Visions

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Event Visions
Venue Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 7 February 1985
Last Date 30 March 1985
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description This play is set in Paraguay of the 1860s during the War of the Triple Alliance, the bloodiest conflict in Latin American history. The megalomaniac President Lopez has married Madame Lynch, a Partisan courtesan. His ignorance and her egotism together bring ruin on the country themselves. Against this violent background of bungled diplomacy, death and superstition, is set an allegory of conflicting values, where visions of the civilised arts of peace sacrifice a nation to its own barbarity.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Historical
Subjects Death
Diplomacy
Peace
South America
Violence
War
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Janet Andrewartha Actor
Don Bridges Actor
Frank Gallacher Actor
Kevin Harrington Actor
Christine Mahoney Actor
Pamela Rabe Actor
Geoff Revell Actor
Anne Scott Pendlebury Actor
Kerry Walker Actor
Victoria Knight Assistant Stage Manager
Sarah de Jong Composer
Tony Tripp Designer
Roger Hodgman Director
Jamieson Lewis Lighting Designer
Larry Taffe Musical Director
Dalmazio Babare Musician
Larry Taffe Musician
Louis Nowra Playwright
Peter Roehlen Production Manager
Peter Morrell Stage Manager
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Cast List MTC Records
Data Reviewed By Geoffrey Milne (GeoffreyMilne) on 11 February 2012
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 79226