Event |
Life After George
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Venue |
Fairfax Studio, Melbourne, VIC |
First Date |
1 January 2000 |
Opening Date |
1 January 2000 |
Last Date |
12 February 2000 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
Yes |
Description |
Play about three women and one dead husband. Charismatic, radical professor, Peter George, dies in a a plane crash and his three wives plan his funeral. We see the progressive Australian intellectual and political life from the 60s to 90s. |
Description Source |
Other |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Secondary Genre |
Comedy
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Subjects |
Academics
Death
Marriage
Politics
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
Name |
Function |
Notes |
Julia Blake
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Actor
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Beatrix
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Sue Jones
|
Actor
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Lindsay
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Sue Jones
|
Actor
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Lindsay
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Sue Jones
|
Actor
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Lindsay
|
Sue Jones
|
Actor
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Lindsay
|
Sue Jones
|
Actor
|
Lindsay
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Asher Keddie
|
Actor
|
Ana
|
Asher Keddie
|
Actor
|
Ana
|
Asher Keddie
|
Actor
|
Ana
|
Asher Keddie
|
Actor
|
Ana
|
Asher Keddie
|
Actor
|
Ana
|
Asher Keddie
|
Actor
|
Ana
|
Asher Keddie
|
Actor
|
Ana
|
Asher Keddie
|
Actor
|
Ana
|
Asher Keddie
|
Actor
|
Ana
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Rhys McConnochie
|
Actor
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Alan
|
Rhys McConnochie
|
Actor
|
Alan
|
Rhys McConnochie
|
Actor
|
Alan
|
Rhys McConnochie
|
Actor
|
Alan
|
Rhys McConnochie
|
Actor
|
Alan
|
Rhys McConnochie
|
Actor
|
Alan
|
Rhys McConnochie
|
Actor
|
Alan
|
Rhys McConnochie
|
Actor
|
Alan
|
Rhys McConnochie
|
Actor
|
Alan
|
Mandy McElhinney
|
Actor
|
Poppy
|
Mandy McElhinney
|
Actor
|
Poppy
|
Mandy McElhinney
|
Actor
|
Poppy
|
Mandy McElhinney
|
Actor
|
Poppy
|
Mandy McElhinney
|
Actor
|
Poppy
|
Mandy McElhinney
|
Actor
|
Poppy
|
Mandy McElhinney
|
Actor
|
Poppy
|
Mandy McElhinney
|
Actor
|
Poppy
|
Mandy McElhinney
|
Actor
|
Poppy
|
Richard Piper
|
Actor
|
Peter George
|
Richard Piper
|
Actor
|
Peter George
|
Richard Piper
|
Actor
|
Peter George
|
Richard Piper
|
Actor
|
Peter George
|
Richard Piper
|
Actor
|
Peter George
|
Richard Piper
|
Actor
|
Peter George
|
Richard Piper
|
Actor
|
Peter George
|
Richard Piper
|
Actor
|
Peter George
|
Richard Piper
|
Actor
|
Peter George
|
David Chesworth
|
Composer
|
|
David Chesworth
|
Composer
|
|
David Chesworth
|
Composer
|
|
David Chesworth
|
Composer
|
|
David Chesworth
|
Composer
|
|
David Chesworth
|
Composer
|
|
David Chesworth
|
Composer
|
|
David Chesworth
|
Composer
|
|
David Chesworth
|
Composer
|
|
Richard Roberts
|
Designer
|
|
Richard Roberts
|
Designer
|
|
Richard Roberts
|
Designer
|
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Richard Roberts
|
Designer
|
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Richard Roberts
|
Designer
|
|
Richard Roberts
|
Designer
|
|
Richard Roberts
|
Designer
|
|
Richard Roberts
|
Designer
|
|
Richard Roberts
|
Designer
|
|
Kate Cherry
|
Director
|
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Kate Cherry
|
Director
|
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Kate Cherry
|
Director
|
|
Kate Cherry
|
Director
|
|
Kate Cherry
|
Director
|
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Kate Cherry
|
Director
|
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Kate Cherry
|
Director
|
|
Kate Cherry
|
Director
|
|
Kate Cherry
|
Director
|
|
Michael Cathcart
|
Dramaturg/e
|
|
Michael Cathcart
|
Dramaturg/e
|
|
Michael Cathcart
|
Dramaturg/e
|
|
Michael Cathcart
|
Dramaturg/e
|
|
Michael Cathcart
|
Dramaturg/e
|
|
Michael Cathcart
|
Dramaturg/e
|
|
Michael Cathcart
|
Dramaturg/e
|
|
Michael Cathcart
|
Dramaturg/e
|
|
Michael Cathcart
|
Dramaturg/e
|
|
Hilary Glow
|
Dramaturg/e
|
|
Hilary Glow
|
Dramaturg/e
|
|
Hilary Glow
|
Dramaturg/e
|
|
Hilary Glow
|
Dramaturg/e
|
|
Hilary Glow
|
Dramaturg/e
|
|
Hilary Glow
|
Dramaturg/e
|
|
Hilary Glow
|
Dramaturg/e
|
|
Hilary Glow
|
Dramaturg/e
|
|
Hilary Glow
|
Dramaturg/e
|
|
David Murray
|
Lighting Designer
|
|
David Murray
|
Lighting Designer
|
|
David Murray
|
Lighting Designer
|
|
David Murray
|
Lighting Designer
|
|
David Murray
|
Lighting Designer
|
|
David Murray
|
Lighting Designer
|
|
David Murray
|
Lighting Designer
|
|
David Murray
|
Lighting Designer
|
|
David Murray
|
Lighting Designer
|
|
Hannie Rayson
|
Playwright
|
|
Hannie Rayson
|
Playwright
|
|
Hannie Rayson
|
Playwright
|
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Hannie Rayson
|
Playwright
|
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Hannie Rayson
