 Event |
Chidley
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| Venue |
Victorian College of Arts, Grant Street Theatre, Southbank, VIC |
| First Date |
15 December 1976 |
| Opening Date |
15 December 1976 |
| Last Date |
16 January 1977 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
Yes |
| Description |
About William James Chidley, whose radical ideas about diet, dress, and sexuality led to him being hounded to death in 1916. Hoopla's publicity for their inaugural production explained that "Chidley was a prophet and martyr to ideas about sexuality and violence, ideas still considered radical today. Persecuted by the authorities he was an early example of victimisation by censorship, incarceration - being unjustly certified insane. The lessons for today are plain - can Australia tolerate eccentricity? or even free thinking? Must individuality be repressed in the name of social order?" |
| Description Source |
Flyer/Poster |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Historical
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| Subjects |
Australian National Identity
Sexuality
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
Australia
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Further Information |
Double Bill with the Golden Oldies
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Programme Advertisement |
Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library |
| Book |
John McCallum, Belonging, Currency Press, Sydney, 2009 |
| Programme |
Performing Arts Museum Playbox archive |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
30107 |
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