Event |
The Bastard Country
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| Venue |
Elizabethan Theatre, Newtown, NSW |
| First Date |
6 May 1959 |
| Opening Date |
6 May 1959 |
| Last Date |
30 May 1959 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
Yes |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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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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Programme:  The Bastard Country, The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, 6 May 1959
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Review:  Drama in Sydney, The Australian Quarterly, September 1959, 118
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Review:  Drama of hatred outback, Sydney Morning Herald, 7 May 1959, 8
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Review:  New play has power, Daily Mirror, 7 May 1959, 13
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Review:  Revenge, revenge, Nation, 23 May 1959, 19
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
Australia
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Further Information |
Toured Australia throughout 1959 under the title 'Fire on the Wind'. Adapted into an opera by Colin Brumby in 1990.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Book |
Australian Drama Productions 1950 - 1969, Fryer Memorial Library, Occasional Publication No. 4 |
| Marking Masculinity Project |
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| Book |
John McCallum, Belonging, Currency Press, Sydney, 2009 |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
83693 |
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