Event |
The Dreamers
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Venue |
The New Dolphin Theatre, Crawley, WA |
First Date |
2 February 1982 |
Last Date |
21 February 1982 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
Yes |
Part of a Tour |
Yes |
Description |
"The narrative of The Dreamers is focused on three generations of a contemporary Noongar family, the Wallitches. Uncle Worru, an elderly relative, has come home from hospital to die with his family. Worru links the past and the present through his stories and physicalises the alienation between the past and the present when he loses touch with reality and locks into moments and events from the past." Casey, Maryrose. Creating Frames: Contemporary Indigenous Theatre 1967-1997. St Lucia: UQP 2004. pg 143. |
Description Source |
Other |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Secondary Genre |
Drama
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Subjects |
Indigenous Australia
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Resources |
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Advertisement:  The Dreamers, Artlook, 8, 1-2, January 1982, 20, 37
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Article:  Leonard Radic, Dreamtime in the suburbs, The Age, 25 February 1982, 10
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Book:  Hilary Glow, Power Plays: Australian Theatre and the Public Agenda, Currency Press, Sydney, 2007
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Book:  Maryrose Casey, Creating Frames: Contemporary Indigenous Theatre, 1967-1990, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Qld., 2004
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
Australia
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Production Nationality |
Australia
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Further Information |
Sourced from programme for 1983 tour (see National Theatre Company [Perth] 1980-84 file). Further source Casey, Maryrose. Creating Frames - details above. Touring cast included Ernie Dingo, Alan Kickett, Robert McGuire and Steve Sallur.
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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Book |
Currency Press "Companion to the Theatre in Australia" |
Australian Drama Project (UQ) |
DREAMERJD |
Book |
Casey, Maryrose. Creating Frames: Contemporary Indigenous Theatre 1967-1997. St Lucia: UQP. 2004 |
Programme Advertisement |
Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library |
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Event Identifier
| 19027 |
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