 Event |
Afterplay
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| Venue |
NIDA Parade Theatre 2 (2000-), Kensington, NSW |
| Umbrella Event |
Sydney Festival 2009 |
| First Date |
23 January 2009 |
| Opening Date |
24 January 2009 |
| Last Date |
31 January 2009 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
"In Afterplay, Brian Friel brings together two of Chekhov's lost souls: Sonya, Uncle Vanya's devoted niece, and Andrey, the three sisters' henpecked brother. Twenty years have passed since the events of Chekhov's plays and, in those intervening years, the world of Russia has turned upside down. This new world is unforgiving, harsh and still tumultuous, but it is also a time of great idealism, hope and new ideas. Friel brings together these two refugees from an earlier time under the glass gazebo of a run-down Moscow café."
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| Description Source |
Programme |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
Ecological Theatre
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
Ireland
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| Production Nationality |
Ireland
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| Further Information |
On 9 January 2009, Brian Friel, Ireland's greatest living playwright, will celebrate his 80th birthday. In recognition of this, the Gate Theatre Dublin will produce a very special season of works by Friel to celebrate this significant anniversary. Sydney Festival is delighted to welcome back the Gate, who last visited in 2007 with the acclaimed Beckett Festival.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Web |
Sydney Festival 2009 Online Guide |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
78531 |
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