Gone the Burning Sun

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Event Gone the Burning Sun
Venue Church Theatre, Hawthorn, VIC
First Date 11 March 1987
Last Date 11 April 1987
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description One-man play about the last twelve years of the turbulent life of Norman Bethune, Canadian doctor and medical pioneer whose socialist ideals drew him to Civil War Spain and to serve as surgeon to Mao's revolutionary army in China.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Monodrama
Biographical
Subjects Biography
Medicine
Revolution
War
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Roderick Williams Actor
John Ellis Designer
Denis Moore Director
Ken Mitchell Playwright
Resources
Text Nationality Canada
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian Theatre Record March 1987
Programme Church Theatre production programme
Data Reviewed By Geoffrey Milne (GeoffreyMilne) on 29 August 2011
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 1356