Dear Octopus

Export event | Export network | Feedback | Print
Event Dear Octopus
Venue Concert Chamber, Town Hall, Wellington, New Zealand
First Date 5 September 1939
Last Date 9 September 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
Shirley Allen Actor Gwen (Flouncy
Lyndsay Arlow Actor Hugh Randolph
R B Ashe Actor Belle Schlesinger
Lewis Campbell Actor Nanny
George Cooper Actor Kenneth Harvey
Algernon Deuber Actor Charles Randolph
Ethel Ford Actor Gertrude
Catherine Forde Actor Hilda Randolph
Robert Gilkison Actor Edna Randolph
Norman Hannah Actor Nicholas Randolph
David Lawson Actor William (Bill
Constance Morris Actor Margery Harvey
Margaret Newell Actor Kathleen (Scrap
Pauline Shotlander Actor Cynthia Randolph
Kathleen Smith Actor Grace (Fenny
Sydney Tingey Actor Nora Randolph
Patricia White Actor Laurel Randolph
Pauline Shotlander Costume Designer
Dodie Smith Playwright
Phyllis Robieson Properties Officer
W J Johnstone Set Designer
Text Nationality England
Further Information Believed to be a 'first' that the platy is being staged in Wellington while it is still running in London.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 204637