 Event |
The Shepherds' Play / Chanticleer and the Fox
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| Venue |
St Martins Theatre, South Yarra, VIC |
| First Date |
13 March 1985 |
| Opening Date |
13 March 1985 |
| Last Date |
30 March 1985 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Part of a Tour |
Yes |
| Description |
A presentation based on texts from the literature of medieval Europe, presented by a touring company of Cambridge University graduates. According to the press release, the group "combine the juggling, slap-stick comedy, fire-eating, stilt-walking and musical skills of the actors and the strong narrative and bawdy humour of the time to provide a theatre as entertaining as ever delighted a crowd in a medieval market place."
"The Shepherd's Play" is taken from the Wakefield Pageants of the Towneley Mystery Cycle, a text that has been basis of many school nativity plays. "Chanticleer and the Fox" is an adaptation from Chaucer's Nun's Priest Tale.
The Company also performed a second programme called "An Evening of Song and Rubbish", which included music from their repertoire of 11 plays, along with juggling, clowning and acrobatic routines. |
| Description Source |
Press Release |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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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 |
England
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| Production Nationality |
England
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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 |
115224 |
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