Event |
The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day
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Venue |
Melbourne Little Theatre, Melbourne, VIC |
First Date |
26 October 1961 |
Opening Date |
26 October 1961 |
Last Date |
18 November 1961 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
No |
Description |
Two released prisoners interrupt a feast day part given by an 1950s ex-Sydney gangster. Introduces the first of Kenna's Irish-Australian matriarchs, Oola Maguire. Twenty-two performances. |
Description Source |
Website |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Secondary Genre |
Comedy
Drama
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Subjects |
Australian National Identity
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Resources |
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Article:  Next crop of plays are out-of-rut, The Herald, 11 October 1961
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Article:  Two plays in a week for Irene Mitchell, Listener In , 27 October 1961
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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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Review:  "The slaughter of St. Teresa's Day", Australian Theatregoer, 2, 2/3, December 1961, 46
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Review:  Geoffrey Hutton, Sydney Play Has Ring of Truth, The Age, 27 October 1961, 7
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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 |
Australian Drama Project (UQ) |
Key SLAUGHTPK |
Book |
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Marking Masculinity Project |
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Newspaper |
The Age, 21 October 1961, 64 |
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Event Identifier
| 90362 |
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