Guide to the State Theatre Company of South Australia : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia

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EPH PROMPT.State Theatre Company of South Australia

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Created: 2022

Collection Summary

Title
State Theatre Company of South Australia : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia
Date Range
29 October 1988 - 20 September 1997
Collection Number
EPH PROMPT.State Theatre Company of South Australia
Extent
1 collection
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Printed Collections

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Material in the Australian performing arts programs and ephemera (PROMPT) collection consists of advertising flyers and booklets about the plays that are performed at the State Theatre Company of South Australia.

The list is based on imperfect holdings and is updated over time as gaps in the Library's holdings are filled.

Item Descriptions

Class 19XX. State Theatre Company of South Australia : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia

19XX (File [unnumbered])

Costume Shop, n.d. (Item 19XX/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 flyer

Advertising The State Theatre Company's fancy dress shop.

Hating Alison Ashley, n.d. (Item 19XX/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 letter

Special mailing list offer, booking form.

1973 (File [unnumbered])

A Certified Marriage, 14 March 1973 (Item 1973/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Presented at the Arts Theatre, courtesy of The Adelaide Repertory Theatre. Includes actors Alan Becher, Shaun Gurton, Lois Ramsey, and more. Directed by George Ogilvie.

1976 (File [unnumbered])

Kingdom of Earth / By Tennessee Williams, 8 March 1976 (Item 1976/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Directed by Rodney Fisher. Cast includes Patrick Frost, Neil Fitzpatrick and Sandra MacGregor. Includes compilation of comments by Tennessee Williams.

1978 (File [unnumbered])

A Manual of Trench Warfare / by Clem Gorman, 8 September 1978 (Item 1978/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

World premiere. Introduction by Colin George. Cast includes Colin Friels, Michael Siberry, Neil Fitzpatrick, Patrick Frost, and Wayne Jarratt. Contains biographies, staff interviews regarding their veteran relatives, Adelaide Show blurb, preview of postcards for sale, and State Theatre Company group photo.

Sophocles / Oedipus The King / Plus Oedipus At Colonus, 17 March 1978 (Item 1978/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 1 ticket

Cast includes Dennis Olsen, Robin Bowering, Pamela Barrette, Colin Friels, Mel Gibson, and Wayne Jarratt. Also includes staff biographies and brief article on "Magpie" the Company's Theatre-in-Education team, and a ticket for Sophocles at the Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre.

Peer Gynt / Henrik Ibsen, 11 August 1978 (Item 1978/3) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Michael Siberry, Neil Fitzpatrick, and Brian James. Includes various photographs.

The Servant of Two Masters / by Carlo Goldoni, 29 September 1978 (Item 1978/4) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 2 flyers

Cast includes Robin Bowering, Michele Stayner, and Hedley Cullen. Flyers noting replacements Michael Freundt and Nick Enright. Directed by Edmo Fenoglio.

Behind the Magic, n.d. (Item 1978/5) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 leaflet

Advertising an exhibition of costumes, masks and properties from the Adelaide Festival of Arts production of the Oedipus plays, designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch. See also 1978/2.

1979 (File [unnumbered])

Cymbeline / by William Shakespeare, [1979] (Item 1979/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Brian James, Linden Wilkinson, Michael Siberry, Daphne Grey, Colin Friels, Wayne Jarratt, and Edmund Pegge. Directed by Colin George.

Hamlet / by William Shakespeare, 24 February 1979 (Item 1979/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Edwin Hodgeman, Michael Siberry, and Robin Bowering. Also includes advertising for season 1 of 1979.

If God Had Wanted Me To Be In The Army He Would Have Given Me Baggy Green Skin / by F.J. Willett, 13 October 1979 (Item 1979/3) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs

"Baggy Green Skin" world premiere. Cast includes Peter Schwarz, Tony Strachan, Richard Lawrence, and Wayne Jarratt. Includes a chronological history of Vietnam.

Last Day in Woolloomooloo / by Ron Blair, 30 November 1979 (Item 1979/4) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs

World Premiere. Cast includes June Bronhill, Edwin Hodgeman, Leslie Dayman, Robin Bowering, Kevin Miles, Robert Grubb, and Nick Enright. Also advertises season 1 of 1980.

A Manual of Trench Warfare / by Clem Gorman, 31 May-30 June 1979 (Item 1979/5) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs

Seymour Entertainment Centre, Sydney. Cast includes Colin Friels, Edwin Hodgeman, Neil Fitzpatrick, and Wayne Jarratt.

The Matchmaker / by Thornton Wilder, [2 November 1979] (Item 1979/6) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Edwin Hodgeman, Tony Strachan, Robert Grubb, Audine Leith, and Colin Friels. Directed by Nick Enright. Features biographical information on Thornton Wilder.

Oh What a Lovely War, Mate!, 10 August 1979 (Item 1979/7) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs

Cast includes Edwin Hodgeman, Leslie Dayman, June Bronhill, Robin Bowering, and Christine Mahoney. Directed by Colin George.

