Constance Drinkwater & the Final Days of Somerset

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Event Constance Drinkwater & the Final Days of Somerset
Venue Stables Theatre, Darlinghurst, NSW
Umbrella Event 2006 Griffin Stablemates Season
First Date 27 September 2006
Opening Date 29 September 2006
Last Date 28 October 2006
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Constance Drinkwater, her two daughters Hope and Fortitude and Father Angelico are the last vestige of civilised society in the rotting colonial outpost of Somerset, far north Queensland. Her husband has disappeared; the cook, the maid and the governess have fled the settlement, and her 5 daughters have died of yellow fever. When two shipwrecked men stumble into Somerset, they trigger the colony's final death knell and the revelation of the awful truth - replete with spears, hauntey stones and a cloud of ashes.
The play won the 2005 Patrick White Award
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Historical
Subjects Horror
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
David Callan Actor
Susan Prior Actor
Ella Scott-Lynch Actor
Leland Kean Director
Iain Sinclair Dramaturg/e
Stephen Carleton Playwright
Kar Chalmers Producer
Resources
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Brochure PROMPT Collection. National Library of Australia
Event Identifier 68662