 Event |
Blackbird
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| Venue |
Wharf 1 Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney, NSW |
| Umbrella Event |
Sydney Theatre Company 2007 |
| First Date |
15 December 2007 |
| Opening Date |
21 December 2007 |
| Last Date |
26 January 2008 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Una confronts Ray at the cafeteria of a factory where he's a middling executive. He is now 56, she 27. Fifteen years ago, they had an affair. A sexual relationship. She was 12. Is she seeking vengeance? No - she is after something else.
"Blackbird" is a brilliant, unnerving and controversial play that taunts us with the limits of our own language, our taboos and our conceptions of love, abuse and that much-abused neologism 'closure'.
Harrower's play is written with extraordinary economy and an enthralling poetry. Here are two complex and damaged individuals, full of rage, sweetness, fear, a |
| Description Source |
Other |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
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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 |
Scotland
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Brochure |
PROMPT Collection. National Library of Australia |
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| Event Identifier |
70524 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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