The Shaughraun / Or The Loveable Rascal / by Dion Boucicault, 28 April-19 May 1979 (Item 1979/8) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs

Cast includes Christine Mahoney, Audine Leith, Neil Fitzpatrick, and Katrina Foster. Directed by Colin George.

Twelfth Night / by William Shakespeare, 14 September 1979 (Item 1979/9) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs, 2 flyers

Cast includes Daphne Grey, Robert Grubb, Peter Carroll, and Edwin Hodgeman. Directed by Nick Enright. News message by Colin George from England. Includes "Magpie" outback tour details and other events. Also features flyer advertising Peter Carroll's farewell performances prior to his opening with "The Christian Brothers" in London.

Bernard Shaw's / Arms And The Man, 8 June-7 July [1979] (Item 1979/10) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Includes introduction to Tasmanian audiences, and Tasmanian tour dates for the Princess Theatre, Launceston, and Theatre Royal, Hobart. Cast includes Linden Wilkinson, Daphne Grey, and Chris Mahoney.

1980 (File [unnumbered])

The Float / Alan Seymour, [13 June 1980] (Item 1980/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs, 1 flyer

Cast includes Betty Lucas, Susan Lyons, Kevin Miles, and Daphne Grey. Includes "Curtain Call" departure note from Colin George, and sketches by designer Vicki Feitscher. Also includes a subscription invitation.

Mystery Plays of Wakefield, 8 March-12 April 1980 (Item 1980/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs

First presented for the Adelaide Festival of Arts. Cast includes Kevin Miles, Dennis Olsen, and Daphne Grey. Includes rehearsal photographs.

The One Day of the Year, 27 March-31 May 1980 (Item 1980/3) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs

Country Tour and Tasmanian Tour details. Article on Alan Seymour, interviewed by Pierre Vicary in London. Cast includes Bill Austin, Peter Cummins, Tom Burlinson, Maggie Kirkpatrick, and B-J Cole. Director Kevin Palmer.

On The Wallaby, 4 July 1980 (Item 1980/4) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program in newsprint format

Cast includes Edwin Hodgeman, Nancye Hayes, and Christine Mahoney. Dedicated to Colin and Gwenneth Ballantyne. Includes photos and information about unemployment in the past and present.

The State Theatre Company 1977-1980 / Three Sisters, May-June 1980 (Item 1980/5) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 souvenir programs

Company three year retrospective including interview with Colin George, "Dear Colin" by Ruth Cracknell, and "Shining Moments" by Brian James. Cartoon by Strachan. List of artists appearing with the company, plays produced, and photos. Also contains a program for "Three Sisters" by Anton Chekhov, starring Robert Grubb, Linden Wilkinson, Christine Mahoney, Michele Stayner, and others.

The Man from Mukinupin, [15 August 1980] (Item 1980/6) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Tony Strachan, Deborah Little, and Carmel Millhouse. Also includes "The Tankstand Trio" led by Jerry Wesley.

State Theatre Company Presents, August-December 1980 (Item 1980/7) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 pamphlet

Advertising the Sping Seasons performances.

What the Butler Saw, 12 September-4 October 1980 1980 (Item 1980/8) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs

Starring Robert Alexander, B-J Cole, Daphne Grey, James Laurie, John Frawley, and Simon Burvill-Holmes.

A Month in the Country, 31 October 1980 (Item 1980/9) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs

By Ivan Turgenev. Cast includes John Saunders, Myra Noblet, Anna Volska, and Brett Bugdalski.

A Month in the Country / Ivan Turgenev, 31 October-22 November 1980 (Item 1980/10) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 flyer / poster

Prices, group booking form.

The Ships Whistle, [28 November 1979] (Item 1980/11) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 program

Or "Guns and Gallops, Glory and Gold" by Barry Oakley. Cast includes Robert Alexander, Simon Burvill-Holmes, B-J Cole, Tom Considine, and Peter Cummins.

Bent / Martin Sherman, 10 October 1980 (Item 1980/12) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes John Hargreaves, Michael Gow, and Roland Naumann. Includes article on Nazism and homosexuality.

1981 (File [unnumbered])

Theatre Just As You Like It, 11 February-1 August 1981 (Item 1981/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 flyers

Advertising the plays 'Upside Down at the Bottom of the World', 'Farewell Brisbane Ladies', and 'As You Like It'. Performed at STC Theatre 62.

A Hard God, 12-28 February 1981 (Item 1981/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs, 1 flyer

Cast includes Edwin Hodgeman, James Laurie, and Monica Maughan. Includes advertisement for Theatre Forum featuring playwrights David Allen and Doreen Clarke.

Patricia Kennedy in / Wings, 6-28 March 1981 (Item 1981/3) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Written by Arthur Kopit. Cast includes Patricia Kennedy, Joy Mitchell, and Joe Spano.

Pygmalion, [1 May 1981] (Item 1981/4) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Written by Bernard Shaw. Cast includes Susan Lyons, Myra Noblett, and Tom Considine.

