Mourning Becomes Electra: Part One

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Event Mourning Becomes Electra: Part One
Venue Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 28 January 1981
Opening Date 28 January 1981
Last Date 28 March 1981
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Set in New England at the end of the Civil War, the story is an update of the Greek myth of Orestes.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Tragedy
Subjects Death
Family
Suicide
War
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Julianna Allan Actor Minnie
Pat Bishop Actor Christine Mannon
Sally Cahill Actor Hazel Niles
Michael Edgar Actor Everett Hills DD
Stuart Finch Actor Joseph Borden
Patrick Frost Actor Capt Peter Niles
Bernadette Gibson Actor Emma Borden
Douglas Hedge Actor Doctor Joseph Blake
John Howard Actor Orin Mannon
John Lee Actor Brigadier General Ezra Mannon
Sally McKenzie Actor Lavinia Mannon
Babs McMillan Actor Mrs Hills
Rod Mullinar Actor Capt Adam Brant
Frederick Parslow Actor Seth Beckwith
Anne Phelan Actor Louisa Ames
David Ravenswood Actor Amos Ames
Alex Duncan Assistant Stage Manager
George Dreyfus Composer
Suzannah Conway Deputy Stage Manager
Tanya McCallin Designer
Michael Blakemore Director
Jamieson Lewis Lighting Designer
Murray Taylor Lighting Operator/Technician
Eugene O'Neill Playwright
Garry McQuinn Stage Manager
Peter Roehlen Technical Director
Works
Text Nationality United States of America
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Partly played in repertory with Part Two.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Book Performing Arts Year Book of Australia 1981
Programme Advertisement Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Cast List MTC Records
Event Identifier 30645
Dataset AusStage