Event | 
					 A White Sports Coat 
						
						
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				| Venue | 
				La Mama, Carlton, VIC | 
			
			
				
					| First Date | 
					
					23 November 1988 | 
				
			
				
					| Opening Date | 
					23 November 1998 | 
				
			
				
					| Last Date | 
					
					11 December 1988 | 
				
			
			
				| Dates Estimated | 
			
				No | 
			
			
				
					| Status | 
					
					Professional Cooperative | 
				
			
			
				| World Premiere | 
				
				Yes | 
			
			
			
				
					| Description | 
  					This one-woman show "recounts the experiences of its author as she battles against the banalities of memory and daily life to write a play intended for the very theatre in which this piece is performed". | 
				
			
				
					| Description Source | 
					
					Reviewer's Opinion | 
				
			
			
				| Primary Genre | 
				
				Theatre - Spoken Word
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					| Secondary Genre | 
					
					
					
						
						
							Monodrama
						
							
						 
						
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					| Subjects | 
					
					
					
						
							Family
						 
						
						
							Greeks
						 
						
						
							Immigration
						 
						
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					| Organisations | 
					
					
						
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					| Contributors | 
					
					
						
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					        | Resources | 
					        
					        	
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				       Review:  Catherine Oddie, Beat, 30 November 1988
 
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				       Review:  Fiona Scott-Norman, Melbourne Times, 30 November 1988
 
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				       Review:  Geoffrey Milne, Financial Review, 2 December 1988
 
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				       Review:  Leonard Radic, The Age, 25 November 1988
 
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				       Review:  Stephen Radic, The Herald, 24 November 1988
 
				             
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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 | 
								
								
							 
							
								
									| Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record | 
									
									November 1988 | 
									
									
								 
							
								
									| Programme | 
									
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									| Book | 
									
									John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009 | 
									
									
								 
							
						 
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					| Data Reviewed By
					
					
						 | Jenny Fewster (JennyFewster) on 12 November 2012 | 
						
				
				
			
			
				
					| Data Set | 
					AusStage | 
				
			
			
				
					| Event Identifier | 
					
					1591 | 
				
			
			
				
			
			
			
			
			
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