Event | 
					 Speed-the-Plow 
						
						
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				| Venue | 
				Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC | 
			
			
				
					| First Date | 
					
					26 July 1989 | 
				
			
				
					| Opening Date | 
					29 July 1989 | 
				
			
				
					| Last Date | 
					
					16 September 1989 | 
				
			
			
				| Dates Estimated | 
			
				No | 
			
			
				
					| Status | 
					
					Professional | 
				
			
			
				| World Premiere | 
				
				No | 
			
			
			
			
				| Part of a Tour | 
				
				Yes | 
			
			
				
					| Description | 
  					Hollywood mid-level producers Bobby Gould and Charlie Fox engage in a verbal boxing match centred on the eternal debate of art versus money. Should Gould recommend to his unseen boss another bad action would-be blockbuster? Or should he put himself on the line for a film adaptation of a spiritual, uplifting, and apocalyptic novel? The office's temp acts as catalyst in this debate. | 
				
			
				
					| Description Source | 
					
					Reviewer's Opinion | 
				
			
			
				| Primary Genre | 
				
				Theatre - Spoken Word
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					| Secondary Genre | 
					
					
					
						
						
							Comedy
						
							
						 
						
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					| Subjects | 
					
					
					
						
							Art
						 
						
						
							Films
						 
						
						
							Money
						 
						
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					        | Resources | 
					        
					        	
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				       Rehearsal Recording:  Speed the Plow, University of New England,  Stage on Screen Collection, 7 May 1989
 
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				       Review:  Chris Boyd, Melbourne Times, 2 August 1989
 
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				       Review:  Geoffrey Milne, The Herald, 31 July 1989
 
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				       Review:  John Larkin, Sunday Press, 6 August 1989
 
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				       Review:  Leonard Radic, The Age, 1 August 1989
 
				             
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						| Text Nationality | 
						
						United States of America
					
					
				
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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 | 
									
									July 1988 | 
									
									
								 
							
								
									| Cast List | 
									
									MTC Records | 
									
									
								 
							
								
									| Programme | 
									
									Russell St Theatre season | 
									
									
								 
							
						 
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					| Data Reviewed By
					
					
						 | Geoffrey Milne (GeoffreyMilne) on 31 October 2011 | 
						
				
				
			
			
				
					| Data Set | 
					AusStage | 
				
			
			
				
					| Event Identifier | 
					
					1893 | 
				
			
			
				
			
			
			
			
			
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