 Event |
The Secret Garden
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| Venue |
Rippon Lea, Elsternwick, VIC |
| First Date |
11 December 1993 |
| Opening Date |
11 December 1993 |
| Last Date |
29 January 1994 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional Cooperative |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
After the death of her parents, Mary is brought from India to live with her reclusive uncle, Mr. Caval, in a lonely mansion on the moors. Mary kicks against the depression that pervades the household and befriends an animal-loving working-class lad, Dickson ... together, the children find the locked and overgrown "secret" garden and restore its beauty. |
| Description Source |
Reviewer's Opinion |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Children's Theatre
Adaptation
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| Subjects |
Childhood
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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Review: Alison Barclay, The Herald Sun, 15 December 1993
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Review: Catherine Lambert, The Sunday Herald Sun, 19 December 1993
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Review: Helen Thomson, The Australian, 14 December 1993
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Review: John Larkin, The Sunday Age, 2 January 1994
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Review: Matthew Ricketson, The Age, 11 January 1994
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Review: Peter Weiniger, The Age, 15 December 1993
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
Australia
England
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Further Information |
Like most of Performing Arts Projects' productions, this was an adaptation of an extant work of fiction ¿ this one from English writer Frances Hodgson Burnett. Julia Britton is credited as playwright.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record |
January, 1994 |
| Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record |
December 1993 |
| Programme |
Ripon Lea season 1993/94 |
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| Data Reviewed By
| Geoffrey Milne (GeoffreyMilne) on 20 August 2012 |
| Event Identifier |
20792 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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