Event | The Disappeared | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | New South Wales, NSW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Date | 14 February 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Date | 8 May 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dates Estimated | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Professional | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Premiere | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Part of a Tour | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description | Written by David Holman, one of English TIE's leading writers...his subject is political imprisonment, and his setting is Argentina at the time of the World Cup soccer in Buenos Aires in 1978. 15000 people have disappeared in the country since the military regime came to power, many of them arrested in the clean up of likely dissidents before the playing of the Cup. The play tells the story of a history teacher at a shanty town school, who with one of his students is arrested for allegedly helping another teacher to escape from a detention centre. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description Source | Reviewer's Opinion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Genre | Theatre - Spoken Word | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Secondary Genre |
Theatre in Education
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Subjects |
Education
Freedom of speech Genocide Human Rights Political Schools Sexual abuse South America Sport Unions |
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Text Nationality | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Production Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Status | Completed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Event Identifier | 91700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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