton Set Designer
Resources
Works
Further Information This play was staged in three blocks; 20 - 24 April, 10 - 13 May and 21st and 22nd May, 1948. The National Library holds official tour programmes, numerous unidentified newspaper articles, publicity photos and related ephemera for this tour. Individual programmes are also available and each entry has been indexed from these.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Brochure PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Programme PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Event Identifier 20024