Event |
Texas, Queensland
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Venue |
La Mama, Carlton, VIC |
First Date |
17 November 1993 |
Opening Date |
17 November 1993 |
Last Date |
5 December 1993 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional cooperative |
World Premiere |
Yes |
Description |
"Isabel, now middle aged, is haunted by the loss of her past: as a teenager she had to give up her baby for adoption." |
Description Source |
Reviewer's Opinion |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Secondary Genre |
Drama
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Subjects |
Adoption
Family
Myth
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Resources |
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
Australia
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Production Nationality |
Australia
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Further Information |
Play written with an Australia Council grant. First read at Theatreworks in March 1992. Won the Wal Cherry Play of the Year Award (1992) and given a public reading at Victorian Arts Centre, also 1992.
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record |
November 1993 |
Programme |
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Book |
John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009 |
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Data Reviewed By
| Jenny Fewster (JennyFewster) on 16 October 2012 |
Event Identifier
| 22570 |