Buckley's!, 1981 (Item 1981/5) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs

For the 1981 Australian Drama Festival. Devised by David Allen and Ariette Taylor. Lyrics by Nick Enright (included). Music by Glenn Henrich. Cast includes Vanessa Downing, B-J Cole, Tom Considine, Justine Saunders, and John Saunders. Comic illustration style.

Farewell Brisbane Ladies / By Doreen Clarke, 17 June 1981 (Item 1981/6) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Monica Maughan and Maggie Kirkpatrick.

Squirts / a burlesque, August 1981 (Item 1981/7) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Political satire starring Max Gillies and Alan John. Various writers including David Williamson and Patrick Cook. Includes short biographies and quotes from Australian political figures.

The Threepenny Opera / By Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, 14 November 1981 (Item 1981/8) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Philip Quast, John Gregg, Robert Grubb, and Marilyn Allen.

Howard Barker (1981) / No End of Blame / 'Scenes of Overcoming', 1981 (Item 1981/9) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 1 flyer, 1 leaflet.

Starring Geoffrey Rush, Robert Grubb, Philip Quast, Patrick Frost, and others. Includes Erratum flyer and Australian Dance Theatre advertisement for the world premiere of 'Fools Dream' at the Opera Theatre.

The Revenger's Tragedy / Cyril Tourneur (1606), 18 September 1981 (Item 1981/10) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs

Cast includes Ivar Kants, Philip Quast, Jennifer West, Deborah Kennedy, Dennis Olsen, Henry Salter, and many others.

1982 (File [unnumbered])

Prince of Homburg / By Heinrich Von Kleist, 2 October 1982 (Item 1982/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Russell Kiefel, Melissa Jaffer, Geoffrey Rush, Stuart McCreery, and others.

Mother Courage And Her Children / By Bertolt Brecht, 17 July 1982 (Item 1982/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Kerry Walker, Stuart McCreery, Russell Kiefel, Melita Jurisic, Robert Menzies, Geoffrey Rush, John Wood, and others.

Spellbound / By Louis Nowra, [22 May 1982] (Item 1982/3) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs

Cast includes Kerry Walker, John Wood, Gillian Jones, Robynne Bourne, and Melissa Jaffer.

A Midsummer Night's Dream / By William Shakespeare, 8 May 1982 (Item 1982/4) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes John Wood, Robert Menzies, Melita Jurisic, Geoffrey Rush, and Gillian Jones.

1983 (File [unnumbered])

Twelfth Night / by William Shakespeare, 26 February 1983 (Item 1983/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Robert Grubb, Alan John, and Geoffrey Rush. Photographs of previous plays by David Wilson.

Blood Wedding / by Federico Garcia Lorca, 19 March 1983 (Item 1983/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Gillian Jones, Russell Kiefel, Jacqy Phillips, Kerry Walker, Robynne Bourne, Geoffrey Rush and many others.

Dorothy Hewett / Songs of the Seals, 6-21 May 1983 (Item 1983/3) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

"Magpie" Theatre-in-Education. Includes songs sung by Avril Stubbs. Written by Dorothy Hewett. Cast includes Caroline Baker, Jenny Lind, Geoff Revell and others. Includes photograph from "The Disappeared".

The Marriage of Figaro / by Pierre Beaumarchais, 23 July 1983 (Item 1983/4) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Includes Peter Cummins, Robert Grubb, Alan John, Geoffrey Rush and others.

Rodgers and Hart's Broadway Musical / Pal Joey, 3 September 1983 (Item 1983/5) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Script, and cast list. Includes John Frawley, Jan Friedl, and Heather Mitchell.

Netherwood / by Patrick White, 1983 (Item 1983/6) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 2 flyers

Includes script. First performed 11 June, with Jacqy Phillips, John Wood, Kerry Walker, Alan John, Geoffrey Rush and others. Plus, errata slip, and advertising for the show "Pal Joey".

1984 (File [unnumbered])

The Conquest of Carmen Miranda / by Robyn Archer, 29 September 1984 (Item 1984/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program (large fold-out)

Includes article by Dennis Altman "The U.S. and South America" and introduction by Robyn Archer. Cast includes Madeleine Blackwell, Paul Blackwell, Simon Burke, Odile Le Clezio, and others.

Private Lives At The Playhouse, 9 October 1984 (Item 1984/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 letter

Press release.

Private Lives / Noel Coward, 27 October-1 December 1984 (Item 1984/3) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs

Cast includes Vanessa Downing, Hugo Weaving, Heather Mitchell, Andrew Tighe, Jo England. The Playhouse, Adelaide, and the Araluen Centre, Alice Springs.

Patrick White's / The Season at Sarsaparilla, 23 November-15 December 1984 (Item 1984/4) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 poster

With Madeleine Blackwell, Paul Blackwell, Simon Burke, John Clayton, and more. Quote from director Neil Armfield on reverse.

The Lady from the Sea / by Henrik Ibsen, 1984 (Item 1984/5) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Script, and cast list. Includes John Frawley, Jan Friedl, and Heather Mitchell.

