The Optimist

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Event The Optimist
Venue Carlton Courthouse, Carlton, VIC
First Date 17 February 1992
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description This play tells the story of the search for the big winner as a substitute for the grinding struggle to achieve fulfillment by more conventional means - and the ultimate price to be paid for the sweetness of a moment of glory.

'It's no mistake to call this the sport of kings, because only kings survive here.' So one of the characters wryly observes in a new play by Peter Hardham, exploring the motivation of the gambler. The world of the racetrack is the most colorful and unique in our society. It is inhabited by many unusual and transitory characters who live their lives as if today is the last day of the Cosmic Race Calendar.

Tony is a comparative new-comer to this landscape who soon realizes there is a fine and indistinct path between courage and obsession. His friends, whom he seduces into joining him on this journey are all facing a similar choice between a life of security or a life of daring.


Description Source Flyer/Poster
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Reading
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Jim Daly Actor
Denis Moore Director
Peter Hardham Playwright
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Correspondence
AusStage Submit Form
Event Identifier 152422