Event | Senora Carrar's Rifles (with War on the Waterfront) | |||||||
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Venue | Workers' Art Club (1932-1943), Sydney, NSW | |||||||
First Date | 29 January 1939 | |||||||
Opening Date | 29 January 1939 | |||||||
Last Date | 11 February 1939 | |||||||
Dates Estimated | No | |||||||
Status | Pro-Am | |||||||
World Premiere | No | |||||||
Description | A short anti-war play by Bertolt Brecht. "It is based on the bloody events of the Spanish War. The dramatic action is concerned on making clear the futility of Senora Carrar's insistent question: 'What sense is there in fighting?'".
This play was performed alongside War on the Waterfront (see Event 22872 for further details). Information in description from: http://revolutionarydemocracy.org/rdv4n2/brecht.htm |
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Primary Genre | Theatre - Spoken Word | |||||||
Secondary Genre |
Drama
Film |
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Subjects |
War
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Text Nationality | Germany | |||||||
Production Nationality | Australia | |||||||
Further Information | Saturday performances only. 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. No cast or production list available (except Playwright) and therefore not entered. | |||||||
Event Status | Completed | |||||||
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Event Identifier | 22871 | |||||||
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