Georgia

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Event Georgia
Venue La Boite Theatre (June 1972 - 2003), Milton, QLD
Umbrella Event La Boite Theatre Company 1999 Season
First Date 15 July 1999
Opening Date 1999
Last Date 1999
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description Based on the later years of American painter Georgia O'Keeffe, who lived to the age of ninety-eight, as she goes blind and battles with her love of making art. Shearer sensitively explores the rage and the turmoil of dependency suffered by an ageing creative genius.
Description Source Press Release
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Autobiographical
Subjects Ageing
Creativity
Independence
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Jill Shearer Playwright
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web La Boite Theatre Company web archive
Book John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009
Event Identifier 100048
Dataset AusStage