 Event |
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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| Venue |
George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens, The Amphitheatre, The Gardens, NT |
| Umbrella Event |
Darwin Festival 2003 |
| First Date |
27 August 2003 |
| Last Date |
30 August 2003 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
This production highlights the comic, the sexy and the physical, taking advantage of natural surroundings, enhanced by superb lighting creating a sense of social occasion that is always a special part of these shows. The cast, in modern dress hurl contemporary references, dongs, slang and asides into Shakespeare's poetic/comic verse. |
| Description Source |
Programme |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Comedy
Elizabethan
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| Subjects |
Relationships
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| Organisations |
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Australian Shakespeare Company, Presenting Company
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Australian Shakespeare Company, Production Company
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Darwin Festival, Presenting Company
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Northern Territory Government, Grant Body
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Santos, Sponsor
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Australia Council for the Arts, Grant Body
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ABC Radio Darwin, Sponsor
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QANTAS, Sponsor
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Channel 9 (NT), Sponsor
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MIX 104.9 FM, Sponsor
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Festivals Australia, Grant Body
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| Contributors |
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
England
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Programme |
PROMPT Collection. National Library of Australia |
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| Event Identifier |
30328 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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