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Adaptation of
Thursday's Child
2000
single work
novel
Issue Details:
First known date:
2009...
2009
Thursday's Child
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'Thursday's Child is Tin, born on a Thursday and like the old nursery rhyme, has far to go. A strange and lonely child who digs, his wanderings take him underneath the earth into the subterranean tunnels that he's pre-destined to roam. Told by his sister Harper Flute, it is a story of an Australian farming family's strength as they battle their way through the great depression of the 1930's. A surreal and epic piece of theatre that explores the themes of memory, fate, family camaraderie and the spirit of determination in a time of great change.'
Source: Monkey Baa.
Notes
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Commissioned by Sydney Theatre Company Education.
Production Details
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Produced by Monkey Baa Theatre for Young People at the Seymour Centre, Sydney, in a season beginning on 15 May 2009. A national tour followed the Sydney season. Director: Sandra Eldridge.
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The creature held a great bundle of something tied up in a rag. For a moment we stared, not recognising him, but who else could it have been, who else but wandering Tin. We saw his naked limbs, his waxy skin, his discoloured hair, his hooking razor-sharp nails. He raised lashy eyes to us and we saw a face on its way to another world. Da murmured, "Jesus." Through the long years of the Great Depression, Harper Flute watches with a child's clear eyes her family's struggle to survive in a hot and impoverished landscape. As life on the surface grows harsher, her brother Tin escapes ever deeper into a subterranean world of darkness and troubling secrets, until his memory becomes a myth barely whispered around the countryside. (Source: Trove)
Works about this Work
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Page to Performance : Children's Books Adapted for the Stage
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 27 no. 1 2012; (p. 8-11) -
Digging for Answers
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 25 no. 2 2011; (p. 220-221)
— Review of Thursday's Child 2009 single work drama -
State by State : NSW
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: Lowdown , April vol. 31 no. 2 2009; (p. 21) Provides an overview of news, events, opportunities and industry information for young people in the theatre and performing arts in New South Wales during 2009. -
Monkey Baa's Reason for Being : