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Event

Greek Tragedy

Venue

Belvoir St Theatre, Surry Hills, NSW

First Date

13 June 1989

Last Date

16 July 1989

Dates Estimated

Status

Professional

World Premiere

Description

"Set in Sydney's inner-west - under the flight path - in dour and dowdy home of the deeply unhappy Greek-Australians Alex and Kalliope. They are trapped in a loveless and hermetically stifling marriage".

Description Source

Reviewer's Opinion

Primary Genre

Theatre - Spoken Word

Subjects

Multicultural

Organisations

Belvoir Street Theatre, Presenting Company
Australian Bicentennial Authority, Presenting Company
The British Council, Presenting Company
Company B Belvoir, Production Company

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
Zoe Carides	Actor
Evdokia Katahanas	Actor
Stan Kouros	Actor
Nicholas Papademetriou	Actor
George Spartels	Actor
Christina Totos	Actor
Stephen Curtis	Designer
Mike Leigh	Devisor
Mike Leigh	Director
Mike Leigh	Playwright

Resources

Review: Bob Evans, Sydney Morning Herald, 15 June 1989
Review: Brian Hoad, The Bulletin, 27 June 1989
Review: James Waites, A Greek Tragedy, New Theatre Australia, 11, July 1989, 26-27
Review: Jeremy Eccles, The Sydney Review, 1 July 1989
Review: John Carmody, Sun Herald, 18 June 1989
Review: Karen Lateo, Sunday Telegraph, 18 June 1989
Review: Rosemary Neill, The Australian, 15 June 1989

Works

Greek Tragedy

Text Nationality

Australia
Greece

Production Nationality

Australia
England

Event Status

Completed

Data Source

Source	Description
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record	June 1989

Event Identifier

1845

Dataset

AusStage