Event |
Georgia
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| 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
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| Secondary Genre |
Autobiographical
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| Subjects |
Ageing
Creativity
Independence
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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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 |
| Web |
La Boite Theatre Company web archive |
| Book |
John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009 |
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| Event Identifier |
100048 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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