Picnic

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Event Picnic
Venue Repertory Theatre, Christchurch, New Zealand
First Date 31 March 1959
Last Date 4 April 1959
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description It is Labor Day, and everyone is preparing for a neighborhood picnic. Hal Carter, a drifter, arrives in town looking for work and visits his college friend Alan, who is dating Madge Owens with the intent to marry her. But Hal and Madge become attracted …
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Louise Arnold Actor Flo Owens
Neale Baird Actor Bomber
Margaret Barrer Actor Rosemary Sydney
Essie Clark Actor Helen Potts
Jennifer Clout Actor Irma Kronkite
Alan de Malmanche Actor Alan Seymour
Gregory Kane Actor Howard Bevans
Irvine Lindsay Actor Millie Owens
Desmond Lock Actor Hal Carter
Hiria Moffat Actor Madge Owens
Rita Tait Actor Christine Schoenwalder
Kenneth Bullin Assistant Stage Manager
Geoffrey Higham Assistant Stage Manager
Derek Knibb Assistant Stage Manager
Arthur Williams Assistant Stage Manager
Janet Buckley Designer
Alan de Malmanche Director
Graham Watson Lighting Designer
Alan de Malmanche Make-up Artist
James Erikson Make-up Artist
Rachel O'Reilly Make-up Artist
Graeme Clephane Musician Music & Sound
Russell Hayward Musician Music & Sound
William Inge Playwright
Jennifer Clout Production Assistant
Teresa Fitzgerald Prompt
Jennifer Clout Properties Officer
Maysie Collins Properties Officer
Laurence Hayston Publicist
John Partleton Publicist
Alan de Malmanche Set Designer
Graeme Clephane Sound Designer Music & Sound
Russell Hayward Sound Designer Music & Sound
Jack Conway Stage Director
Peter Simmonds Stage Manager
Betty Wolfsperger Wardrobe Supervisor/Coordinator/Head
Text Nationality United States of America
Further Information Mr de Malmanche's wardrobe by Vance Vivian Ltd; Hal's boots loaned by Happy Hill; Dance routines by Jill Simmonds. NZ Premiere.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 202707