 Event |
Cyril Ellis, Where Are You?
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| Venue |
The Depot, Wellington, New Zealand |
| First Date |
1984 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional Cooperative |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
The story of a train journey and a party in a second-class carriage one Christmas eve. Historical references from the 1953 Tangiwai Disaster are mixed with the bizarre, the suspicious, the terrible, and the comic to show New Zealanders in their alienated condition. |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Text Nationality |
New Zealand
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| Production Nationality |
New Zealand
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| Further Information |
This was McCarten's first full length play. It was later renamed Invitation to a Second Class Carriage. It was also Peter Hambleton's first directing gig, according to the Listener review.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Set |
Theatre Aotearoa |
| Event Identifier |
186208 |
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