Near Ms's

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Event Near Ms's
Venue The Performance Space (1983-2007), Redfern, NSW
First Date 12 May 1989
Opening Date 12 May 1989
Last Date 4 June 1989
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description "A series of historical portraits of nine extraordinary women who made it in a man's world but whose accomplishments have not been acknowledged or celebrated by history because, Ingleton argues, they are women".

"Written around the lives of seven, famous (then why haven't we heard of them) women from our past... Aphra Behn, playwright and the first novelist; Ada Byron Lovelace, mathematician and the original computer freak; Sarah Grimke, abolitionist and first fighter for women's rights in the US; Sojourner Truth, black activist; Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and feminist; Margaret Sanger, birth control activist and Emma Goldman, anarchist and freedom fighter.
Their lives span four centuries and through their eyes we see the whys and the wherefores of the patterns that make us what we are today."
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre One Person Show
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Kerry Dwyer Director
Sue Ingleton Performer
Sue Ingleton Playwright
Melody Cooper Set Designer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record May 1989
Performance Space Database
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 1801