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Event

Vita and Virginia

Venue

Playhouse (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW

First Date

18 July 1997

Opening Date

26 July 1997

Last Date

13 September 1997

Dates Estimated

Status

Professional

World Premiere

Part of a Tour

Yes

Description

A drama based on the letters Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf wrote each other.

Description Source

Other

Primary Genre

Theatre - Spoken Word

Secondary Genre

Drama

Subjects

Relationships

Organisations

Sydney Theatre Company, Production Company
Sydney Theatre Company, Presenting Company

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
Ruth Cracknell	Actor
Jennifer Hagan	Actor
Lois Norman	Assistant Director
Millie Mullinar	Assistant Stage Manager
Peter Cooke	Designer
Richard Cottrell	Director
Rory Dempster	Lighting Designer
Tracey Schramm	Photographer
Eileen Atkins	Playwright
Julie Lester	Sound Operator/Engineer
Julie Lester	Stage Manager
Lauren A Proietti	Wardrobe Mistress
Lauren A Proietti	Wig Stylist

Resources

Book: Sydney Theatre Company Pure Subscription 1997: Pleasure Revenge, Marion Roubos-Bennett Collection, 1996
Performance Recording: Vita and Virginia, Sydney Theatre Company, July 1997
Programme: Vita and Virginia, Marion Roubos-Bennett Collection, 26 July 1997
Review: Carrie Kablean, Sunday Telegraph, 3 August 1997
Review: James Waites, Sydney Morning Herald, 28 July 1997
Review: John McCallum, The Australian, 29 July 1997
Review: Paul McGillick, Financial Review, 8 August 1997
Review: [Vita and Virginia], Sun Herald, 3 August 1997

Works

Vita and Virginia

Text Nationality

England

Production Nationality

Australia

Further Information

Toured to the Geelong Performing Arts Centre on 26-27 September 1997.

Event Status

Completed

Data Source

Source	Description
Brochure	Sydney Opera House Diary Jun/Jul 1997
Correspondence
Marion Roubos-Bennett Collection	STC Programmes

Event Identifier

30936

Dataset

AusStage