Reedy River

Export event | Export network | Feedback | Print
Event Reedy River
Venue All Saints' Hall, Brisbane, QLD
First Date 6 August 1954
Opening Date 6 August 1954
Dates Estimated No
Status Pro-Am
World Premiere No
Description By Dick Diamond, with acknowledgments to Joseph Furphy and George Farwell. A musical play based on traditional Australian folk song and dance. "A musical as warm as a handshake". Reedy River is set in the aftermath of the great miner's strikes of 1890 and 1891.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Folk
Musical
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Stan Arthur Actor
Bert Brown Actor
Bob Burns Actor
Charles Cameron Actor
Oreste Caprara Actor
Les Davis Actor
Syd Davis Actor
David Dickie Actor
Ron Fraser Actor
Val Fraser Actor
Bob Gentle Actor
Elizabeth Gentner Actor
Garth Gifford Actor
Jackie Gillan Actor
Laurence Hedley Actor
Peter Iffland Actor
Bernice Katahanas Actor
Val Loughlin Actor
Valerie Mald Actor
Don Marsh Actor
Brian Moynihan Actor
Robert Muirhead Actor
Eric Nord Actor
Jim Petersen Actor
George Peterson Actor
Col Stubbings Actor
Marty Von Senden Actor
Geoff Watson Actor
Janet Henderson Ballet Master/Mistress
Mavis Booth Costume Designer
Val Fraser Costume Designer
Syd Davis Director
Laurence Hedley Director
Valerie Mald Musical Director
Leeanna Simpson Musical Director
Marlene Stewart Musical Director
Dick Diamond Playwright
Ossie Nash Set Designer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Performance Programmes. State Library of NSW
Newspaper PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Programme Queensland Performing Arts Museum
Book Australian Drama Productions 1950 - 1969, Fryer Memorial Library, Occasional Publication No. 4
Event Identifier 21284
Dataset AusStage