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When a Japanese businessman appears unexpectedly at a family-owned Queensland bicycle factory, the promise of a take-over sharply divides the company. At the centre is Clive-accountant, family friend and former prisoner of war. As the sale progresses and the workers take strike action, Clive, increasingly angry and isolated, begins to recognise in his adversary his tormentor, the cruel officer Shimada. Shimada is a play about cultural conflict, between the old world of military dominance and the new world of economic pragmatism.(Publisher's blurb, back cover).
Notes
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Introduction: The increasing Japanese 'occupation' of parts of Australia continues to be an emotional issue, regardless of the political and economic rationale behind it. In Shimada, Jill Shearer takes a brave and essentially human look at the situation, never forgetting that it is in the individual experience that the political phenomenon is most keenly felt....Simon Phillips. Wellington, 1989.
Production Details
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- First performed as a playreading by Melbourne Theatre Company, 25 April 1987.
- Produced on Broadway, New York in 1992.
- Produced at the Brisbane Arts Theatre, 1998.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Act of Healing
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 August 2004; (p. 5)
— Review of Sandakan Threnody 2002 single work musical theatre -
Lively Art, Dismal Science : A Century of Queensland Playwriting
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Hot Iron Corrugated Sky : 100 Years of Queensland Writing 2002; (p. 200-213) -
High Drama
2002
single work
column
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 11 December 2002; (p. 14) -
y
Nowhere But Broadway
Ashgrove
:
J. Shearer
,
2002
Z998892
2002
single work
autobiography
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Family Values
1996
single work
column
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 May 1996; (p. 13s)
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Dated Dreams and Unchanging Memories
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 12 May vol. 109 no. 5569 1987; (p. 82)
— Review of The Hope 1987 single work drama ; Shimada 1987 single work drama -
Untitled
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 17 1990; (p. 224-227)
— Review of Shimada 1987 single work drama -
Obloquy and Soliloquy
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 24 July vol. 112 no. 5728 1990; (p. 118)
— Review of Shimada 1987 single work drama -
Fighting an Old War on a New Front
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 9 July 1990; (p. 9)
— Review of Shimada 1987 single work drama -
y
Nowhere But Broadway
Ashgrove
:
J. Shearer
,
2002
Z998892
2002
single work
autobiography
-
High Drama
2002
single work
column
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 11 December 2002; (p. 14) -
Act of Healing
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 August 2004; (p. 5)
— Review of Sandakan Threnody 2002 single work musical theatre -
Lively Art, Dismal Science : A Century of Queensland Playwriting
2002
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Hot Iron Corrugated Sky : 100 Years of Queensland Writing 2002; (p. 200-213) -
Telling it in Multiple Layers: An Interview with Jill Shearer
Helen Gilbert
(interviewer),
1992
single work
interview
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , October no. 21 1992; (p. 138-153)
Last amended 6 Jul 2007 14:00:23
Subjects:
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cJapan,cEast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
- Queensland,
Settings:
- 1940s
- 1980s
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