 Event |
Insurrection: Holding History
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| Venue |
Bats Theatre Company, Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand |
| First Date |
1 December 1997 |
| Last Date |
6 December 1997 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional Training Schools/Colleges |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
African-American playwright Robert O'Hara attacks the subject of slavery with humour as well as anger in a journey through time to 1831, when Nat Turner led a slave revolt in Virginia in which many whites and, in retribution, ten times as many blacks, were killed. Past and present are cunningly interwoven, even ultimately co-existing, in a young man's voyage of discovery of his past - Ron, a PhD student. |
| 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
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| Further Information |
Toi Whakaari graduate production, co-presented with Vinegar Tom. Also part of the ensemble casts for the two plays: Toi Whakaari past graduates Paul McLaughlin, Sally Stockwell and Grace Hoet.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Set |
Theatre Aotearoa |
| Event Identifier |
204218 |
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