Event |
The Secret Garden
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Venue |
Rippon Lea, Elsternwick, VIC |
First Date |
11 December 1993 |
Opening Date |
11 December 1993 |
Last Date |
29 January 1994 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional Cooperative |
World Premiere |
No |
Description |
After the death of her parents, Mary is brought from India to live with her reclusive uncle, Mr. Caval, in a lonely mansion on the moors. Mary kicks against the depression that pervades the household and befriends an animal-loving working-class lad, Dickson ... together, the children find the locked and overgrown "secret" garden and restore its beauty. |
Description Source |
Reviewer's Opinion |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Secondary Genre |
Children's Theatre
Adaptation
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Subjects |
Childhood
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Resources |
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Review:  Alison Barclay, The Herald Sun, 15 December 1993
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Review:  Catherine Lambert, The Sunday Herald Sun, 19 December 1993
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Review:  Helen Thomson, The Australian, 14 December 1993
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Review:  John Larkin, The Sunday Age, 2 January 1994
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Review:  Matthew Ricketson, The Age, 11 January 1994
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Review:  Peter Weiniger, The Age, 15 December 1993
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
Australia
England
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Production Nationality |
Australia
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Further Information |
Like most of Performing Arts Projects' productions, this was an adaptation of an extant work of fiction ¿ this one from English writer Frances Hodgson Burnett. Julia Britton is credited as playwright.
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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record |
January, 1994 |
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record |
December 1993 |
Programme |
Ripon Lea season 1993/94 |
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Data Reviewed By
| Geoffrey Milne (GeoffreyMilne) on 20 August 2012 |
Event Identifier
| 20792 |
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