Event |
The Merchant of Venice
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Venue |
Theatre Royal, Hobart, TAS |
First Date |
August 1992 |
Opening Date |
August 1992 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
No |
Part of a Tour |
Yes |
Description |
"The Bell Shakespeare Company has translated the play easily to the present in its design interpretation... the merchants are businessmen in dapper suits, who look as they have strolled out of the stock exchange, complete with mobile phones." |
Description Source |
Reviewer's Opinion |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
|
Secondary Genre |
Drama
Elizabethan
|
Subjects |
Humanity
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
England
|
Production Nationality |
Australia
|
Further Information |
No specific dates for this production are given. Bell Shakespeare toured three plays at once in 1992, (Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, and Richard III). They were all performed in Hobart during August 1992, according to the programme.
|
Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Programme |
PROMPT Collection, National Library of Australia |
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Data Reviewed By
| Geoffrey Milne (GeoffreyMilne) on 11 February 2012 |
Event Identifier
| 24473 |
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