Captain Cook Discovers Celebrity Land

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Event Captain Cook Discovers Celebrity Land
Venue Paddock Room, Neighbourhood Centre, Daylesford, VIC
First Date 19 August 2018
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Follow Captain Cook on his fateful final journey as told by 6 actors channelling diarists Charles and Fanny Burney, Boswell, Elizabeth Cook and Omai the Tahitian. This new theatre script uses chronological diary accounts of encounters with Captain Cook in 1775 and 1776. A very accessible piece with pockets of humour
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Reading
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Jim Daly Actor
Ian Scott Playwright
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Correspondence
Web
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 151103