 Event |
Visions
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| Venue |
The Hole in the Wall Theatre, Leederville, WA |
| First Date |
24 November 1982 |
| Last Date |
31 December 1982 |
| 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 and 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
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
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| Subjects |
Nineteenth Century
South America
War
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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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 |
From 8 December 1982 in repertory with Louis Nowra's Inside the Island.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Australian Drama Project (UQ) |
VISIONSLN |
| Correspondence |
from Peter Hardy |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
94854 |
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