 Event |
Box the Pony
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| Venue |
Playhouse (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW |
| Umbrella Event |
Festival of the Dreaming: Wimmin's Business |
| First Date |
12 September 1997 |
| Opening Date |
16 September 1997 |
| Last Date |
4 October 1997 |
| Dates Estimated |
Yes |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
Yes |
| Part of a Tour |
Yes |
| Description |
Monodrama loosely based on Leah Purcell's experiences as an Indigenous Australian growing up in a Queensland town. |
| Description Source |
Personal Opinion |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Indigenous
Monodrama
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| Subjects |
Indigenous Australia
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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Article: Colin Rose, Solo wimmin's business bares raw, funny attitude, Sydney Morning Herald, 19 September 1997, 18
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Article: Debra Jopson, The school of hard knocks, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 September 1997, 15
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Book: Adrian Kiernander, Bruce Parr, Jonathan Bollen, Men At Play: Masculinities in Australian Theatre since the 1950s, Rodopi, Amsterdam & New York, 2008
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Book: Denise Varney, Laura Ginters, Maryrose Casey, Rachel Fensham, The Dolls' Revolution: Australian Theatre and Cultural Imagination, Australian Scholarly, Melbourne, Victoria, 2005
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Book: Maryrose Casey, Creating Frames: Contemporary Indigenous Theatre, 1967-1990, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Qld., 2004
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Review: John McCallum, Wimmin's business, The Australian, 19 September 1997, 16
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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 |
| Book |
John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009 |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
11617 |
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