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Event

The Matchmaker

Venue

Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne, VIC

First Date

13 August 1980

Last Date

27 September 1980

Dates Estimated

Status

Professional

World Premiere

Description

"Wilder's brilliant 1954 farce about money and love starring that irrepressible busybody Dolly Gallagher Levi. This play inspired the Broadway musical Hello, Dolly!."

Primary Genre

Theatre - Spoken Word

Secondary Genre

Comedy

Subjects

Love
Marriage
Money

Organisations

Melbourne Theatre Company, Production Company
Australia Council for the Arts, Grant Body
The Victorian Ministry for the Arts, Grant Body
Melbourne City Council, Sponsor
The University of Melbourne, Sponsor
Melbourne Theatre Company, Presenting Company

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
Julia Blake	Actor	Irene Molloy
John Bowman	Actor	A Cabman
Peter Curtin	Actor	Joe Scanlon / Rudolph
Vivien Davies	Actor	Minnie Fay
Robert Essex	Actor	Malachi Stack
Neil Fitzpatrick	Actor	Cornelius Hackl
Patrick Frost	Actor	Ambrose Kemper
Jackie Kelleher	Actor	Gertrude / Cook
David Letch	Actor	Barnaby Tucker
Amanda Muggleton	Actor	Ermengarde
Johnny Quinn	Actor	August
Marie Redshaw	Actor	Dolly Levi
Rosie Sturgess	Actor	Flora Van Huysen
Charles Bud Tingwell	Actor	Horace Vandergelder
Marina Milankovic	Assistant Stage Manager
Grace Said	Deputy Stage Manager
James Ridewood	Designer
Simon Chilvers	Director
Jamieson Lewis	Lighting Designer
Murray Taylor	Lighting Operator/Technician
Thornton Wilder	Playwright
Peter Roehlen	Production Manager
Glenda Ferrall	Stage Manager

Resources

Works

The Matchmaker

Text Nationality

United States of America

Production Nationality

Australia

Event Status

Completed

Data Source

Source	Description
Cast List	MTC Records
Programme	Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Book	Performing Arts Year Book of Australia 1980

Event Identifier

29716

Dataset

AusStage