 Event |
A Sleep of Prisoners
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| Venue |
Shedley Theatre, Elizabeth, SA |
| Umbrella Event |
Adelaide Festival of Arts 1966 |
| First Date |
12 March 1966 |
| Opening Date |
12 March 1966 |
| Last Date |
16 March 1966 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Four prisoners of war are sleeping in a church. As they dream, their contemporary conflicts become incorporated with the more eternal ones of myth and history. One dreams he is King David; another Adam; two dream they are Abraham and Isaac. The dreams cross and mingle until the soldiers have the common nightmare that they are children in the dreadful furnace. |
| Description Source |
Programme |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
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| Related Events |
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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Programme: A Sleep of Prisoners / Man Speaking, Flinders University, Library Special Collections, 21 February 1966
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Programme: Fourth Adelaide Festival of Arts 1966 Souvenir Programme, Flinders University, Library Special Collections, 10 March 1966
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Programme: Fourth Adelaide Festival of Arts. Souvenir Programme, The University of Adelaide, Library Special Collections, 10 March 1966
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Programme: Fourth Adelaide of Arts, Flinders University, Library Special Collections
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Websites / Online media: The Adelaide Festival of Arts, Fourth Adelaide Festival of Arts, 1966
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
England
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| Production Nationality |
England
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Programme |
Performing Arts Collection of South Australia |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
61251 |
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