 Event |
The Empire Builders
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| Venue |
Free Theatre, Christchurch , New Zealand |
| First Date |
8 April 1997 |
| Last Date |
19 April 1997 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional Training Schools/Colleges |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Central theme: paranoid fear of others and the world outside the family. In the play, set in an apartment building, the family is continually running away from the 'Noise'. The nature of the problem they are running away from is unspecified….To escape they climb the stairs of their building, barricading themselves into progressively constricted living conditions. |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
Absurdist
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Text Nationality |
France
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| Further Information |
The cast are post-graduate students from the University of Canterbury drama school. Play written in 1959. Press article notes that it is not the first time the play has been performed in Christchurch - 30 years ago it was an early success for Mervyn Thompson.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Set |
Theatre Aotearoa |
| Event Identifier |
190576 |
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