Harvey
Schedule
Tue, 04 Nov, 2025 at 09:30 am
UTC+10:30Location
Holden Street Theatres | Adelaide, SA
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Presented by: Peter Goers in Association with Holden Street Theatres.The Studio
Mary Chase’s comedy “Harvey” won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1944 beating Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie”. It was a controversial but very popular choice, which is still being debated. The play ran for four and a half years on Broadway and remains the fourth-longest-running play in the history of Broadway. The play starred vaudevillian Frank Fay and Josephine Hull. During the very long run, Fay was replaced by Joe E. Brown and James Stewart. Joe E. Brown starred in the original national tour. The 1950 movie starred Stewart and Josephine Hull as his raddled sister Veta and Hull won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance. The Australian production of “Harvey" in the late 1940s starred Joe E. Brown and Bettina Welch as Nurse Kelly. An African American production in 1951 starred Dooley Wilson (from “Casablanca”) and Butterfly McQueen (from “Gone With The Wind”). James Stewart again starred in a celebrated revival in 1970 in London and revived the role of Elwood P. Dowd in a TV film co-starring Helen Hayes as Veta. There was an earlier TV version starring Art Carney. The most recent Broadway revival starred Jim Parsons.The play is one of the most popular and enduring comedies ever written. It has had thousands of productions all over the world. The movie “Donnie Darko” which starred Jake Gyllenhaal is essentially a version of “Harvey”.
Not performed in Adelaide since 2001, starring Peter Goers in a popular production at the Goodwood Theatre directed by the late Matthew Byrne.
The play is about the value of illusion, accepting an eccentric for who he is, family, the joy of friendship and kindness. It’s WHIMSICAL and VERY FUNNY
Peter is supported by an highly experienced cast featuring Rebecca Kemp in the glorious role of the raddled sister, Veta a dream role for her. The cast and director have a combined 420 years of experience in the theatre. Popular actors Robert Cusenza and Robin “Smacka” Schmelzkopf will alternate in the cameo role of the taxi driver who appears at the very end of the play as a deus ex machina figure who solves everything.
By Arrangement with ORiGiN™ Theatrical On Behalf of Samuel French A Concord Theatricals Company
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Holden Street Theatres, 32 Holden St, Hindmarsh SA 5007, Australia, AdelaideEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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