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Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 The Rivers of China
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Based on the life of New Zealand author, Katherine Mansfield.

Notes

  • Includes reference to the influence of D. H. Lawrence on Katherine Mansfield.

Production Details

  • Workshopped at the Australian National Playwrights' Conference, 1986.

    First produced by the Sydney Theatre Company, at Wharf Theatre, 9 September 1987.

    Presented by Don't Look Away Theatre. Performed at Theatre Works, St Kilda, Melbourne : 20-30 May 2015.

    Director: Phil Rouse.

    Designer: Martelle Hunt.

    Lighting Designer: Sian James-Holland.

    Sound Designer: Tom Pitts.

    Production Manager: Lyndie Li Wan Po.

    Stage Manager: Tonie-Rayne Steele.

    Assistant Director: Jessica Tanner.

    Cast: Alexandra Aldrich (Katherine Mansfield), Oliver Coleman (Wayne Shute), James Cook (The Man), Rob Meldrum (Georgi Ivanovitch Gurdjieff/Matthew), Tom Heath (John Middleton Murry/Mark/Asanov), Claudia Tory (Audra/The Girl/Vera), and Kim Denman (Rahel/Lidia).

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Currency Press , 1988 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Rivers of China : Introduction, Elizabeth Perkins , single work criticism (p. ix-xiv)
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First known date: 1987
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  • Also sound recording.
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Works about this Work

Soul-healing in a World Where Men Don’t Matter Chris Boyd , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 25 May 2015; (p. 15)
— Review of The Rivers of China Alma De Groen , 1987 single work drama
Theatrical Gems Find a New Stage Fiona Gruber , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 19 May 2015; (p. 15)
— Review of The Rivers of China Alma De Groen , 1987 single work drama
Australia's Forgotten Gems Reinvigorated Cameron Woodhead , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 May 2015; (p. 20)
— Review of The Rivers of China Alma De Groen , 1987 single work drama
Recent Australian Women's Writing for the Stage Helen Thomson , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Our Australian Theatre in the 1990s 1998; (p. 104-116) Helen Thomson surveys Australian women's writing for the stage, from 1970 to the 1990s, illustrating the diversity of feminist concerns and the forms these take in performances.
Outsider on Roll of Greats Bryce Hallett , 1998 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 November 1998; (p. 15)
Dissolving the Cant in the Battle of the Sexes Brian Hoad , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 September vol. 109 no. 5588 1987; (p. 110-111)
— Review of The Rivers of China Alma De Groen , 1987 single work drama
Mansfield's Two Worlds Geoffrey Milne , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: Listener , 17-23 December no. 21 1988; (p. 47)
— Review of The Rivers of China Alma De Groen , 1987 single work drama
Australia's Forgotten Gems Reinvigorated Cameron Woodhead , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 May 2015; (p. 20)
— Review of The Rivers of China Alma De Groen , 1987 single work drama
Theatrical Gems Find a New Stage Fiona Gruber , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 19 May 2015; (p. 15)
— Review of The Rivers of China Alma De Groen , 1987 single work drama
Soul-healing in a World Where Men Don’t Matter Chris Boyd , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 25 May 2015; (p. 15)
— Review of The Rivers of China Alma De Groen , 1987 single work drama
Alma De Groen: An Interview Elizabeth Perkins (interviewer), 1986 single work interview
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 14 no. 3 1986; (p. 7-14)
Recent Australian Women's Writing for the Stage Helen Thomson , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Our Australian Theatre in the 1990s 1998; (p. 104-116) Helen Thomson surveys Australian women's writing for the stage, from 1970 to the 1990s, illustrating the diversity of feminist concerns and the forms these take in performances.
The Serpent's Gaze: Re-Working Myths for a Feminist Australian Drama Helen Gilbert , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian & New Zealand Studies in Canada , December no. 10 1993; (p. 30-40)
Discourses of Disruption and Alma De Groen's "The Rivers of China" Heather Wearne , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 21 1992; (p. 61-73)
Language as an Instrument of Transformation in De Groen's "The Rivers of China" Jeni-Rose Hall , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 20 no. 1 1993; (p. 26-35)
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Subjects:
Settings:
  • c
    France,
    c
    Western Europe, Europe,
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • c
    China,
    c
    East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • 1920s
  • 1980s
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