Night on Bald Mountain (play)
Night on Bald Mountain is a play by Australian writer Patrick White.
The action takes place during twenty-four hours on isolated Bald Mountain beyond Sydney. White had called it the first true Australian tragedy.[1]
It premiered in March 1964 by the University of Adelaide Theatre Guild for the as yet unestablished "Fringe" alongside the Adelaide Festival of the Arts that year.[2]
Later major productions include a 1996 Company B Belvoir (Sydney) & State Theatre Company of South Australia production directed by Neil Armfield, and a 2014 Malthouse Theatre (Melbourne) production directed by Matthew Lutton.[3][4]
Original cast
[edit]The cast for the premiere consisted of:[5]
- Nita Pannell as Miss Quodling
- Alexander Archdale as Professor Hugo Sword
- Joan Bruce as Miriam Sword
- Barbara West as Stella Summerhayes
- Myra Noblett as Mrs Sibley
- James Hind as Cantwell
- Robert Leach as Denis Braig
- Don Barker as Second Hiker
- Laurie Davies as First Hiker
Further reading
[edit]- AusStage search - Searching by the title shows Australian performances, linking to further details.
References
[edit]- ^ Kermond, Clare (26 April 2014). "New light cast on Patrick White's Night on Bald Mountain". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "1964: Introduction". Fringe Vault. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Theatre review: Night on Bald Mountain (Malthouse Theatre)". www.limelightmagazine.com.au. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "AusStage - Night on Bald Mountain". www.ausstage.edu.au. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "Night on Bald Mountain". The Australian Live Performance Database. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
