The Truce

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Event The Truce
Venue Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 30 September 1981
Opening Date 30 September 1981
Last Date 21 November 1981
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Set in the old city of Warsaw on 7 - 9 October 1944 at the time when an exhausted Polish resistance had gaven up its 62 day struggle against the Germans. An anti-semitic aristocrat and a Jew are trapped in a basement in Warsaw as the Germans raze the city.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Racial discrimination
Racism
World War 2
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Gabrielle Hartley Actor Maria Zielinska
Rona McLeod Actor Yenne Velt
Kristopher Steele Actor Helmut
Deborah Pelling Assistant Stage Manager
John Cervenka Designer
Ray Lawler Director
Jamieson Lewis Lighting Designer
Andrew Moon Lighting Operator/Technician
Sandy McCutcheon Playwright
Garry Snowdon Production Manager
Glenda Ferrall Stage Manager
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Cast List MTC Records
Australian Drama Project (UQ) TRUCESM
Programme PROMPT Collection. National Library of Australia
Book Performing Arts Year Book of Australia 1981
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 29764