 Event |
Fellow Travelers
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| Venue |
Horti Hall Gallery, Melbourne, VIC |
| First Date |
22 November 2024 |
| Last Date |
22 November 2024 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
This performance will showcase selected scenes from Gregory Spear’s opera Fellow Travelers, based on the 2007 novel by Thomas Mallon (and adapted into a mini series in 2023).
Fellow Travelers delves into a secret, gay love affair between Hawkins Fuller and Tim Laughlin in Washington DC during the Lavender Scare in 1950s. Then, Senator Joseph McCarthy’s relentless pursuit of suspected communists and gays within the US Government led to mass dismissals, horrendous persecution and tragedy. American historical romance political thriller television miniseries based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Thomas Mallon. it centers on the decades-long romance between two men who first meet during the height of McCarthyism in the 1950s. |
| Description Source |
Website |
| Primary Genre |
Other
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| Secondary Genre |
Opera
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| Subjects |
Gay
Love
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Text Nationality |
United States of America
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Web |
https://www.victorianopera.com.au/production/5-fridays-in-november/ |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
207486 |
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