Frankly Thring

With Frank Thring

Frankly Thring (1981) was produced by Melbourne Theatre Company at the Victorian Arts Centre in Melbourne at the Russell Street Theatre

Veteran actor Frank Thring talks about his colourful life in stage and screen, followed by questions from the audience. Thring was born in Melbourne, the son of Frank Thring Snr. (known as F. W. Thring) and Olive (née Kreitmeyer), and was educated at the Melbourne Grammar School. His father was the head of the theatrical firm J. C. Williamson's in the 1920s, and subsequently Efftee Studios in the 1930s, in Melbourne, Australia. He has been anachronistically claimed to have been the inventor of the clapperboard. Thring Sr. was also a noted film producer (The Sentimental Bloke), and partner in the nationwide Australian theatre circuit Hoyts. Thring Sr. died in July 1936 at the age of 52, when Frank Jnr was 10 years old. Frank said his earliest memory is of his mother standing on a stepladder in the foyer of the Regent Theatre in Melbourne, and arranging gladioli in the vases attached to the pillars. His career spanned more than 35 years, much of it spent alternating between stage, film and television. Perhaps his most famous role was that of Pontius Pilate in Ben-Hur (1959).

Frank Thring - Actor
Grace Ashleigh - Assistant Stage Manager
Mark Wager - Designer
Frank Thring - Devisor
John Sumner - Director
Jamieson Lewis - Lighting Designer
Andrew Moon - Lighting Operator
Dianne Lynn - Production Manager
Peter Morrell - Stage Manager

Playbill/Program: Nov 1981 - 30 Jan 1982

Theatre: Melbourne Theatre Company - Russell Street Theatre

Size: 210 x 110 mm

Condition: Used Good 8-10

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