 Event |
Dimboola
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| Venue |
La Mama, Carlton, VIC |
| First Date |
6 July 1969 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
Yes |
| Description |
Playfully vulgar, bawdy and boisterous, Dimboola plays out the wedding reception from hell, with the audience actively playing the roles of the guests. A celebration as much as a satire, the play joyously takes a familiar ritual and turns it uproariously on its head.
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| Description Source |
Website |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
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| Subjects |
Alcohol
Family
Marriage
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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Photograph: [Dimboola], The University of Melbourne, Archives, 6 July 1969
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Photograph: [Dimboola], The University of Melbourne, Archives, 6 July 1969
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Photograph: [Dimboola], The University of Melbourne, Archives, 6 July 1969
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Review: Leonard Radic, 'No worries,' grins the gawky groom, The Age, The University of Adelaide, Library Special Collections, 19 July 1969
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
Australia
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Marking Masculinity Project |
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| Australian Drama Project (UQ) |
Key DIMBOOLJH |
| Newspaper |
Age, 18 July 1969, 17 |
| Book |
Currency Press "Companion to the Theatre in Australia" |
| Book |
John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009 |
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| Event Identifier |
65988 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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