 Event |
A Bright and Crimson Flower
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| Venue |
Launceston Showgrounds: Motor Pavilion, Launceston, TAS |
| First Date |
30 October 1992 |
| Opening Date |
30 October 1992 |
| Last Date |
31 October 1992 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Part of a Tour |
Yes |
| Description |
"An ambitious five-hour production, A Bright and Crimson Flower, sets out to commemorate and celebrate the Prisoner of War experience, and playwright / director Richard Davey has gleaned a wealth of fasinating material from years of research on this project...accounts of deprivation, cruelty and the bitter struggle for survival are interspersed with re-creations of theatre productions and other diversionary forms of entertainment presented in the prison camps." |
| Description Source |
Reviewer's Opinion |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
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| Subjects |
World War 2
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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Article: Julia Mant, The testimonial stage: theatrical presentations of the prisoner of war, 1995, Australasian Drama Studies, 36, April 2000, 89-104
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Book: Adrian Kiernander, Bruce Parr, Jonathan Bollen, Men At Play: Masculinities in Australian Theatre since the 1950s, Rodopi, Amsterdam & New York, 2008
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Rehearsal Recording: A Bright and Crimson Flower., University of New England, Stage on Screen Collection, 15 October 1992
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Review: Shirley Apthorp, The Australian, 23 October 1992
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
Australia
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record |
October, 1992 |
| The Noreen Le Mottee Collection |
Programme |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
17122 |
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