Squatter

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Event Squatter
Venue Mercury One, Auckland, New Zealand
First Date 22 May 1987
Last Date 1987
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description It's 1894 and Bilstrode's 84,000 Canterbury acres are heavily overtaxed. Everyone has a plot to capitalise or syndicalise or socialise or otherwise own it. Every plot gives rise to another murder, betrayal or counterplot. Revolutionary or pragmatic or cynical socialism and capitalism look strangely similar. Structure and style reinforce the play's ideas.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Black Comedy
Subjects Canterbury
Politics
Power
Revenge
Rural
Violence
Contributors
Name Function Notes
David Aston Actor Wade
Alison Bruce Actor Florence Bilstrode
Ross Duncan Actor Tuckler
Peter Elliott Actor William Bilstrode
Elizabeth Hawthorne Actor Elizabeth the cook
Michael Hurst Actor Olive
Michael Lawrence Actor Knock
Paul Minifie Actor Bracken
Geoffrey Snell Actor Bilstrode
Alexander van Dam Actor Snape
Teresa Woodham Actor Amy Withers
Tracy Grant Designer
Sarah Peirse Director
Rob Peters Lighting Designer
John Gibson Musician
Stuart Hoar Playwright
Simon Marler Stage Manager
Works
Text Nationality New Zealand
Production Nationality New Zealand
Further Information Premiere: Mercury, 1987 Squatter was chosen for the 1986 Playwrights' Workshop held in Lincoln College, Canterbury 31 August - 7 September 1986.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 185625