 Event |
The Commission / The Aboriginal Protesters
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| Venue |
The Performance Space (1983-2007), Redfern, NSW |
| Umbrella Event |
Sydney Festival 1996 |
| First Date |
10 January 1996 |
| Opening Date |
10 January 1996 |
| Last Date |
28 January 1996 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
Yes |
| Part of a Tour |
Yes |
| Description |
From Performance Space database:
"Mudrooroo's The Aboriginal Protesters Confront the Proclamation of the Australian Republic, with a production of The Commission by Heiner Müller was heralded as one of the great landmarks of black theatre in Australia and performed to capacity houses throughout the festival. It was an extraordinary confluence of texts of Aboriginal political activism and the grand master of avant garde theatre, Heiner Müller. A play within a play. The Aboriginal Protesters... is set in Canberra on the eve of the declaration of the Australian Republic." |
| Description Source |
Other |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
Performance
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| Subjects |
Indigenous Australia
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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Book: Brian Syron, Gerhard Fischer, Heiner Muller, Paul Behrendt, The Mudrooroo/Müller Project: A Theatrical Casebook, NSW University Press, Kensington, N.S.W., 1993
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Book: Margaret Hamilton, Transfigured Stages: Major Practitioners and Theatre Aesthetics in Australia, Rodopi, Amsterdam and New York, 2011
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Performance Recording: The Aboriginal Protesters, University of New England, Stage on Screen Collection, 9 January 1996
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Review: Angela Bennie, Sydney Morning Herald, 15 January 1996
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Review: Helen Thomson, The Age, 23 January 1996
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Review: Jill Jones, Sydney Star Observer, 18 January 1996
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Review: John McCallum, The Australian, 16 January 1996
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Review: Pamela Payne, Sun Herald, 14 January 1996
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Review: Patrick Nolan, The Sydney Review, 1 February 1996
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| Text Nationality |
Australia
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Further Information |
The Aboriginal Protesters Confront the Proclamation of the Australian Republic on January 26, 2001, with a Production of The Commission by Heiner Müller. Subsequently toured to Weimar Festival, Munich, Germany.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Book |
John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009 |
| Programme |
Sydney Festival |
| Performance Space Database |
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| Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record |
January 1996 |
| Performance Space Database |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
26792 |
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