Night on Bald Mountain (play)

Night on Bald Mountain is a play by Australian writer Patrick White.

The action takes place during twenty-four hours on isolated Bald Mountain beyond Sydney. White had called it the first true Australian tragedy.^[1]

It premiered in March 1964 by the University of Adelaide Theatre Guild for the as yet unestablished "Fringe" alongside the Adelaide Festival of the Arts that year.^[2]

Later major productions include a 1996 Company B Belvoir (Sydney) & State Theatre Company of South Australia production directed by Neil Armfield, and a 2014 Malthouse Theatre (Melbourne) production directed by Matthew Lutton.^[3][4]

Original cast

The cast for the premiere consisted of:^[5]

• Nita Pannell as Miss Quodling
• Alexander Archdale as Professor Hugo Sword
• Joan Bruce as Miriam Sword
• Barbara West as Stella Summerhayes
• Myra Noblett as Mrs Sibley
• James Hind as Cantwell
• Robert Leach as Denis Braig
• Don Barker as Second Hiker
• Laurie Davies as First Hiker

Further reading

• AusStage search - Searching by the title shows Australian performances, linking to further details.