A Fox in the Night

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Event A Fox in the Night
Venue Willard Hall, Adelaide, SA
First Date 28 May 1959
Opening Date 28 May 1959
Last Date 6 June 1959
Dates Estimated No
Status Pro-Am
World Premiere Yes
Description Mr. Pree takes us to an Australian farmhouse, in a barren countryside, in the year 1913. Its inhabitants are a middle-aged woman, her older husband and their discontented, moodily aggressive son of about 20. Into this household (which is Catholic, humorless and poor) is introduced a desirable but pathologically selfish young woman. Her disastrous impact on the others is revealed in three well-contrived acts, with an ending that has echoes albeit faint ones, of a Greek tragedy.
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Family
Heterosexual Relationships
Masculinity
Youth Issues
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Keith Barley Actor Priest
Earl Bennett Actor Freddie
John Danvers Actor Doctor
Yvonne Heaslip Actor Margaret
Dawn Klingberg Actor Angela
Peter Leith Actor Clarence
Ian Willshire Actor Michael
Toni Graham Designer
Barry Pree Playwright
Colin Ballantyne Producer
Barry Pree Producer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper
Marking Masculinity Project
Book John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009
Programme Performing Arts Collection, South Australia
Event Identifier 70767
Dataset AusStage