Event |
The Popular Mechanicals
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Venue |
La Boite Theatre (June 1972 - 2003), Milton, QLD |
Umbrella Event |
La Boite Theatre Company 2000 Season |
First Date |
2000 |
Opening Date |
2000 |
Last Date |
2000 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
No |
Description |
The Popular Mechanicals is a hilarious romp with the supporting characters of A Midsummer Night?s Dream, putting centre-stage the familiar Nick Bottom and his fellow tradesmen (aka ?mechanicals?) and their misadventures in amateur theatrics. Using most of the characters? existing lines from Dream, the authors have built up a larger ?between-the-scenes? narrative that posits what kind of antics the mechanicals were getting up to when they?re offstage in Shakespeare?s play, especially during the period Bottom is away with Titania.
Indeed, much of the play deals with the period between Botto |
Description Source |
Reviewer's Opinion |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Secondary Genre |
Farce
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Subjects |
Shakespeare
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
Australia
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Production Nationality |
Australia
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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Review |
Play content only gathered from http://www.australianstage.com.au |
Web |
La Boite Theatre Company web archive |
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Event Identifier
| 100054 |
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