The Country Wife

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Event The Country Wife
Venue Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 8 April 1969
Opening Date 8 April 1969
Last Date 3 May 1969
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Turns on two indelicate plot devices: a rake's trick of pretending impotence in order to safely have clandestine affairs with married women, and the arrival in London of an inexperienced young "country wife", with her discovery of the joys of town life, especially the fascinating London men.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Subjects Sex
Sexuality
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Helmut Bakaitis Actor
Leila Blake Actor
Lynette Curran Actor
Elaine Cusick Actor
Roslyn de Winter Actor
Michael Duffield Actor
Shaun Gurton Actor
Audine Leith Actor
Dennis Olsen Actor
Frederick Parslow Actor
John Paton Actor
Anne Pendlebury Actor
Robin Ramsay Actor
Lyndel Rowe Actor
Sean Scully Actor
Martin Vaughan Actor
Gary Westell Actor
Richard Hayes-Marshall Assistant Stage Manager
Laurie Lane Assistant Stage Manager
Kristian Fredrikson Costume Designer
George Ogilvie Director
Geoffrey Milne Electrician
William Wycherley Playwright
Arthur Hynes Production Manager
Kristian Fredrikson Set Designer
Robert Powell Stage Manager
Hugh Rule Stage Manager
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Programme Advertisement Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Cast List MTC records
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 24381