Bleedin' Butterflies

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Event Bleedin' Butterflies
Venue West Albury Hall, Albury, NSW
First Date 24 May 1984
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description The play is set during the Great Depression in a tent camp outside Perth. It is a compassionate account of the compromises forced on working class women when the chips are down and simultaneously a vitriolic attack on the hypocrisies of sexual and sexist morality, religious cant and the humbug of politics.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Subjects Australian National Identity
Intellectual Disability
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Rosemary Johns Actor
Doreen Clarke Playwright
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Character Jimmy Lamb is described as being 'retarded'.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Correspondence
Event Identifier 131565
Dataset AusStage