Black Tuesday

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Event Black Tuesday
Venue Bats Theatre Company, Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand
First Date 29 July 2008
Last Date 9 August 2008
Dates Estimated No
Status Unknown
World Premiere No
Description Fred Evans and the 1913 Waihi Miners' Strike. The show does a good job of establishing the conflicts and tensions at play, expressly those between the law and the miners, and the miners and their wives. We learn and feel the hardships faced by the young men of the mines, such as phthisis (dust on the lungs), and we sympathise with the women who struggle to feed their families on the pittance earned by their partners.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Rachel Lenart Director
Richard Dey Playwright
Felix Preval Playwright
Zelda Edwards Producer
Text Nationality New Zealand
Production Nationality New Zealand
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 194240