Here Under Heaven

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Event Here Under Heaven
Venue New Theatre (Melbourne, VIC), Melbourne, VIC
First Date 29 May 1948
Dates Estimated No
Status Pro-Am
World Premiere Yes
Description Mis Mona Brand's three-act play had its premier at the New Theatre on Saturday. The story is essentially Australian, centred on a North Queensland station family. The mother, who is fanatical about "Australia for the Australians - provided they are white," is shocked when confronted by the Chinese wife of one of her soldier sons.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Subjects Asians
Indigenous Australia
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Ray Green Actor
Charles MacCormack Actor
Norma Shem Actor
Erika Rathgeber Director
Mona Brand Playwright
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Book John McCallum, Belonging, Currency Press, Sydney, 2009
Australian Drama Project (UQ) Key HEREUNDMB
Newspaper The Age, 31 May 1948, p. 2, digitised on Trove
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 87017