 Event |
The Merchant of Venice
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| Venue |
Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand |
| First Date |
1957 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
'On the solid core of Shakespeare's script, a frail fabric of affectation and superficiality at times descended.' According to the programme, the action of the play is imagined as taking place in the 16th century. |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Comedy
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
England
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| Further Information |
Chairman of Trust Board announces that it cost the Board £23,000 for an eleven week season of The Merchant of Venice. Date to be confirmed. Played in 30 centres to 75,135 people. In Dunedin in March 1957. In Gisborne April 1957. Costumes and properties were made in the New Zealand Players Workshops (programme). There were two intervals.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Set |
Theatre Aotearoa |
| Event Identifier |
190297 |
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