Event |
Blackbird
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Venue |
Wharf 1 Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney, NSW |
Umbrella Event |
Sydney Theatre Company 2007 |
First Date |
15 December 2007 |
Opening Date |
21 December 2007 |
Last Date |
26 January 2008 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
No |
Description |
Una confronts Ray at the cafeteria of a factory where he's a middling executive. He is now 56, she 27. Fifteen years ago, they had an affair. A sexual relationship. She was 12. Is she seeking vengeance? No - she is after something else.
"Blackbird" is a brilliant, unnerving and controversial play that taunts us with the limits of our own language, our taboos and our conceptions of love, abuse and that much-abused neologism 'closure'.
Harrower's play is written with extraordinary economy and an enthralling poetry. Here are two complex and damaged individuals, full of rage, sweetness, fear, a |
Description Source |
Other |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Secondary Genre |
Drama
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Resources |
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
Scotland
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Production Nationality |
Australia
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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Brochure |
PROMPT Collection. National Library of Australia |
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Event Identifier
| 70524 |
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