Les Mains Sales

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Event Les Mains Sales
Venue Lecture Theatre V Napier Building, Adelaide, SA
First Date 10 August 1972
Opening Date 10 August 1972
Last Date 12 August 1972
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description The play, which takes the form of a long flashback, concerns the trial of a resistance worker. He was ordered to carry out a political assassination, but failed to achieve his mission until he surprised his wife and his victim in each other's arms. Was the murder a "crime passionnel" or brilliantly disguised as such by a dedicated political assassin? While in prison, the young man has convinced himself that it was the latter. He unfolds his story to another resistance worker who must judge whether the Party can use him again or whether he must be shot as a bad security risk. The ironical twis
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Gary Beardsell Actor
Michael Hall Actor
Dominic Leonard Actor
Rosemary Lloyd Actor
Vicky Odlyha Actor
Russell Pink Actor
Hazel Rowley Actor
Chris Webb Actor
Paul Lloyd Director
Jean-Paul Sartre Playwright
Resources
Text Nationality France
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme University of Adelaide Library Special Collections, SA
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 74185