 Event |
Brezhnev's Children
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| Venue |
Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand |
| First Date |
1992 |
| Dates Estimated |
Yes |
| Status |
Unknown |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Olwen Wymark's play, based on Julia Vozneskaya's The Women's Decameron, is set in a Moscow maternity hospital in 1985. Seven mothers are held in an isolation ward against their will, separated from their babies and the outside world due to a spurious 'infection'. The repressive regime that holds them there is represented by a high-handed Doctor, a Nurse Ratchett-like Sister and a put-upon Maid. In order to cope with their incarceration (and possibly to keep themselves sane) the quarantined women tell stories of their pasts - and eventually form a bond which enables them to defy their oppressors. |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Text Nationality |
United States of America
|
| Further Information |
NZ Premiere.
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| Event Status |
Completed
|
| Data Set |
Theatre Aotearoa |
| Event Identifier |
190192 |
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