|
Playwright
|
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Hannie Rayson
|
Playwright
|
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Hannie Rayson
|
Playwright
|
|
Hannie Rayson
|
Playwright
|
|
Hannie Rayson
|
Playwright
|
|
Hannie Rayson
|
Playwright
|
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Ian Cookesley
|
Production Manager
|
|
Ian Cookesley
|
Production Manager
|
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Ian Cookesley
|
Production Manager
|
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Ian Cookesley
|
Production Manager
|
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Ian Cookesley
|
Production Manager
|
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Ian Cookesley
|
Production Manager
|
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Ian Cookesley
|
Production Manager
|
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Ian Cookesley
|
Production Manager
|
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Ian Cookesley
|
Production Manager
|
|
Ian Cookesley
|
Production Manager
|
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Victoria Knight
|
Stage Manager
|
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Victoria Knight
|
Stage Manager
|
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Victoria Knight
|
Stage Manager
|
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Victoria Knight
|
Stage Manager
|
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Victoria Knight
|
Stage Manager
|
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Victoria Knight
|
Stage Manager
|
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Victoria Knight
|
Stage Manager
|
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Victoria Knight
|
Stage Manager
|
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Victoria Knight
|
Stage Manager
|
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Victoria Knight
|
Stage Manager
|
|
Allana Sheard
|
Stage Manager, Assistant
|
|
Allana Sheard
|
Stage Manager, Assistant
|
|
Allana Sheard
|
Stage Manager, Assistant
|
|
Allana Sheard
|
Stage Manager, Assistant
|
|
Allana Sheard
|
Stage Manager, Assistant
|
|
Allana Sheard
|
Stage Manager, Assistant
|
|
Allana Sheard
|
Stage Manager, Assistant
|
|
Allana Sheard
|
Stage Manager, Assistant
|
|
Allana Sheard
|
Stage Manager, Assistant
|
|
Allana Sheard
|
Stage Manager, Assistant
|
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Kerry Saxby
|
Technical Director
|
|
Kerry Saxby
|
Technical Director
|
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Kerry Saxby
|
Technical Director
|
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Kerry Saxby
|
Technical Director
|
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Kerry Saxby
|
Technical Director
|
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Kerry Saxby
|
Technical Director
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Kerry Saxby
|
Technical Director
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Kerry Saxby
|
Technical Director
|
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Kerry Saxby
|
Technical Director
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Kerry Saxby
|
Technical Director
|
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Resources |
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Article:  Anna King Murdoch, Living in an ideal world, The Age, Today, 4 January 2000, 5
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Article:  Idealism rethought, Arts and Entertainment, 30 August 2000, 43
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Book:  Adrian Kiernander, Bruce Parr, Jonathan Bollen, Men At Play: Masculinities in Australian Theatre since the 1950s, Rodopi, Amsterdam & New York, 2008
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Book:  Denise Varney, Laura Ginters, Maryrose Casey, Rachel Fensham, The Dolls' Revolution: Australian Theatre and Cultural Imagination, Australian Scholarly, Melbourne, Victoria, 2005
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Book:  Hilary Glow, Power Plays: Australian Theatre and the Public Agenda, Currency Press, Sydney, 2007
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Review:  Steven Carroll, The age of Rayson dawns at MTC, The Sunday Age, Review, 9 January 2000, 9
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
Australia
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Production Nationality |
Australia
|
Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Marking Masculinity Project |
|
Book |
John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009 |
Cast List |
MTC Records |
Marking Masculinity Project |
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Cast List |
MTC Records |
Book |
John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009 |
Marking Masculinity Project |
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Marking Masculinity Project |
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Event Identifier
| 79734 |
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