1985 (File [unnumbered])

Shakespeare's Richard III / By William Shakespeare, 26 February 1985 (Item 1985/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 2 sheets

Includes script. Cast includes Terence Crawford, Peter Finlay, Douglas Hedge, David Kendall, Deborah Kennedy, Joan Murray, Dina Panozzo, Morna Seres, Andrew Tighe, Ross Williams, and William Zappa. Also includes synopsis, cast list, and note from director Peter King.

Shakespeare's Richard III, 26 February 1985 (Item 1985/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 poster

Poster with season play list and subscription information on reverse.

On the Razzle / By Tom Stoppard, 13 September-5 October 1985 (Item 1985/3) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 1 flyer

Cast photos and biographies. Cast includes Andrew Tighe, Dina Panozzo, Terence Crawford, Natalie Bate, and Deborah Kennedy. Also includes company staff list.

Big and Little / by Botho Strauss, [22 June-13 July 1985] (Item 1985/4) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Directed by Jenny Kemp. Introduction by dramaturg Hector Maclean. Cast includes Deborah Kennedy, Natalie Bate, Peter Finlay, Morna Seres, and David Kendall.

Big and Little, [22 June-13 July 1985] (Item 1985/5) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 leaflet

Advertising the play. Includes review quotes.

Big and Little, 22 June-13 July 1985 (Item 1985/6) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 letter

Typed page, press release or play advertising with booking details.

The Touch of Silk / by Betty Roland, [18 October 1985] (Item 1985/7) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 leaflet

Cast includes Dina Panozzo, Peter Finlay, Natalie Bate, and Andrew Tighe.

Definitely Not The Last / Live / Magpie Theatre / Queen Adelaide & Casino Project, n.d. (Item 1985/8) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Double sided program or poster in the style of a record cover. Written by John Romeril with music by Arnold Strals. Director Geoffrey Rush. Musical director Stephen Rae.

Muse of Fire / Nigel Krauth, 2 August 1985 (Item 1985/9) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Douglas Hedge, Natalie Bate, Deborah Kennedy, Andrew Tighe, and Peter Finlay. Musical director Ian Farr. Includes script.

Entertaining Mr. Sloane / By Joe Orton, 30 March 1985 (Item 1985/10) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs, 2 flyers

Cast includes Valerie Bader, Bob Baines, Robert Essex, and Mark Pegler. Director Terry O'Connell. Includes cast list sheet.

Beautland / by Barry Dickins, 4 May 1985 (Item 1985/11) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 posters, 1 sheet

Two posters and one cast list or program sheet with director's note by Keith Gallasch. Cast includes Joan Murray, David Kendall, and Ross Williams.

Peter Pan / by J.M. Barrie, [26November 1985] (Item 1985/12) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Contains director Peter King's interview by 5UV's Tom Morton. Long cast list includes Douglas Hedge, William Zappa, Natalie Bate, Dina Panozzo, and many more.

1986 (File [unnumbered])

Room to Move / by Hannie Rayson, 9 August 1986 (Item 1986/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs

Cast includes Peggy Hamilton, Bernie Allcott, Virginia Hamilton, Howard Davidson, Roger Hamilton, and Ellie Hamilton. Directed by Lindy Davies. Includes author's note.

John Bell's production of / The Recruiting Officer / by George Farquhar, [2 May 1986] (Item 1986/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs

Cast includes John Bell, Terence Crawford, John Crouch, Peter Douglas, and Merridy Eastman. Includes costume design sketches.

The Real Thing / by Tom Stoppard, [30 May 1986] (Item 1986/3) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs

Cast includes Lynette Curran, John Gaden, Deborah Kennedy, Anna Lee, Andrew Tighe, Paul Williams, and Ross Williams. Co-Directors John Haden and Gale Edwards. Includes excerpts from interviews with the author.

Pravda / A Fleet Street Comedy / By Howard Brenton and David Hare, 19 August 1986 (Item 1986/4) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs

By arrangement with the National Theatre of Great Britain. Directed by John Gaden. Starring John Wood, Andrew Tighe, Heather Mitchell, and more.

Wild Honey / Anton Chekhov / adapted by Michael Frayn, 25 November 1986 (Item 1986/5) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs, 2 posters

Directed by Aubrey Mellor, starring John Gaden, Lindy Davies, Ron Haddrick, and more. Includes subscription details and play list for 1987. Includes two posters and flyer.

Dreams in an Empty City / by Stephen Sewell, 1 March 1986 (Item 1986/6) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 1 leaflet

Includes script. Note by director Neil Armfield. Cast includes Jeff Ashby, Terence Crawford, and Lynette Curran. Includes cast list.

Essington Productions in / Essington Lewis: I am Work / by John O'Donoghue, [19 July 1986] (Item 1986/7) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Geoff Gibbs, David Wood, John Doyle, Jonathan Biggins, Andre James, and Julie Hudspeth.

Benefactors / by Michael Frayn, 21 October 1986 (Item 1986/8) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs

Cast includes Geoffrey Rush, Jane Menelaus, William Zappa, and Liddy Clark. Director John Wood. Includes photographs and biographies.

