Through These Lines
Through These Lines
28 April - 13 May 2023
Written by Cheryl Ward
Directed by: Michelle Ezzy
Produced by arrangement with Cheryl Ward
Synopsis
From Gallipoli to the Western Front – Australia’s trained nurses were there. Follow Sister Florence Whiting on her 4 year journey, from departure on the troopship Kyarra to tours of duty in Egypt, Lemnos and France.
Flo and her fellow nursing sisters are outnumbered and out of their element, their skill dismissed by senior officers. Against a backdrop of lantern-lit wards, bright Mediterranean skies and busy, muddy fields, we see Flo fight to find her place.
Based on meticulous research, Through These Lines is an honest account of women in war. There is humour, anger, hope, sadness and frustration. But most of all there is courage – Flo sees her task through to the end.
| Role | Cast Member |
|---|---|
| Actor One / Sister Florence Whiting (Flo) | Hetty Lobegeiger |
| Actor Two / Sister Mary Dougles, Staff Nurse April Guilford, Matron Simcox, Matron Katherine Hall | Joanna Tyler |
| Actor Three / Matron Ada Watson, Sister Hilda Smith, Sister Eunice Laffin | Amanda Moloney |
| Actor Four / Private Stanley Skinner, Captain Charles McLean, VD patient, Major James Forrest, Capitaine Joseph Cagnet, English patient, Colonel Arthur Frances, Mr Neville Whiting, Major Wallace Leonard, Colonel Edward Terrey, American soldier | Alan Gill |
| Actor Five / Private Harold Jenkins, Private William Corkhill, Orderly Barrie, Munir Onbaşı, Patients, Orderly, Lieutenant Archibald Barnes, New Zealander patient, Batman to Colonel Frances, Wimereux orderly, Canadian officer, Sergeant Little, American soldier | Christopher Steicke |
| Actor Six / Lieutenant William Davies, Patients, Orderly | Sam Barnett |
| Instrument(s) | Musician |
|---|---|
| Trombone | Krispin Maesalu |
| Cello | Amanda Reynolds |
| Piano | Kieran Ridgway |
| Trumpet | Charlie Teakle |
| Double Bass | Meg Vicensoni |
