The Women

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Event The Women
Venue Police Boys' Club Theatrette, Broken Hill, NSW
First Date 11 November 1945
Opening Date 11 November 1945
Last Date 2 December 1945
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description The three acts expose the lives and misdeeds, together with much necessary lingeue and intimate physical details of the various ladies. The twelve scenes wander from bedroom to bedroom, maternity hospital to powder room and drop in at hairdressers and physical culture studios. In so doing the exposure of scandal is only eclipsed by feminine pulchritude. The casting of the 33 women was perhaps the greatest contribution to the undoubted success of the production.
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Hazel Beerworth Actor Miriam Aarons
Rosa Bermingham Actor Miss Trimmer-back
Clarice Berriman Actor A nurse
Margaret Black Actor Sadie
Margaret Black Actor Second hairdresser
Gloria Brady Actor Helene
Jeanette Cotton Actor First girl
Mabel Dulfer Actor Lucy
Marjorie Earnshaw Actor Mary (Mrs Stephen Haines)
Nydia Edes Actor The Dowager
Susianna Hepburn Actor Little Mary
Jane Hyde-Cates Actor Edith (Mrs Phelps Potter)
El'Vira Jones Actor Peggy (Mrs John Day)
Jennifer Keyes Actor Nancy Blake
Marjorie Langemann Actor Pedicurist
Yshbel Langemann Actor Cook
Yshbel Langemann Actor Mrs Wagstaff
Eva Langford Actor Crystal Allan
Margaret Morrison Actor Society woman
Phyl Mudgey Actor Model
Phyl Mudgey Actor Second girl
Nora Mullins Actor Mrs Muirhead
Mary Pettigrove Actor Jane
Joan Phillpot Actor Exercise instructress
Elizabeth Refchange Actor Society woman
Bonnie Rose Actor The debutante
Joanne Samson Actor Princess Tamara
Joanne Samson Actor Olga, manicurist
Margaret Sandercock Actor First hairdresser
Jean Spencer Actor Maggie (the cook)
Jean Tucker Actor Miss Watt
Jean Tucker Actor Euphie
Eleanor West Actor Sylvia (Mrs Howard Fowler)
Gladys Williamson Actor Mrs Fordyce
Betty Woods Actor First saleswoman
Betty Woods Actor Cigarette girl
Lucy Woods Actor Countess de Lage
Victor A Bindley Director, Supervisor
Clare Boothe Luce Playwright
George Anson Producer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality United States of America
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Broken Hill Repertory Society Plays, 1945-1948, Broken Hill Library, A792.02 BRO
Event Identifier 92094