Dear Octopus

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Event Dear Octopus
Venue His Majesty's Theatre, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Date 29 November 1939
Last Date 2 December 1939
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description Four generations arrive to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary. 'The family, that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor in our innermost hearts never quite wish to'.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Subjects Family
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
W R Brugh Actor Charles Randolph
Phyllis Davies Actor
Elizabeth Focken Actor Hilda
Mercia Hardman Actor Fennie
John Hayward Actor Kenneth
Wakefield Holmes Actor Dora Randolph
Mary Hopewell Actor Child
Dora McPherson Actor Aunt Belle
A H Newey Actor
Gaynor Paape Actor Margery
Brian Parke Actor Child
Isabel Seelye Actor Wife
Glenna Smith Actor Child
Katrena Speight Actor Cynthia
Elsie Sutherland Actor Edna
Tom Tarrant Actor Hugh
Roland Watson Actor Nicholas Randolph
Bessie Thomson Director
Dodie Smith Playwright
Ernest Griffen Stage Manager
Text Nationality England
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 204578