Samson Agonistes: An intertextual re-dramatisation after Milton

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Event Samson Agonistes: An intertextual re-dramatisation after Milton
Venue The New Dolphin Theatre, Crawley, WA
First Date 3 March 2021
Last Date 3 March 2021
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Training Schools/Colleges
World Premiere No
Description Drawing on seventeenth-century English poet John Milton's verse drama Samson Agonistes, published in 1671, Kinsella echoes many of Milton's themes as he explores how Samson, a paradoxical symbol of uncontrolled violence, as well as being a pacifist peacemaker and the possessor of a cyborg sensitivity, must come to terms with his participation in his own powerlessness and incarceration.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Reading
Verse Drama
Subjects Environmental
Freedom of speech
Pacifism
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Anna Brockway Actor
Steve Chinna Actor
Vivienne Glance Actor
Rob Herfkens Actor
Maroeska Mandl Actor
Joseph Steinberg Actor
Steve Chinna Designer
Steve Chinna Director
John Kinsella Playwright
Claire Jones Production Manager
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Presented in Western Australia through the auspices of the Westerly Centre, UWA, and the English Teachers Association of Western Australia.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web
Programme School of Humanities, UWA
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 170557