Production still for "Hotel Sorrento". L-R: Elspeth Ballantyne as Hilary, Julia Blake as Marge. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Hotel Sorrento
27 July 1990 – 18 August 1990 Merlyn Theatre
Playbox Theatre Company,
New Writing Theatre World Premiere
Three sisters come together after ten years: Hilary who lives in Sorrento with her father and her sixteen-year-old son; Pippa visiting from New York where she works in advertising; and Meg, who returns home from England with her English husband after her new novel, 'Melancholy', is shortlisted for the Booker prize. Unspoken aspects of their shared past, jolted by the autobiographical flavour of Meg's book, haunts the reunion.
This production transferred to the Alexander Theatre in Clayton (29 August - 8 September). In 1991 it played at The Wharf for the Sydney Theatre Company with two cast changes .
Cast
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Creatives
Playwright
Director
Dramaturg
Production Manager
Assistant Director
Lighting Designer
Set Designer, Costume Designer
Composer
Assistant Stage Manager
Sound Operator/Engineer
Stage Manager
General Manager