A Stretch of the Imagination
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| Venue | The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT | |||||||||||||||||||
| First Date | 8 May 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Opening Date | 8 May 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Last Date | 18 May 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dates Estimated | No | |||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Professional | |||||||||||||||||||
| World Premiere | No | |||||||||||||||||||
| Part of a Tour | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Max Gillies emphasises the comic in his portrayal of the dying days of Monk O'Neill. Monk is the archetypal recluse of the Australian bush. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Description Source | Reviewer's Opinion | |||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Genre | Theatre - Spoken Word | |||||||||||||||||||
| Secondary Genre |
Comedy
Monodrama One Person Show |
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| Subjects |
Australian National Identity
Self-examination |
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| Text Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Production Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Further Information | The script was tinkered with by Melbourne Theatre Company to give greater scope to Gillies clowning (visual jokes, ad.lib, comic sound effects). Also New South Wales, Jan 1991 and Western Australia, April 1991. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Event Status | Completed | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Data Set | AusStage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Event Identifier | 14516 | |||||||||||||||||||
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