Event |
Events While Guarding the Bofors Gun
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Venue |
New Theatre, Sydney (1973-), Newtown, NSW |
First Date |
6 June 1979 |
Opening Date |
6 June 1979 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Pro-Am |
World Premiere |
No |
Description |
This play is based on John McGrath's own national service experience and deals with a group of British soldiers engaged in the futile exercise of guarding an obsolete weapon. |
Description Source |
Other |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Secondary Genre |
Drama
Tragedy
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Subjects |
War
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Further Information |
All information for this production was taken from The New Years, 1932 - The Plays, People and Events of Six Decades of Sydney's Radical New Theatre, New Theatre, 1992, and programme. Title is misspelt in the above publication, reading: 'Events While Guarding the Bofors Gin'.
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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Programme |
Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library |
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Event Identifier
| 21587 |
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