Event | 
					 Playing Moliere 
						
						
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				| Venue | 
				The Depot, Wellington, New Zealand | 
			
			
				
					| First Date | 
					
					1985 | 
				
			
			
				| Dates Estimated | 
			
				No | 
			
			
				
					| Status | 
					
					Unknown | 
				
			
			
				| World Premiere | 
				
				No | 
			
			
			
				
					| Description | 
  					Set in Poland in 1945. Five French prisoners of war in a Nazi labour camp rehearse Moliere's Le Malade Imaginaire, whilst debating 'what price survival?'. | 
				
			
			
				| Primary Genre | 
				
				Theatre - Spoken Word
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					| Secondary Genre | 
					
					
					
						
						
							Drama
						
							
						 
						
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					| Subjects | 
					
					
					
						
							Nazi
						 
						
						
							Prisons
						 
						
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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 | 
					
					
					The play premiered in Adelaide in 1984. Langford, a New Zealand poet, had been working in Australia for the previous 10 years. (ACT).
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					| Event Status | 
					
					
					Completed
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					| Data Set | 
					Theatre Aotearoa | 
				
			
			
				
					| Event Identifier | 
					
					192429 | 
				
			
			
				
			
			
			
			
			
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