 Event |
Spellbound
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| Venue |
The Playhouse (1973-2000), Adelaide, SA |
| First Date |
22 May 1982 |
| Last Date |
12 June 1982 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
Yes |
| Description |
Spellbound is a compassionate, witty play about the effect of romantic passion on ordinary lives. It is also about people who are spellbound by their fear of opening up to each other, about their unconscious cruelty and about their desperation for love. The play is set in South Australia's Riverland, and concerns a family who own an orange orchard. The story centres around Sylvia, who has married into the family and who has an affair with her husband's friend. The consequences of the affair affect everyone but most importantly Annie, Sylvia's young sister-in-law who in the end finds herself alone for the first time in her life. |
| Description Source |
Press Release |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
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| Subjects |
Australian National Identity
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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Advertisement: Spellbound, The National Times, 23 May 1982, 29
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Advertisement: Spellbound, The National Times, 30 May 1982, 28
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Collection: Spellbound, State Theatre Company of South Australia, May 1982
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Programme: Spellbound, Flinders University, Library Special Collections
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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 |
The Playhouse venue was sometimes referred to as The Lighthouse at this time.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Australian Drama Project (UQ) |
SPELLBOLN |
| Book |
John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009 |
| Programme Advertisement |
Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
29938 |
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