 Event |
Awatea
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| Venue |
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand |
| First Date |
1965 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
The story is about an old blind man, Werihe Paku, who many years ago sold his land to send his son Matt to medical school, and now lives for his 'doctor' son's letters to be read to him by the post mistress, Miss Gilhooly. … But in fact Matt failed his preliminary examinations for Medical School and went to work in a freezing works in Otago…. |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
|
| Secondary Genre |
Drama
|
| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Text Nationality |
New Zealand
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| Production Nationality |
New Zealand
|
| Further Information |
Originally commissioned for NZBC radio by William Austin. Broadcast repeated probably several times, but including 6 February 1967 on 3YC.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Set |
Theatre Aotearoa |
| Event Identifier |
185875 |
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