Event |
The Day Before Tomorrow
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Venue |
Riverside Theatre, Barton, ACT |
First Date |
6 April 1956 |
Last Date |
5 May 1956 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Amateur |
World Premiere |
Yes |
Description |
The Jackson family struggle to cope with the aftermath of a nuclear explosion which has destroyed their suburb. |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Secondary Genre |
Drama
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Subjects |
Nuclear weapons
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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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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Newspaper |
The Canberra Times, 20 March 1954, 4 |
Book |
K. Brisbane (Ed.) 'Plays of the 50s', Currency Press, Sydney 2004 |
Web |
list of productions of the Canberra Repertory Society taken from website http://www.canberrarep.org.au/prevseas.html 8 Nov 2006 |
Australian Drama Project (UQ) |
Key DAYBEFORT |
Book |
John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009 |
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Event Identifier
| 70151 |
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