Elephant

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Event Elephant
Venue Mercury Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand
First Date 1975
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description The Elephant of the title reflects the lack of comprehensionwith which blind mortals explore something strange and vast placed in their way, and is a metaphor for post-World War II Japanese attitudes to the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima, and the way it has affected and continued to affect their corporate and individual lives.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Wayne Bell Actor
Jo Donnelly Actor
Raymond Edkins Actor
Fiona Fitzroy Actor
George Henare Actor
Waric Slyfield Actor
Alma Woods Actor
Tony Richardson Director
Minoru Betsuyaku Playwright
John S Roberts Set Designer
Roger Pulvers Translator
Text Nationality Japan
Event Status Completed
Event Identifier 192031
Dataset Theatre Aotearoa