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Issue Details: First known date: 1986... 1986 Dead to the World
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'Set in the Australian embassy in a Central American dictatorship, contrasts the cerebral moral dilemmas faced by diplomats with the visceral experience of repression endured by a local girl employed at the embassy.'

Source: AusStage.

Production Details

  • First produced by the Melbourne Theatre Company, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, 23 September 1986 as a part of the Spoleto Festival, and included a special benefit performance for Amnesty International.

    Production then ran from 23 September to 1 November 1986.

    Director: John Sumner.

    Designer: Shaun Gurton.

    Lighting Designer: Jamieson Lewis.

    Production Manager: Peter Roehlen.

    Stage Manager: Christine Hutchins.

    Cast: Janet Andrewartha, Julia Blake, Robin Bowering, and Norman Kaye.

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