 Event |
The Seventh Tasmanian Drama Festival
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| Venue |
National Theatre, Launceston, TAS |
| First Date |
8 June 1953 |
| Opening Date |
8 June 1953 |
| Last Date |
13 June 1953 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Amateur |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
The participants were: Hagley Dramatic Club with Legend, St Patrick's College with Smugglers' Cove, Scotch College Repertory Dramatic Society with Wanted - Mr Stewart, Hagley Dramatic Club with A Certain Man, Ulverstone Repertory Theatre Society with The Rose and the Crown, The trio with The Bear, Launceston Players with Ile, Hobart Repertory Theatre Society with Sordid Story, Launceston Players with White Queen, Red Queen, Campbell Town Dramatic Club with Ladies in Waiting, Edgeworth Players with Dark Brown, Deloraine Dramatic Society with The Will, Exeter Dramatic Club with The Charlady and the Angel, Devonport Repertory Society with Joint Owners in Spain, Launceston Players with Family Album, Scotch College Repertory Dramatic Society with A Night at the Inn, G.V. Brooks Community School with The Ugly Duckling, Launceston Technical High School with Birds of a Feather, Hobart Repertory Society with Machine Song, Hobart Repertory Society with The Browning Version, and the Hobart Repertory Society Group with Still Life. |
| Description Source |
Programme |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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Article: Drama Festival Opens in North, The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), National Library of Australia, 9 June 1953, 14
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Article: Launceston Players retain Catherine Duncan Cup at Drama Festival, The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), National Library of Australia, 15 June 1953, 7
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Article: Praise for Junior Players, The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), National Library of Australia, 10 June 1953, 16
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Collection: Launceston Players, Launceston Players Society Collection, The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
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Photograph: Catherine Duncan Cup, The Examiner, National Library of Australia, 23 March 1948, 4
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Photograph: Winning Players, The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), National Library of Australia, 30 June 1953, 13
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Further Information |
The individual performances have been entered separately. The winner of the Seventh Tasmanian Drama Festival, the Catherine Duncan Cup, was the Launceston Players with Family Album. The Launceston Players regional award was won by the Hagley Dramatic Club with A Certain Man and the Junior award went to the G.V. Brooks Community School for The Ugly Duckling.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Newspaper |
The Mercury, 15/06/1953, p. 7. |
| Programme |
CHS15, 6/2, Launceston Players Society Collection, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery |
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| Event Identifier
| 90414 |
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