 Event |
The Cobra
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| Venue |
Drama Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW |
| First Date |
1 October 1983 |
| Opening Date |
5 October 1983 |
| Last Date |
12 November 1983 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
Yes |
| Description |
The Cobra by Justin Fleming. The cobra is an exotic, beautiful, insinuating, captivating and dangerous serpent. The Cobra is a play about justice, truth, freedom, worship and love. The connection between them is sexual taboo - an exotic, insinuating and dangerous practice which here leads to trial, imprisonment and despair |
| Description Source |
Brochure |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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Advertisement: The Cobra, The Australian, 7 October 1983, 8
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Advertisement: The Cobra, The National Times, 14 October 1983, 30
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Book: Sydney Theatre Company 1983 Season, Marion Roubos-Bennett Collection, 1982
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Performance Recording: Nightfall, Sydney Theatre Company, April 2000
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Performance Recording: The Cobra, Sydney Theatre Company, October 1983
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Review: Neil Jillett, Narcissus looks back as Helpmann returns, The Age, 19 October 1983, 14
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
Australia
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Australian Drama Project (UQ) |
COBRAJF |
| Book |
John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009 |
| Brochure |
Sydney Opera House The Diary Oct 1983 No 1 Vol 11 |
| Australian Drama Project (UQ) |
COBRAJF |
| Book |
John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009 |
| Brochure |
Sydney Theatre Company 1983 Season, Marion Roubos-Bennett Collection |
| Brochure |
Sydney Theatre Company 1983 Season, Marion Roubos-Bennett Collection |
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| Event Identifier
| 91529 |
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