Edinburgh Festival ‘76

Moubray Productions
 
Leith Theatre

The Last of the Knucklemen
by John Powers

‘The Last of the Knucklement’ is John Powers’ first full length play, and has had an outstanding popular and critical success in Australia. His one-act play ‘The Hot Centre of the World’ has been filmed and won a Bronze Medal inthe 1971 Australian Film Socieyt awards.

‘The Last of the Knucklemen’ was first performed by the Melbourne Theatre Company on 20th November 1973.

CAST
in order of appearance

Mad Dog                Leslie Schofield
Horse                     Barry Houghton
Pansy                     Peter Lawrence
Tassie                    Barrie Donnelly
Tom                        George Mallaby
Monk                      Gregory de Polnay
Methuselah            Lloyd Lamble
Tarzan                    Ed Devereaux
Carl                        Joe Praml

director                   William Alexander
designer                  Polly Barlow
lighting designer    Stephen Kirk
stage manager       Jessica Douglas-Henry

The play is set in a mining camp in north-west Australia.
There will be one interval of 15 minutes.