Shirley Valentine

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Event Shirley Valentine
Venue Harbour Theatre, Shellharbour, NSW
First Date 14 September 2001
Last Date 29 September 2001
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description Inside Mrs Joe Bradshaw - 45 year-old mother of two grown children is the former Shirley Valentine longing to get out. Her hope and self-confidence badly shattered by school, marriage and life, she is reduced to talking to the kitchen wall whilst preparing her husband's evening meal - to be on the table as he opens the front door every night. As she sips a glass of wine she dreams of drinking in a country where the grape is grown.

Her feminist friend offers her a holiday in Greece and, with great trepidation and a lot of forward planning, Shirley seizes the opportunity and goes, to encoun
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Lesley Coombs Actor
Gordon Streek Director
Willy Russell Playwright
Works
Text Nationality England
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web Theatre in Illawarra website/database
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 75765