 Event |
Who's Afraid of the Working Class?
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| Venue |
Belvoir St Theatre, Surry Hills, NSW |
| First Date |
25 August 1999 |
| Opening Date |
25 August 1999 |
| Last Date |
5 September 1999 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
A confronting and riveting sleight of hand, cutting and splicing together four writers' scripts loaded with facts and metaphors of social disintegration. Six actors play 19 characters. |
| Description Source |
Reviewer's Opinion |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Subjects |
Class Issues
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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Article: Gillian Lord, Writers band together as working-class heroes, The Daily Telegraph, 20 August 1999, 39
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Article: Joyce Morgan, Up the workers, up on stage, Sydney Morning Herald, 23 August 1999, 13
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Article: Stephen Dunne, Class Action, Sydney Morning Herald, 20 August 1999, 14
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Book: Glenn D'Cruz, Class Act: Melbourne Worker's Theatre, 1987-2007, Vulgar Press, Carlton, Victoria, 2007
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Performance Recording: Paul Hosking, Who's Afraid of the Working Class? - trailer and archival recording, Deakin University, Library, 1998
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Review: Bryce Hallett, In praise of writers' bloc, Sydney Morning Herald, 27 August 1999, 13
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Review: Carrie Kablean, Working-class hero is something to see, Sunday Telegraph, 29 August 1999, 188
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Review: Colin Rose, A class above..., Sun Herald, 29 August 1999, 115
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Review: Kate Herbert, On the other side of the tracks, Sydney Morning Herald, 13 August 1999, 75
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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 |
| Newspaper |
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| Book |
John McCallum, Belonging, Currency Press, Sydney, 2009 |
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| Event Identifier |
102264 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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