Event |
Red Noses
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Venue |
Union Hall, Adelaide, SA |
First Date |
2 October 1992 |
Opening Date |
2 October 1992 |
Last Date |
7 November 1992 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Amateur |
World Premiere |
No |
Description |
Red Noses concerns a troup of clowns who raised the biggest laughs during the hardest times - the Black Plague during the 14th Century...Peter Barnes' play written for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1978 is a freak show full of dances with lepers, flagellants and snappy 14th Century dialogue. |
Description Source |
Reviewer's Opinion |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
|
Secondary Genre |
Black Comedy
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Resources |
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Programme:  Red Noses, The University of Adelaide, Library Special Collections
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Review:  Matt Byrne, Sucked into a black hole of Red Faces!, Messenger, 28 October 1992
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Review:  Peter Goers, Plague on the clowns, Sunday Mail, 1 November 1992
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Review:  Tim Lloyd, The funny side of dying, The Advertiser, 26 October 1992
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Production Nationality |
Australia
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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Programme |
Barr Smith Special Collection |
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record |
October, 1992 |
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Event Identifier
| 17270 |
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