Event |
Near Ms's
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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
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Secondary Genre |
One Person Show
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Resources |
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Article:  Elizabeth Schafer, Appropriating Aphra, Australasian Drama Studies, Australasian Drama Studies, c/- Department of English, Univ, 19, October 1991, 39 - 49
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Review:  Bob Evans, Sydney Morning Herald, 15 May 1989
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Review:  Brian Hoad, The Bulletin, 30 May 1989
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Review:  Rosemary Neill, The Australian, 15 May 1989
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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 |
May 1989 |
Performance Space Database |
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Event Identifier
| 1801 |
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