Production still for "Buena Vista". L-R: Gerda Nicolson as Rosie, Robin Cuming as Dobson. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Buena Vista

04 August 1982 – 22 August 1982 Playbox Theatre

Playbox Theatre Company,

Theatre - Spoken Word

A tongue-in-cheek statement about people on both sides of the artistic fence. William Dobson (Robin Cuming) is an ageing and fondly-remembered revolutionary poet of the First World War. He is rescued from the sea by Rosie (Gerda Nicolson), an academic writing a paper on Swinburne, and her sister Daphne (Helen Tripp). The accident is caused by Malcolm Shillinglaw (Peter Paulsen), the Minister for the Arts, who narrowly avoids killing Dobson with the propellor of his launch while entertaining overseas guests on Sydney's Pittwater.

Production still for "Buena Vista". L-R: Robin Cuming as Dobson, Helen Tripp as Daphne, Jack Weiner (pianist). Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Buena Vista". L-R: Robin Cuming as Dobson, Gerda Nicolson as Rosie, Peter Paulsen as Shillinglaw, Anne Charleston as Lily. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Buena Vista". L-R: Gerda Nicolson as Rosie, Anne Charleston as Lily. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Buena Vista". L-R: Robin Cuming as Dobson, Gerda Nicolson as Rosie. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Buena Vista". L-R: Robin Cuming as Dobson, Helen Tripp as Daphne, Jack Weiner (pianist). Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Buena Vista". L-R: Robin Cuming as Dobson, Gerda Nicolson as Rosie, Peter Paulsen as Shillinglaw, Anne Charleston as Lily. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Buena Vista". L-R: Gerda Nicolson as Rosie, Anne Charleston as Lily. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Buena Vista". L-R: Robin Cuming as Dobson, Gerda Nicolson as Rosie. Photographer: Jeff Busby