Lettice and Lovage

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Event Lettice and Lovage
Venue Playhouse, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 11 November 1989
Last Date 16 December 1989
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description About Lettice Douffet, an expert on elizabethan cuisine and medieval weaponry and an enthusiast of history and the theatre. She is a tour guide at Fustian House (one of the least interesting of Britain's stately homes). Lettice begins to embellish its historical past and her lecture gains theatricality and romance as it strays from the facts. Lotte Schon, an inspector from the preservation trust, is not impressed or entertained by these history lessons. She fires Lettice, but gradually becomes fascinated by her unusual past, her romantic world view and her refusal to accept the mediocre.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Subjects Architecture
Conservatism
Loneliness
Preservation
Theatre
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Peter Collingwood Actor Mr Bardolph
Ruth Cracknell Actor Lettice Douffet
Gwendolen De Lacy Actor Visitor to Fustian House
Lyn Ford Actor Visitor to Fustian House
Michael Gurr Actor Visitor to Fustian House
Janet Johnstone Actor Visitor to Fustian House
Betty Lucas Actor Miss Framer / Visitor to Fustian House
June Salter Actor Lotte Schoen
Lucy Barter Assistant Stage Manager
Michael Stanley Composer
Richard Roberts Designer
Richard Cottrell Director
Roger Barratt Lighting Designer
Neil Finlayson Lighting Designer Recreation
Peggy Carter Make-up Artist
Branco Gaica Photographer
Peter Shaffer Playwright
Ian Cookesley Production Manager
Libby Higgin Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Cast List MTC Records
Programme VAC Playhouse season
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record November 1989
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 2029