 Event |
Hippolytus
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| Venue |
Jane Street Theatre (1966-1981), Randwick, NSW |
| Umbrella Event |
First Year Student Performance |
| First Date |
1 August 1968 |
| Opening Date |
1 August 1968 |
| Last Date |
1 August 1968 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional Training Schools/Colleges |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
The play is set in Troezen, a coastal town in the north-eastern Peloponnese. Theseus, the king of Athens, is serving a year's voluntary exile after having murdered a local king and his sons. His illegitimate son is Hippolytus, whose birth is the result of Theseus's rape of the Amazon Hippolyta. |
| Description Source |
Programme |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
|
| Secondary Genre |
Drama
|
| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Text Nationality |
Greece
|
| Production Nationality |
Australia
|
| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Programme |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
22959 |
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