Senora Carrar's Rifles (with War on the Waterfront)

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Event Senora Carrar's Rifles (with War on the Waterfront)
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
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Film
Subjects War
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Contributors
Name Function Notes
Bertolt Brecht Playwright
Works
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
Data Source
Source Description
Thesis Heckenberg
Brochure The New Years, 60 Years of the New Theatre
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 22871