Event | Murder Premeditated | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Hobart Town Hall, Hobart, TAS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Umbrella Event | Second WEA Drama Festival | ||||||||||||||||||||||
First Date | 24 August 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dates Estimated | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Amateur | ||||||||||||||||||||||
World Premiere | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Description | Playwright is advised he has two months to live but is jealous of his wife's lover. His revenge is to rehearse a play where he is shot dead by the lover with what turns out to be a loaded gun. Lover and wife are saved from murder charge by discovery of carbon of the incriminating playscript. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Genre | Theatre - Spoken Word | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Festival
One Act Plays Competition |
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Murder
Revenge Theatre |
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Text Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Production Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Further Information | Play ranked equal first in state-wide Workers¿ Educational Association drama festival of 1935, with Evening Cicada. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Status | Completed | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Event Identifier | 98074 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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