![Elizabeth, Almost By Chance A Woman](/media/0zdb1e5r/jeff-busby_313-hero.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=400&height=250&rnd=132781435182970000)
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Production still for "The Ham Funeral". L-R: Ross Williams, Lucy Taylor, Julie Forsyth (seated), Marta Dusseldorp, Matthew Whittet. Photographer: Lisa Tomasetti
The Ham Funeral
Revival of this landmark, pre-New Wave, Australian play chosen to launch the new Malthouse Theatre (formerly Playbox) in a reasonably orthodox performance style but with the upper level separated by glass partitions from the lower. Performed in repertory with Journal of a Plague Year with same cast of seven actors.
An anonymous Young Man (Dan Spielman) moves into a squalid hotel/rooming house run by the basement-bound Mr and Mrs Lusty, a bloated, gluttonous pair. When her husband dies abruptly, Mrs Lusty announces a grand funeral featuring the titular ham, a dramatic absurdity
Cast
Creatives
Playwright
![Anna Tregloan](/media/mdohalzv/tregloan-anna.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763243254770000)
Set Designer
![Paul Jackson](/media/iwbfn3l1/jackson-paul.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763239155330000)
Lighting Designer
![Max Lyandvert](/media/lbcf0xnz/lyandvert-max.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763239966800000)
Sound Designer
![Michael Kantor](/media/yn0lpzdg/kantor-michael.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763239325100000)
Director
![Fiona Crombie](/media/c14jrrzi/crombie-fiona.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763236331000000)
Costume Designer
![Leonie Dixon](/media/qy5hakip/dixon-leonie.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763236772330000)
Stage Manager
![Leisa Shelton](/media/2cjdktkj/shelton-leisa.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763242454100000)
Consultant
![Maryanne Lynch](/media/0l3pmsxg/lynch-maryanne.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763239975900000)
Dramaturg
![Martina Murray](/media/vynpx3jt/murray-martina.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763240771870000)
Assistant Stage Manager