The Widow's Veil

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Event The Widow's Veil
Venue Athenaeum Theatre Two, Melbourne, VIC
Umbrella Event Next Wave Youth Festival
First Date 19 May 1994
Opening Date 17 May 1994
Last Date 4 June 1994
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description A mesmerising journey into the life of Kursinah, an Indonesian woman sold by her father to a Dutch plantation manager in exchange for a promotion. Set in Java during the 1920s.
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Music
Adaptation
Mask
Subjects Colonial
Indonesia
Power
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Peter Houghton Actor
B Siswanto PD Actor
Betty Tanddo Actor
Fiona McHugh Adaptor
B Siswanto PD Choreographer
Jacqui Rutten Composer
Fiona McHugh Director
Nicola Eveleigh Musician
Soepri Hardjono Soehodo Musician
Jacqui Rutten Musician
Resources
Text Nationality Indonesia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information No writer (or even adaptor) is credited in the programme, although the piece was adapted from the novel Child of all Nations by Indonesian writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record May 1994
Programme Next Wave Festival season
Data Reviewed By Geoffrey Milne (GeoffreyMilne) on 29 July 2012
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 24626