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== Introduction ==
 
== Introduction ==
  
A joint Prompt Corner youth Theatre and Bell Theatre Production.
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Timberlake Wertenbaker takes the ancient Greek myth of Philomela and weaves around it such questions as the futility of war, the position of women in society, the oppression of the weak by the strong and the violence that can errupt when, under censorship and suppression people are prevented from questioning the powerful.
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A joint Prompt Corner Youth Theatre and Bell Theatre Production.
  
 
== Cast ==
 
== Cast ==
  
  
*Character 1 - [[Actor 1]]
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*Philomele, Pandion's younger daughter - [[Zoe Bishop]]
*Character 2 - [[Actor 2]]
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*Procne, Pandion's Elder daughter - [[Kate Nash|Kait Feeney]]
*Character 3 - [[Actor 3]]
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*Tereus, King of Thrace - [[Keefe Browning]]
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*Niobe, Procne's nurse - [[Frances Walker]]
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*Pandion, King of Athens - [[John Pole]]
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*Queen, Pandion's wife and Echo - [[Lorraine Spenceley]]
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*Captain/Theseus - [[Mike Cooper]]
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*Male Chorus 1/Hippolytus - [[Pascal Smart]]
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*Male Chorus 2/Male Chorus - [[Stephen Brown]]
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*Hero/Female Chorus - [[Charlotte Smith]]
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*Helen/Aphroditie - [[Eleanor Hall]]
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*Iris/Nurse - [[Cheo Rhodes]]
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*Juno/Phaedra - [[Louise Hopkins]]
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*First soldier - [[Tom Humpage]]
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*Second Soldier - [[John Panteli]]
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*Itys, Tereus' & Procne's Son - [[Freddie Smith]]
  
 
== Crew ==
 
== Crew ==
  
*Stage Manager - [[SM Name]]
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*Stage Manager - [[Val Williams]]
*Lighting Design - [[Designer Name]]
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*Assistant Stage Managers - [[Pat Laban]], [[Thomas Williams]] & [[Oliver Maltman]]
*Lighting Operator - [[Operator Name]]
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*Lighting - [[Lisa Tobin]]
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*Design - [[Alan Buckman]]
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*Set - [[Alan Buckman]] & [[Keefe Browning]]
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*Costumes - [[Val Williams]]
  
 
== Reviews ==
 
== Reviews ==

Latest revision as of 12:47, 9 September 2012

Poster by Poster Designer

by Timberlake Wertenbaker

Directed by Brenda Meldrum

Performances: Tue 5th – Sat 9th March 1991, Bell Theatre


Introduction

Timberlake Wertenbaker takes the ancient Greek myth of Philomela and weaves around it such questions as the futility of war, the position of women in society, the oppression of the weak by the strong and the violence that can errupt when, under censorship and suppression people are prevented from questioning the powerful.

A joint Prompt Corner Youth Theatre and Bell Theatre Production.

Cast

Crew

Reviews

Some review quotes go here


Gallery

Reminiscences and Anecdotes

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See Also

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References

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