1987 (File [unnumbered])

[Media Release / Much Ado], 1987 (Item 1987/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 press release

Issued by Bryan James, Marketing. Describes the production details of Much Ado About Nothing. Directed by John Gaden.

Much Ado about nothing / Shakespeare's joyous comedy!, 28 February-28 March 1987 (Item 1987/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs, 2 flyers

Cast includes William Zappa and Celia De Burgh. Directors John Gaden and Gale Edwards. Includes two flyers advertising the play.

David Williamson's / Emerald City, 6 June 1987 (Item 1987/3) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs

Cast includes John Bell, Ruth Cracknell, Robyn Nevin, Drew Forsythe, Andrea Moor, and Dennis Grosvenor. Contains advertisement for the movie production.

Shepherd on the Rocks / by Patrick White, 9 May 1987 (Item 1987/4) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs

Cast includes Kerry Walker, John Gaden, and Geoffrey Rush.

The Winter's Tale / by William Shakespeare, 14 July-1 August 1987 (Item 1987/5) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs, 2 flyers

Cast includes Don Barker, Catherine McClements, and Geoffrey Rush.

Blood Relations / by David Malouf, 7-15 August 1987 (Item 1987/6) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs, 2 flyers

Presented by The State Theatre Company and The Sydney Theatre Company. Cast includes John Wood, Maggie Kirkpatrick, Heather Mitchell, and more. Introducing David Pledger.

6 Shorts / at the Space, 25 August-19 September (Item 1987/7) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs, 2 flyers

Showcase of one act plays, "After Magritte", "Blonde on the Beach", "The Proposal", "Fishbein vs Leibowitz", "Lone Star", and "The Legacy". Includes two flyers advertising the plays.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? / directed by Rodney Fisher, 19 September-10 October 1987 (Item 1987/8) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs, 2 flyers

Cast includes Lindy Davies, John Stanton, Todd Boyce, and Vanessa Downing. Includes two flyers advertising the play.

les liaisons dangereuses, 24 October-21 November 1987 (Item 1987/9) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 1 flyer

By arrangement with Gero Productions Ltd. Cast includes Jennifer Hagan, Barbara West, and Catherine McClements.

Away / by Michael Gow, 28 November-19 December 1987 (Item 1987/10) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 1 flyer, 2 sheets

Cast includes Jeremy Scrivener, Don Barker, Catherine McClements, Carole Skinner, Patrick Frost, and Jane Menelaus. Includes advertising flyer, and letter with booking form.

1988 (File [unnumbered])

Micheal Gow's / 1841, 3 - 26 March 1988 (Item 1988/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 2 flyers

World Premiere. Cast includes Don Barker, Patrick Frost, John Gaden, and Gillian Jones. Program with script. Also includes 2 flyers.

Alan Ayckbourn's / Absurd Person Singular, 23 April 1988 (Item 1988/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs, 1 poster

Cast includes Daphne Grey, Edwin Hodgeman, Deborah Kennedy, and Henry Salter. Director Gale Edwards. Includes article by Alan Ayckbourn to the British Theatre Association in 1987. Includes poster advertising the play.

King Lear / Shakespeare, 9 July 1988 (Item 1988/3) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 2 flyers

Cast includes John Gaden, Don Barker, and Rose Clemente. Directed by Gale Edwards. Includes flyer advertising the play.

King Lear / Shakespeare, 19 July-5 August 1988 (Item 1988/4) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 letter

Booking form for mailing list offer.

Europe / by Michael Gow, 23 July 1988 (Item 1988/5) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 2 flyers

Performed at The Space. Cast includes Helen Morse and Paul English. Includes an interview with Michael Gow, and obituaries for Colin Ballantine, John Tasker and Wayne Jarratt. Includes flyers advertising the play.

The Popular Mechanicals, 13 August 1988 (Item 1988/6) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 2 flyers

Cast includes Keith Robinson, Peter Rowley, and Gillian Hyde. Director, Geoffrey Rush, describes the origins of the play. Includes flyers advertising the play.

Rough Crossing / Tom Stoppard's, 28 May-25 June 1988 (Item 1988/7) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 1 letter, 1 form, 2 flyers

Cast includes Ronald Falk, Dennis Olsen, Paul Goddard, Henri Szeps, Tina Bursill, and Donald MacDonald. Mailing list letter written by Bryan James, with booking form. One flyer for Sydney Opera House.

Seagull, 24 September 1988 (Item 1988/8) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 2 letters, 2 flyers

The first production of the original uncensored text. Cast includes Lindy Davies, Steven Vilder, Edwin Hodgeman, and Ulli Birve. Plus, advertising flyers and press release.

The Glass Menagerie / By Tennessee Williams, 29 October-19 November 1988 (Item 1988/9) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 2 flyers

Cast includes Melissa Jaffer, Kaarin Fairfax, Alan David Lee, and Paul Williams. Foreword by Peter Goers about the character Amanda Wingfield.

