 Event |
Death Takes A Holiday
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| Venue |
Garrick Theatre, Melbourne, VIC |
| First Date |
1933 |
| Opening Date |
1933 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Pro-Am |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
A Comedy for a cast of seven male and six female actors. It is based on the poetic conception of death suspending all activities for three days during which he falls in love with a beautiful girl and through her realizes why mortals fear him. The mood of the play is established with remarkable skill and while it is charged with exciting moments, it is a perfect background for a love story that is as simple as it is appealing. The character who symbolizes Death is a very human person, with no conventional claptrap dragged in for mere effect. Here is a play that stimulates discussion and presents a novel and optimistic philosophy of the problems of love and death. |
| Description Source |
Programme |
| 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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| Text Nationality |
Italy
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Further Information |
Staged by The Gregan McMahon Players during 1933. National Library collection also contains an Address given by R W Beetham, on the 10th Sept, 1941, after the death of Gregan McMahon.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Programme |
PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia |
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| Event Identifier |
19385 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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