 Event |
I.D.
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| Venue |
Bats Theatre Company, Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand |
| First Date |
4 October 2005 |
| Last Date |
15 October 2005 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional Cooperative |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
A highly imaginative exploration of the life of the mysterious drifter and tapeworm host Demetrios Tsafendas who in 1966 assassinated South Africa's apartheidophiliac Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd and spent the next 30 years in a psych unit. Inspired by the book A Mouthful of Glass by Henk van Woerden. |
| 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 |
South Africa
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| Further Information |
Noted as one of two superb productions at Bats for the year (Ricketts, Listener, 'Best of…'); Chapman Tripp Award for Production of the Year. NZ Premiere.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Set |
Theatre Aotearoa |
| Event Identifier |
190394 |
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