August Strindberg's / A Dream Play, 26 November 1988 (Item 1988/10) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Heather Mitchell, Rhys McConnochie, John Gaden, and Luciano Martucci. Director Göran Järvefelt.

1989 (File [unnumbered])

A month of Sundays / by Bob Larbey, 18 February-18 March 1989 (Item 1989/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 1 flyer

Bob Larbey's first play. Cast includes Ron Haddrick, Diane Smith, Carole Skinner, Brian James, Barbara Stephens, and Dennis Grosvenor. Includes flyer advertising the play.

The Tempest / by William Shakespeare, 2 May 1989 (Item 1989/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes John Noble, Patrick Frost, Edwin Hodgeman, Robert Meldrum, Francis Greenslade, and Ulli Birvé.

Speed-The-Plow / by David Mamet, 23 May 1989 (Item 1989/3) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 programs, 2 flyers

At The Space Theatre. Cast includes George Whaley, Henri Szeps and Briony Williams. Includes 2 flyers advertising the play.

The Rover / by Aphra Behn, 20 June 1989 (Item 1989/4) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 1 flyer

Cast includes Elspeth Langman, Anne Looby, Merridy Eastman, John Howard, and Nick Hope. Includes a flyer advertising the play.

Lost Weekend / by John Romeril, 12 August-9 September 1989 (Item 1989/5) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 2 flyers

Cast includes Michele Fawdon, John Gaden, Daphne Gray, Claire Jones, and Denis Moore. Includes 2 flyers advertising the play.

Shirley Valentine / By Willy Russell, 15 August-2 September 1989 (Item 1989/6) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 1 flyer, 1 letter

State Theatre Company of South Australia presents Sydney Theatre Company's production. Cast includes Julie Hamilton. Includes press release and flyer.

Hedda Hibler / Henrik Ibsen's, 30 September 1989 (Item 1989/7) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 2 flyers

Cast includes Geoff Morrell, Robyn Nevin, Barbara West, and Melita Jurisic. Includes flyer advertising the play.

Jean Anouih's / Ring Round the Moon, 25 November 1989 (Item 1989/8) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 1 flyer

Cast includes Hugo Weaving, Pat Evison, Heather Mitchell, and Vanessa Downing with flyer.

1990 (File [unnumbered])

Lettice and Lovage / A New Comedy by Pater Shaffer, [5 January 1990] (Item 1990/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Ruth Cracknell, June Salter, Peter Collingwood, and Faye Donaldson.

The Persecution & Assassination of Marat / As performed by the inmates of the asylum of Charenton under the direction of the Marquis de Sade / By Peter Weiss, 10 March-7 April 1990 (Item 1990/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 1 flyer

Cast includes Geoffrey Rush, Bob Hornery, Jane Menelaus, and many others. Author's note by Peter Weiss. Includes flyer advertising the play.

The Comedy of Errors / by William Shakespeare, 28 April-26 May 1990 (Item 1990/3) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 flyer

A "side splitting evening". Starring Geoffrey Rush, Paul Blackwell, Dennis Coard, and more. Includes prices and dates.

Quickies / A Melting Pot of South Australian Talent, 31 May-30 June 1990 (Item 1990/4) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 flyer

Advertising six plays in association with Magpie Theatre. Lists new upcoming actors, writers, and directors.

Our Country's Good / By Timberlake Wertenbaker, 30 June-21 July 1990 (Item 1990/5) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 flyer

Play advertising. Cast includes Helen Morse, Jo Kennedy, and Robert Menzies.

Restoration, 1-2 August 1990 (Item 1990/6) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 flyers

Advertising "classic theatre with a rock band". Starring Don Barker, Paul Blackwell, Syd Brisbane, Giordano Gangl, Daphne Grey, and more.

Tales From The Decameron / Adapted From The Novel By Giovanni Boccaccio, 3 November 1990 (Item 1990/7) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 1 flyer

Cast includes Paul Blackwell, Syd Brisbane, Giordano Gangl, and Dorinda Hafner. Plus, flyer advertising the 1991 season with coupon for brochure.

The Importance Of Being Earnest / by Oscar Wilde, 22 November-22 December 1990 (Item 1990/8) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 flyer

Starring Ruth Cracknell as Lady Bracknell and Gordon Chater as the Butler. Cast also includes Geoffrey Rush and Bob Hornery. Includes dates and booking information.

A Very Merry Christmas / From Oscar, Ruth, Gordon and Company, 30 October 1990 (Item 1990/9) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 letter

Press release advertising "The Importance of Being Earnest".

1991 (File [unnumbered])

Julius Caesar / by William Shakespeare, 26 February 1991 (Item 1991/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Don Barker, Hugo Weaving, and Edwin Hodgeman. Includes photos and biographies. NLA copy contains annotations in pen.

A Delicate Balance / by Edward Albee, 15 June 1991 (Item 1991/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Barbara West, Frederick Parslow, Audine Leith, and Daphne Grey. Contains cast rehearsal photograph of Frederick Parslow, Barbara West, Edwin Hodgeman, and Daphne Grey.

