Event |
Bacchae - Burning by Water
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| Venue |
IRAA Theatre, Alphington, VIC |
| First Date |
15 February 1994 |
| Opening Date |
15 February 1994 |
| Last Date |
12 March 1994 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
The final offering in what has been a five-part project of representation of the Greek classics ... The Bacchae, above all, dramatises the archetypal struggle between the rational, orderly Pentheus and the liberatory, anarchic dangerous Dionysius. |
| Description Source |
Reviewer's Opinion |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Tragedy
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| Subjects |
Social Issues
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| Organisations |
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IRAA, Presenting Company
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IRAA, Production Company
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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Review:  Catherine Lambert, The Sunday Herald Sun, 20 February 1994
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Review:  Helen Thomson, The Australian, 18 February 1994
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Review:  John Larkin, The Sunday Age, 20 February 1994
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Review:  Kate Herbert, Melbourne Times, 23 February 1994
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Review:  Leonard Radic, The Age, 18 February 1994
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Review:  Mark Minchinton, Theatre Australasia, 1 April 1994
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
Greece
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Further Information |
As usual, Cuocolo claims authorship, but credits Euripides, J Joyce, B M Koltes, T Mann and A Robbe-Grillet as the sources of the 'texts'.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record |
February 1994 |
| Programme |
Melbourne season |
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| Data Reviewed By
| Geoffrey Milne (GeoffreyMilne) on 12 April 2012 |
| Event Identifier |
23476 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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