 Event |
Billy
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| Venue |
Bats Theatre Company, Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand |
| First Date |
16 August 1989 |
| Last Date |
2 September 1989 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Set in the New South Wales penal colony in the 1820s, Billy focuses on seven middle-class English men and women - their hopes, their fears, their uncertainties about the new land they find themselves in. At the centre of the drama is Billy, a deaf-mute Aboriginal servant. |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
|
| Secondary Genre |
Drama
|
| Subjects |
Colonisation
|
| Contributors |
|
| Text Nationality |
New Zealand
|
| Production Nationality |
New Zealand
|
| Further Information |
The part of Billy the Aboriginal is played by a New Zealand actor. This is only partly because of availability. It is also because a play is not reality, and the theatre is neither a social report nor a photograph. It is what acting means. Vincent O'Sullivan, programme note/published script.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Set |
Theatre Aotearoa |
| Event Identifier |
185641 |
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