 Event |
Private Hicks/Rehearsal
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| Venue |
The Unity Theatre Theatrette, Brisbane, QLD |
| First Date |
4 June 1939 |
| Opening Date |
4 June 1939 |
| Last Date |
4 June 1939 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Amateur |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Private Hicks deals with a member of the American Civil Guard who refused to fire on unarmed strikers. Rehearsal by Albert Maltz won the 1938 prize for the best one-act play of the year in an American play competition. It is deeply psychological. On the stage of a Labour Theatre a rehearsal takes place of a fantasy (because the dead speak) recalling the 1932 motor industrial trouble. But the chief figure cannot play her part because it is too close to her own tragic experience, the reaction to which she has suppressed for years. However, when release comes she is able to simulate the sufferi |
| Description Source |
Advertisement |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
One Act Plays
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Works |
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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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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
110692 |
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