No Man's Land

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Event No Man's Land
Venue La Boite Theatre (June 1972 - 2003), Milton, QLD
First Date 21 August 1975
Last Date 6 September 1975
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description The life of a family in 1910 threads through the life of a modern family, the play compares the experience of four women and concludes with a young woman's perception that today's personal freedom can be as stressful for some as social convention used to be.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Australian National Identity
Feminism
Motherhood
Women's Issues
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Murray Cullen Actor
Bronwen Doherty Actor
Mark Doherty Actor
Jennifer Flowers Actor
Christine Hoepper Actor
Marguerite Steffensen Actor
Shirley Lambert Assistant Director
Jennifer Blocksidge Director
Ray Jamieson Lighting Designer
Jim Shields Lighting Designer
Jeanette Lye Musician
Jennifer Compton Playwright
David Bell Set Designer
Mark Doherty Sound Designer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information .In 1974, Jennifer's play No Man's Land (re-titled Crossfire) was joint winner of the Newcastle Playwriting Competition (with John Romeril's The Floating World). Premiering in Sydney, it had a season at Downstage (directed by Elric Hooper) and was part of the Heartache and Sorrow Company's prize-winning season at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1979.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian Drama Project (UQ) Key NOMANSLJC
Book John McCallum, Belonging, Currency Press, Sydney, 2009
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 117344