Our History
The Chapel Perilous
18 – 28 Oct 1972
Venue
La Boite Theatre, Brisbane
Producer
La Boite Theatre
Director
Jane Atkins
Playwright
Dorothy Hewitt
Cast
Lindy Henry
June Lynch
David Purdon
Neil Hallam
Peter Kowitz
Julie Haseler
Irene Cassanatis
Stefanie Helsdon
Candi Hooper
Margaret Savage
Pauline Hanson
Phillip Squires
David Slingsby
Julie Haseler
Peter Head
Peter Copeman
John Riedel
Michael Osborne
Daniel Bland
Philip Thorley
Rod Casey
Roger Burke
Set Designer
Luigi Forzin
Lighting Designer
Jane Atkins
Chris Johnson
Sound Designer
Brian Pickering
Program cover for The Chapel Perilous by Dorothy Hewett directed by Jane Atkins, 1972.
Courtesy QPAC Museum.
The first play to be performed in the thrust in the new theatre, the sexually explicit The Chapel Perilous by Australian writer Dorothy Hewett was directed by Jane Atkins to such great acclaim that the two week season of this Major Workshop play was extended another week.
Writer: Christine Comans
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The Chapel Perilous creatives list.
Courtesy QPAC Museum.
The Chapel Perilous cast list.
Courtesy QPAC Museum.
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