FEMALE TRANSPORT - AUDITIONS
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FEMALE TRANSPORT - AUDITIONS
Mon, 16 May 2005, 08:35 pm FEMALE TRANSPORT by Steve Gooch - Auditions
Author: hylas (---.dyn.iinet.net.au)
Date: 15-05-05 01:10
PHOENIX THEATRE MEMORIAL HALL
cnr Carrington t & Rockingham Rd Hamilton Hill WA
Director Hywell Wiliams 93370862 hywellsw@iprimus.com.au for details
Cast;- 6 Females & 4 Males various ages.
Sunday 22nd May '05 12;30pm
no prep required - Party Piece & Monologues - if time allows!
Roles;-
Nance, Sarah, Charlotte, Minnie, Pitty, Madge.
Tommy, Sarge, Surgeon & Captain.
The play depicts the life and death struggle of six women convicted of petty crimes in 19th-century London. For their crimes they are sentenced to be "transported" to a British penal colony in Australia. Set aboard a converted warship, the prisoners and crew must endure a grueling 6-month journey. Housed in a cramped cell below deck, the women gradually learn certain truths about society and themselves. The play presents a gutsy and raw world, full of the tough language of the streets.
Place;- Various sections of a converted convict ship the ‘Sydney Cove’, on her way from Falmouth England to the penal colony Botony Bay Australia.
Time;- The latter six months of 1807
Author: hylas (---.dyn.iinet.net.au)
Date: 15-05-05 01:10
PHOENIX THEATRE MEMORIAL HALL
cnr Carrington t & Rockingham Rd Hamilton Hill WA
Director Hywell Wiliams 93370862 hywellsw@iprimus.com.au for details
Cast;- 6 Females & 4 Males various ages.
Sunday 22nd May '05 12;30pm
no prep required - Party Piece & Monologues - if time allows!
Roles;-
Nance, Sarah, Charlotte, Minnie, Pitty, Madge.
Tommy, Sarge, Surgeon & Captain.
The play depicts the life and death struggle of six women convicted of petty crimes in 19th-century London. For their crimes they are sentenced to be "transported" to a British penal colony in Australia. Set aboard a converted warship, the prisoners and crew must endure a grueling 6-month journey. Housed in a cramped cell below deck, the women gradually learn certain truths about society and themselves. The play presents a gutsy and raw world, full of the tough language of the streets.
Place;- Various sections of a converted convict ship the ‘Sydney Cove’, on her way from Falmouth England to the penal colony Botony Bay Australia.
Time;- The latter six months of 1807