A Hard God

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Event A Hard God
Venue Q Theatre, Penrith, NSW
First Date 12 June 1984
Opening Date 12 June 1984
Last Date 23 June 1984
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description It is "part of The Cassidy Album Trilogy. The play is about the emotional weight of time on two generations of an Irish-Catholic working class family".
"The story of the Cassidy family. Dan and his wife Aggie and his two brothers Martin and Paddy and their wives. Dan is the pillar of the family the one the others turn to in times of trouble. One year whilst the family is on holiday in Woy Woy New South Wales Dan's son meets Jack. Jack is immediately attrached to Dan and makes his intentions clear. At first Dan is confused but a relationship develops between the teenagers - but will it just be a summer love?"
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Australian National Identity
Family
Relationships
Religion
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Peter Kenna Playwright
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Information taken from Q Theatre 1984 progamme for Are You Lonesome Tonight?.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Advertisement PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 25369