Event | Minimata - Drink the Mercury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | New South Wales, NSW | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Date | 30 September 1979 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Date | 10 December 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dates Estimated | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Professional | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Premiere | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description | "Minamata : Drink the Mercury, by David Holman, A play for primary schools. Drink the Mercury is about the infamous 'Minamata Outbreak', in which mercury poisoning from a polluting multinational factory hit the people of a Japanese fishing village. The tragic story is told through the eyes of 9-year-old Ioka." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description Source | Production Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Genre | Theatre - Spoken Word | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Secondary Genre |
Theatre in Education
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Subjects |
Children
Contamination Ecological Environmental Human Rights Pollution |
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Text Nationality | England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Production Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Further Information | This was Sidetrack's first production. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Status | Completed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Event Identifier | 92256 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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