Guide to the State Theatre Company of South Australia : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia
EPH PROMPT.State Theatre Company of South Australia
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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]
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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.
2003 (File [unnumbered])
2014 (File [unnumbered])
2016 (File [unnumbered])
Things I Know To Be True / Andrew Bovell, 8-11 June 2016 (Item 2016/1) - Box [unnumbered]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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.