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…Mr Campion has mounted the play with a casual and disarming virtuosity. The play begins with light coming up on the dried skeleton of a tree placed befor the curtain, a swagman arrives and stands a moment rolling a cigarette, and singing the saga of Ned Kelly, the curtain rises, and we are in Jeriderie, in the bank the Kellys are about to raid. A heavy stillness radiates from the stage. The rawness and impermanence of life among dust, heat and flies is exquisitely conveyed by the sketchy interior. Outside, a plethoric woman crushed by the heat, lies in a heap on the rickety verandah, Cicads cackle, flies buzz and actors mop their faces. … |
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Second touring season, with Ring Around the Moon. National. Wellington, Christchurch, Invercargill, Gore, Balclutha, Roxburgh, Dunedin, Oamaru, Timaru, Burnham, Masterton, Dannevirke, Levin, Napier, Hastings, Gisborne, Waipukurau, Palmerston North, New Plymouth, Hawera, Marton, Wanganui, Tauranga, Rotorua, Te Aroha, Auckland.
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