 Event |
Bleedin' Butterflies
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| Venue |
Red Shed Theatre, Adelaide, SA |
| First Date |
2 September 1980 |
| Opening Date |
3 September 1980 |
| Last Date |
26 September 1980 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
Yes |
| Description |
The play is set during the Great Depression in a tent camp outside Perth. It is a compassionate account of the compromises forced on working class women when the chips are down and simultaneously a vitriolic attack on the hypocrisies of sexual and sexist morality, religious cant and the humbug of politics. |
| Description Source |
Article |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
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| Subjects |
Australian National Identity
Intellectual Disability
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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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| Further Information |
Character Jimmy Lamb is described as being 'retarded'.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| CV |
Wendy Madigan Bio |
| Book |
Performing Arts Year Book of Australia 1980 |
| Australian Drama Project (UQ) |
BLEEDINDC |
| Book |
John McCallum, Belonging, Currency Press, Sydney, 2009 |
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| Event Identifier |
80965 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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