The Old Selection, or, In Australia

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Event The Old Selection, or, In Australia
Venue Binalong Local Hall, Binalong, NSW
First Date 1 August 1997
Opening Date 1 August 1997
Last Date 9 August 1997
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description A seasonal, festival comedy about one year's farming at the end of a long dry spell. This version takes the play's action back to the end of the 1881 to 1886 drought in Toowoomba.

"The Old Selection" is the title of In Australia, Or, The Old Selection, a book by Steele Rudd (Arthur Hoey Davis). "The Old Selection" is not a separate work, but rather the subtitle to the book, and is distinct from his more famous book, On Our Selection. While On Our Selection is a series of short stories about the Rudd family, In Australia, Or, The Old Selection is a separate book that features different characters, the Figley family, and includes the story of their neighbors, Skinney McGahn and Wild Winnie Diehard.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
John Blair Actor
Cate Crowe Actor
George Elliot Actor
Bubbles Garry Actor
Jan Giles Actor
Mark Guy Actor
Leonie Hunter Actor
David Regan Actor
Gladys Regan Actor
Keith Smith Actor
Adrian Stadtmiller Actor
Matthew Stadtmiller Actor
David Sykes Actor
Adrian Williams Lighting Designer
Denis Williams Lighting Designer
Rob Steele Producer
Ralph Daly Set and/or Property Maker
George Elliot Set and/or Property Maker
Katherine Cameron Set Designer
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme ACT Heritage Library, Performing Arts Ephemera Collection, CAT Awards
Event Identifier 213822
Dataset AusStage