Event | 
					 The Hostage 
						
						
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				| Venue | 
				Concert Chamber, Town Hall, Wellington, New Zealand | 
			
			
				
					| First Date | 
					
					1961 | 
				
			
			
				| Dates Estimated | 
			
				No | 
			
			
				
					| Status | 
					
					Amateur | 
				
			
			
				| World Premiere | 
				
				No | 
			
			
			
				
					| Description | 
  					The IRA kidnap a British soldier. | 
				
			
			
				| Primary Genre | 
				
				Theatre - Spoken Word
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					| Secondary Genre | 
					
					
					
						
						
							Tragi-comedy
						
							
						 
						
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						| Works | 
						
						
							
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						| Text Nationality | 
						
						Ireland
					
					
				
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					| Further Information | 
					
					
					Originally written in Irish Gaelic and performed in that language as An Giall at the Damer Hall, St. Stephen’s Green in Dublin, Ireland, in 1957. NZ Premiere.
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					| Event Status | 
					
					
					Completed
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					| Data Set | 
					Theatre Aotearoa | 
				
			
			
				
					| Event Identifier | 
					
					191372 | 
				
			
			
				
			
			
			
			
			
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