Event |
Who's Afraid of the Working Class?
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Venue |
Trades Hall, Carlton South, VIC |
First Date |
1 May 1998 |
Opening Date |
1 May 1998 |
Last Date |
23 May 1998 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
Yes |
Description |
A confronting and riveting sleight of hand, cutting and splicing together four writers' scripts loaded with facts and metaphors of social disintegration. Six actors play 19 characters. |
Description Source |
Reviewer's Opinion |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Secondary Genre |
Drama
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Subjects |
Class Issues
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Resources |
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Article:  Barbara Biggs, The Sunday Herald Sun, 17 May 1998
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Article:  Kate Herbert, The Herald Sun, 5 May 1998
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Article:  Lee Christofis, The Australian, 6 May 1998
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Article:  Steven Carroll, The Sunday Age, 10 May 1998
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Article:  Thuy On, Inpress, 5 June 1998
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Book:  Adrian Kiernander, Bruce Parr, Jonathan Bollen, Men At Play: Masculinities in Australian Theatre since the 1950s, Rodopi, Amsterdam & New York, 2008
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Book:  Glenn D'Cruz, Class Act: Melbourne Worker's Theatre, 1987-2007, Vulgar Press, Carlton, Victoria, 2007
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Performance Recording:  Chris Harris, Paul Hosking, Melbourne Workers Theatre - Promotional Videos, Deakin University, Library
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Performance Recording:  Paul Hosking, Who's Afraid of the Working Class? - trailer and archival recording, Deakin University, Library, 1998
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Review:  Helen Thomson, Working Class confrontation, The Age, 4 May 1998, 18
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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 |
Each of the 4 plays appear in segments.
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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Book |
John McCallum, Belonging, Currency Press, Sydney, 2009 |
Newspaper |
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Programme |
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Data Reviewed By
| RobertTaylor on 2 October 2023 |
Event Identifier
| 33092 |
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