Season

1972-73

Play

Newfoundland Night

Run Dates

Spring 1973

–Summer 1973

Header image features: Newfoundland Night cast members. Photo by Chris Brookes courtesy of Archives & Special Collections at Memorial University Libraries..

Poster by The Mummers Troupe.

Playwright

Director

Cast

Description

A theatrical knitting-together of true stories about harsh conditions endured by Newfoundland fishermen as a result of both weather and politics. The show includes a scene based on the SS Newfoundland sealing disaster of 1914, using a recorded interview of survivor Cecil Mouland. 
 

Production type

  • Mummers Troupe Production

Gallery

Image features: Mary Walsh (left), Paul Sametz. Photo by Chris Brookes courtesy of Archives & Special Collections at Memorial University Libraries.
Image features: Andy Thompson (clockwise from front left), Donna Butt, Paul Sametz, Mary Walsh, Christopher Knight. Photo by Chris Brookes courtesy of Archives & Special Collections at Memorial University Libraries.
Image features: Andy Thompson. Photo by Chris Brookes courtesy of Archives & Special Collections at Memorial University Libraries.
Image features: Paul Sametz. Photo by Chris Brookes courtesy of Archives & Special Collections at Memorial University Libraries.

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