 Event |
Sergeant Musgrave's Dance
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| Venue |
Unity Studio, Wellington, New Zealand |
| First Date |
5 April 1965 |
| Last Date |
14 April 1965 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Amateur |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Set between 1860 and 1880, four deserters bring the body of a dead soldier back to his home town, a mining community in the grip of a coal strike and cut off by snow. Their leader, Serjeant Musgrave, plans to hold the town at gunpoint and confront its people with the realities of warfare. |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
|
| Secondary Genre |
Drama
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| Contributors |
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| Text Nationality |
England
|
| Further Information |
First performed at London's Royal Court Theatre in 1959.
|
| Event Status |
Completed
|
| Data Set |
Theatre Aotearoa |
| Event Identifier |
191380 |
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