A Flea in Her Ear / by Georges Feydeau / translated by John Mortimer, 11 October 1991 (Item 1991/3) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Paul Blackwell, Heather Bolton, Ian Boyce, and John Wood. Sketches of Kristian Fredrikson's costume designs. Back cover "Quit" health campaign advertisement showing actor David Field stubbing a cigarette.

spring awakening / by Frank Wedekind / translated by Edward Bond, 16 April 1991 (Item 1991/4) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Stephen (Baamba) Albert, Don Barker, Russel Bedford, and Peter Finlay.

Cabaret, 16 November-21 December 1991 (Item 1991/5) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs

Includes details, photos and booking information. Cast includes Toni Lamond, Helen Buday, Dennis Olsen, Edwin Hodgeman and Paul English.

1992 (File [unnumbered])

Diving For Pearls / By Katherine Thomson, 17 October-14 November 1992 (Item 1992/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 flyer

Starring Anne Phelan, Peter Adams, Daphne Grey, Simon Chilvers, and Claire Jones.

1993 (File [unnumbered])

In The Raw, 1993 (Item 1993/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 leaflet

The first season in the Lion Arts Centre, an addition to the regular season at the Festival Centre. Advertising three plays: "Stiffs", "Barmaids", "Sex Diary of an Infidel". Includes booking form.

1996 (File [unnumbered])

The Fire On The Snow / By Douglas Stewart, 2-23 November [1996] (Item 1996/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 flyer

Play advertising. Cast includes Judi Farr, Phyllis Burford, Andreas Constantinou, Peter Green, Edwin Hodgeman, and Kate Roberts.

1997 (File [unnumbered])

The Venetian Twins / a musical comedy by Nick Enright and Terence Clarke, 3 January [1997] (Item 1997/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 flyer

At the Playhouse, Victorian Arts Centre. Cast includes Paul Blackwell, Jon Bode, John Crouch, Gary Down and Edwin Hodgeman.

Gulls / by Robert Hewett, 2-23 August 1997 (Item 1997/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Message from Rodney Fisher, author's note by Robert Hewett, design notes by Jennie Tate with stage model photograph. Cast includes Nicholas Eadie, Peter Green, and Genevieve Lemon. Puppeteers Patrick Duggin and Nicola Tudini.

David Williamson's / The Club / 1997 Tour, 12-15 June 1997 (Item 1997/3) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs, 1 leaflet

Directed by Rosalba Clemente. Cast includes Don Barker, David Field, Francis Greenslade. Includes Australian tour dates and locations and leaflet for The National Theatre St Kilda that folds out to poster with booking form.

Gary's House / By Debra Oswald, 6-20 September 1997 (Item 1997/4) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Nicholas Eadie, Marlo Grocke, Tracy Mann, Wayne Pygram, and Phil Spruce.

A Hard God / Peter Kenna, 10 October-1 November 1997 (Item 1997/5) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Peter Carrol, John Gaden, and Anne Phelan.

1998 (File [unnumbered])

Natural Life / Australian History on Acid, 26 February-11 April 1998 (Item 1998/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Performed at the Queen's Theatre, Adelaide and Playbox Theatre Centre, Melbourne. Cast includes Jon Bode, Humphrey Bower, Dan Cowles, and Jim Daly.

The Department / by David Williamson / back biting mayhem, farcical bureaucracy, 24 March 1998 (Item 1998/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs

Cast includes Don Barker, Paul Blackwell, Laurence Coy, Patrick Frost, and Marlo Grocke. Cast and other details vary between two programs.

Macbeth / Shakespeare, 7 July 1998 (Item 1998/3) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Jeremy Sims, Essie Davis, Lisa Angove, Laurence Coy, Brant Eustice, and Steven Greig.

The Idiot / by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 25 August 1998 (Item 1998/4) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Zoë Carides, Essie Davis, Lech Mackiewicz, and Gregory Ulfan. Director Rodney Fisher.

unidentified human remains / and the true nature of love / By Brad Fraser, 15 September 1998 (Item 1998/5) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Mitchell Butel, Syd Brisbane, Colleen Cross, and Kate Roberts.

Kafka Dances / by Timothy Daly, 10 November 1998 (Item 1998/6) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Sasha Carruozzo, Lech Mackiewicz, Dennis Olsen, Jacqy Phillips, and Lucy Slattery. Director Rodney Fisher.

1999 (File [unnumbered])

Rose Tattoo / by Tennessee Williams, 7 September 1999 (Item 1999/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Matthew Bartsch, Rosalba Clemente, Vince Colosimo, and Chantal Contouri. Performed at The Optima Playhouse. Director Rodney Fisher.

Carrying Light / by Verity Laughton, 11 May 1999 (Item 1999/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Dennis Coard, Eileen Darley, Brant Eustice, and Tracy Mann. Director Rosalba Clemente.

