Madame Mao

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Event Madame Mao
Venue Studio Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 20 June 1986
Opening Date 23 June 1986
Last Date 19 July 1986
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description A play about female power, the nature of theatre, of women, and of revolution. Its subject is Jiang Qing, widow of Mao Zedong. She unleashed the horrors of the Cultural Revolution, using theatre as her major propaganda tool. After Mao's death in 1976 she made a bid to become ruler of a quarter of the world's population. Regarded as a madwoman with a monstrous, vengeful eye, she is still seen as the source of China's modern ills. But is she what she was said to be? This play puts another case.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Circus
Drama
Historical
Physical Theatre
Subjects China
Political
Power
War
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Sarah Masters Assistant Stage Manager
James McCaughey Assistant to the Director
Richard Vella Composer
Wendy Black Designer
Robert Draffin Director
Jill Smith General Manager
David Murray Lighting Designer
Alan Clarke Performer
Peter Finlay Performer
Rinske Ginsberg Performer
Veronica Jeffrey Performer
Jane Mullett Performer
Merfyn Owen Performer
Judy Pascoe Performer
Therese Radic Playwright
Yvonne Hockey Production Manager
Tim Coldwell Rigger
Ross Murray Stage Manager
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Performers played multiple roles
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Book John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009
Programme Advertisement PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia
Programme
Web www.austlit.edu.au www.playbox.com.au
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 60837