 Event |
The Golden Lover
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| Venue |
Downstage Theatre @ Walkabout (1964 -1971), Wellington, New Zealand |
| First Date |
3 April 1967 |
| Last Date |
April 1967 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
A lyric comedy based on Maori legend. It draws on the legend of the Patu-Paiarehe - fair-skinned, red-haired, blue-eyed people. Written for radio around 1947. Campion was working with a largely inexperienced Maori cast. Douglas Stewart strikes an idiom somewhere between the Song of Solomon and Alfred Domett's Ranolf and Amohia, redeemed by wit, some crisp comedy and appropriately earthy imagery. Ranolf and Amohia was a poem written in 1872, which generated some press attention for its description of 'pig-sticking'. See items on the poem listed below. |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Comedy
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Text Nationality |
New Zealand
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| Production Nationality |
New Zealand
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| Further Information |
Following the performance, Peter Bland and Hone Tuwhare read excerpts of their poetry.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Set |
Theatre Aotearoa |
| Event Identifier |
186071 |
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