Courtyard of miracles / by Iakovos Kambanellis, 13 April 1999 (Item 1999/3) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Alex Blias, Chantal Contouri, John Fotinos, Eugenia Fragos, Petru Gheorghiu, Michael Habib, Adam Mattaliano, Tony Nikolakopoulos, and more. Director Rodney Fisher.

The Wild Duck / by Henrik Ibsen, 6 July 1999 (Item 1999/4) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Don Barker, Steve Grieg, Ross Hall, Lisa Hensley, and Pia Miranda. Director Jeremy Sims.

Twelfth Night / or what you will / by William Shakespeare, 27 October 1999 (Item 1999/5) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Don Barker, Matthew Bartsch, Paul Blackwell, Bille Brown, Vince Colosimo, and Amanda Muggleton. Director Rodney Fisher.

Emma Celebrazione! / by Graham Pitts, 27 November 1999 (Item 1119/6) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Chantal Contouri, Carmelina Di Guglielmo and Laura Lattuada. Director Rosalba Clemente.

2001 (File [unnumbered])

The Small Poppies / By David Holman, 13 March-2 June 2001 (Item 2001/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Company B Belvoir presented by the State Theatre Company in association with Adelaide Festival Centre Trust, and Comeout01. Cast includes Andrew S. Gilbert, Arky Michael, Genevieve Mooy, Felicity Price, Richard Sydenham, and Ursula Yovich. Includes tour dates.

Holy Day / by Andrew Bovell, 13 September-6 October [2001] (Item 2001/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 flyer

Advertising a State Theatre Company production presented by The Playbox at The Malthouse. Director Rosalba Clemente. Cast includes Peter Docker, Frank Gallacher, Cameron Goodall, and Dino Marnika.

2002 (File [unnumbered])

Salt / by Peta Murray, 12 November 2002 (Item 2002/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Starring William Allert, Eileen Darley, Barbara West and Zoe Barry. Director Catherine Fitzgerald.

2003 (File [unnumbered])

Proof / by David Auburn, 25 July-16 August 2003 (Item 2003/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 postcard

Director Catherine Fitzgerald. Starring Nathaniel Davison, David Kendall, Amber McMahon and Caroline Mignone.

Edward Albee's / Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 22 Augutst-13 September 2003 (Item 2003/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 postcard

Starring Rosalba Clemente, Loretta Brades, Peter Kowitz and Nathan Page.

2009 (File [unnumbered])

Metro Street / World Premiere, 3 April-25 April 2009 (Item 2009/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Cover photo Nancye Hayes OAM. Cast also includes Debra Byrne, Cameron Goodall, Jude Henshall, and Verity Hunt-Ballard. Includes rehearsal photos.

2010 (File [unnumbered])

The 7 Sages of Grieving / By Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman, 20 May-17 June 2010 (Item 2010/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 card

Director Rosalba Clemente. Starring Lisa Flanagan. Includes regional performance itinerary.

2011 (File [unnumbered])

November / By David Mamet, 2-22 May 2011 (Item 2011/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 card

Director Adam Cook. Cast includes Jason Chong, Michael Habib, Barbara Lowing, Garry McDonald, and Peter Michell. Performed at the Dunstan Playhouse.

2014 (File [unnumbered])

Neighbourhood Watch / By Lally Katz, 2-24 May 2014 (Item 2014/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 card

Starring Miriam Margolyes (pictured).

The Importance of Being Earnest / by Oscar Wilde, [19 August 2014] (Item 2014/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

At The Canberra Theatre Centre. Includes Character photos, actor and staff photos and biographies. Cast includes Nancye Hayes, Cecily Cardew, and Nathan O'Keefe.

2016 (File [unnumbered])

Things I Know To Be True / Andrew Bovell, 8-11 June 2016 (Item 2016/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 postcard

Performed at the Canberra Theatre Centre. Cast includes Georgia Adamson, Paul Blackwell, and Tilda Cobham-Hervey.

Things I Know To Be True / by Andrew Bovell, 10 September-1 October 2016 (Item 2016/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program, 2 tickets

Performed at the Lyric Hammersmith in London. Cast includes Matthew Barker, Natalie Casey, Richard Mylan, Kirsty Oswald, Ewan Steward, and Imogen Stubbs.

2017 (File [unnumbered])

1984 / By George Orwell, 16 May-13 August 2017 (Item 2017/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

2 programs

An adaptation created by Robert Icke and Duncan MacMillan. Cast includes Paul Blackwell, Tom Conroy, Terence Crawford, and Ursula Mills. Tour details for Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Perth. Includes photographs of rehearsals.

The Popular Mechanicals, 1-4 November 2017 (Item 2017/2) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 leaflet

At the Canberra Theatre Centre. Photos and biographies of creatives and cast. Cast includes Holly Austin, Lori Bell, Julie Forsyth, Charles Mayer, and Nathan O'Keefe. Original direction by Geoffrey Rush.

2021 (File [unnumbered])

Girls & Boys / By Dennis Kelly, 25 February-12 March 2021 (Item 2021/1) - Box [unnumbered]
Physical Description Note

1 program

Performed at the Odeon Theatre. Starring Justine Clarke.


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