Hay Fever

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Event Hay Fever
Venue University of NSW, Science Theatre (1959-), Kensington, NSW
First Date 18 October 1960
Last Date 29 October 1960
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Training Schools/Colleges
World Premiere No
Description The National Institute of Dramatic Art will present two comedies
for a short season in the New Theatre next month. They will be performed by students finishing the two-year Drama course conducted by the Institute. The comedies are William Shakespeare's "Love's Labour's Lost" and Noel Coward's "Hay Fever." Commencing on Tuesday, October 18, with "Love's Labour's Lost," the plays will alternate every second night, except on Wednesday, October 26, when the Sydney Dance Drama Group will give a single performance.
Description Source Article
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Elspeth Ballantyne Actor
Jeanette Brown Actor
Peter Couchman Actor
Ron Finney Actor
Lana Harnat Actor
Patricia King Actor
Dibbs Mather Actor
Rosemary Pile Actor
Kenneth Taylor Actor
Murray Foy Director
Robert Quentin Director
Noel Coward Playwright
Lola Etherton Set Designer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Shares programme with 'Love's Labour's Lost' and 'Fumed Oak '. Plays performed in rtepertoire. The "new" theatre is the newly constructed Science Theatre on campus which opened in April 1960.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Newspaper Concludes Drama Course (1960, September 29). Tharunka (Kensington, NSW : 1953 - 2010), p. 1. Retrieved July 16, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230409297
Event Identifier 23100