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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.
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.
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.
Original cast
The cast for the premiere consisted of:
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
AusStage search - Searching by the title shows Australian performances, linking to further details.
References
External links
Night on Bald Mountain at AusStage