 Event |
Here Under Heaven
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| Venue |
New Theatre (Melbourne, VIC), Melbourne, VIC |
| First Date |
29 May 1948 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Pro-Am |
| World Premiere |
Yes |
| Description |
Mis Mona Brand's three-act play had its premier at the New Theatre on Saturday. The story is essentially Australian, centred on a North Queensland station family. The mother, who is fanatical about "Australia for the Australians - provided they are white," is shocked when confronted by the Chinese wife of one of her soldier sons. |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Subjects |
Asians
Indigenous Australia
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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 |
| Book |
John McCallum, Belonging, Currency Press, Sydney, 2009 |
| Australian Drama Project (UQ) |
Key HEREUNDMB |
| Newspaper |
The Age, 31 May 1948, p. 2, digitised on Trove |
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| Event Identifier |
87017 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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