Ladies In Retirement

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Event Ladies In Retirement
Venue His Majesty's Theatre, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Date 7 October 1942
Last Date 10 October 1942
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description (1940) Ellen Creed, a proud spinster fallen on hard times, has been housekeeper/companion to her old friend Miss Leonora Fiske, a wealthy retiree who in her youth had been a chorus girl 'of easy virtue', for about two years. Lucy is a maid who has also been there for some time. Ellen gets a letter one day about her two sisters, both of whom are a bit peculiar. …
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Melodrama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Grace Douglas Actor Emily Creed
Molly Faulks Actor Ellen Creed
Peggy Griffiths Actor Lucy Gilham
Alan Harper Actor Albert Feather
Wakefield Holmes Actor Sister Theresa
Molly Randle Actor Louisa Creed
Bertha Rawlinson Actor Leonora Fiske
Bessie Thomson Director
Reginald Denham Playwright
Edward Percy Playwright
Text Nationality England
Further Information Incidental music by Mr J. A. Wallace and his orchestra.
Event Status Completed
Event Identifier 204590
Dataset Theatre Aotearoa