 Event |
Life After George
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| Venue |
Fairfax Studio, Melbourne, VIC |
| First Date |
1 January 2000 |
| Opening Date |
1 January 2000 |
| Last Date |
12 February 2000 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
Yes |
| Description |
Play about three women and one dead husband. Charismatic, radical professor, Peter George, dies in a a plane crash and his three wives plan his funeral. We see the progressive Australian intellectual and political life from the 60s to 90s. |
| Description Source |
Other |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Comedy
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| Subjects |
Academics
Death
Marriage
Politics
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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Article: Anna King Murdoch, Living in an ideal world, The Age, Today, 4 January 2000, 5
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Article: Idealism rethought, Arts and Entertainment, 30 August 2000, 43
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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: Denise Varney, Laura Ginters, Maryrose Casey, Rachel Fensham, The Dolls' Revolution: Australian Theatre and Cultural Imagination, Australian Scholarly, Melbourne, Victoria, 2005
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Book: Hilary Glow, Power Plays: Australian Theatre and the Public Agenda, Currency Press, Sydney, 2007
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Review: Steven Carroll, The age of Rayson dawns at MTC, The Sunday Age, Review, 9 January 2000, 9
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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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| Book |
John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009 |
| Cast List |
MTC Records |
| Marking Masculinity Project |
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| Cast List |
MTC Records |
| Book |
John McCallum, Belonging: Australian Playwriting in the 20th Century, Currency Press, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2009 |
| Marking Masculinity Project |
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| Marking Masculinity Project |
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| Event Identifier |
79734 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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