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AbstractHistoryArchive Description
The play is about sexual harassment and has been produced in numerous workplaces and educational facilities around Australia.
Adaptations
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form
y
A Touchy Subject
A Touchy Subject : Everything You Wanted to Know about Sexual Harassment but Were Afraid to Ask
( dir. John Gall
)
Adelaide
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Adelaide College of Tafe, CALS Media Unit.
,
1989
Z892567
1989
single work
film/TV
A video presentation of the Vitalstatistix Theatre Company production of A Touchy Subject. The production uses caricatures, humour, and people's statements to look at the touchy subject of sexual harassment in the workplace and school.
Notes
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Commissioned by Vitalstatistix Theatre Company.
Production Details
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- First produced at the Parks Community Centre Theatre, Adelaide, 3 July 1987 - Directed by Darrelyn Gunzburg
- Subsequently opened the 1987 National Community Theatre Festival, Brisbane 11 July, before beginning a tour in Brisbane and Adelaide.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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A Decade of Writing
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Telling Time : Papers, Perfomances and Images from Playworks Playing with Time Festival Held at the Wharf Theatre, Sydney 13-15 October 1995 1996; (p. 133-139) Margaret Fischer speaks about her role as Artistic Director of Vitalstatistix, and of the writing and performing of the pieces cited above. -
Mirth of Italo-Australian Society
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 November 1994; (p. 14)
— Review of A Touchy Subject 1987 single work drama -
Dramatic Issues
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , March vol. 2 no. 1 1990; (p. 29-30)
— Review of A Touchy Subject 1987 single work drama
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Dramatic Issues
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , March vol. 2 no. 1 1990; (p. 29-30)
— Review of A Touchy Subject 1987 single work drama -
Mirth of Italo-Australian Society
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 November 1994; (p. 14)
— Review of A Touchy Subject 1987 single work drama -
A Decade of Writing
1996
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Telling Time : Papers, Perfomances and Images from Playworks Playing with Time Festival Held at the Wharf Theatre, Sydney 13-15 October 1995 1996; (p. 133-139) Margaret Fischer speaks about her role as Artistic Director of Vitalstatistix, and of the writing and performing of the pieces cited above.
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