Event |
Faces in the Street
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| Venue |
Everest Theatre (Seymour Centre), Chippendale, NSW |
| Umbrella Event |
Festival of Sydney 1988 |
| First Date |
16 January 1988 |
| Last Date |
6 February 1988 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
Yes |
| Description |
"Faces in the Street (Hardy's play, not the verse) confronts us with the tragedy of this heroic Lawson's non-acceptance by a country and time unready for his vision and his decline into drink and despair as society destroyed him". |
| Description Source |
Programme |
| Primary Genre |
Music Theatre
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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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Article:  Ann Nugent, The Canberra Times, 20 January 1988
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Article:  Debbie Kruger, Variety, 3 February 1988
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Article:  H G Kippax, Sydney Morning Herald, 18 January 1988
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Article:  Michael Morton-Evans, The Australian, 18 January 1988
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Article:  Paul LePetit, Sunday Telegraph, 24 January 1988
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Article:  Stephen Carroll, Sun Herald, 24 January 1988
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Article:  Susan Bredow, The Daily Telegraph, 18 January 1988
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Review:  James Waites, Faces in the Street, New Theatre Australia, March/April, 4, March 1988, 22
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
Australia
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Programme |
Sydney Festival |
| Book |
John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009 |
| Australian Theatre Record |
January 1988 |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
405 |
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