The Father

May 3rd, 1950 — May 5th, 1950


Venue

Albert Hall

Producer

Brisbane Repertory Theatre

Director

Clare Clarke

Playwright

August Strindberg

Cast

Daphne Roemermann
Valda Evans
Gladys Parkinson
Mervyn Eadie


Repertory Play Poor Choice

The Brisbane Repertory Theatre Society made an ambitious choice when it selected August Strinberg's "The Father" for presentation in the Albert Hall last night.

Few plays depend so much on the impact of character. Laura, Daphne Roemermann, has been planning for years the destruction of her husband (Mervyn Eadie).

Other characters, a mother, an aged nurse, one with something of a religious mania, a daughter - subject of paternal doubt - are strictly "support". 

More than the virtue of enthusiasm is requisite to tackle such a piece, and last night's exhibit was bankrupt of acting essentials.

Nelson Burns

Courier-Mail, 4 May 1950

 


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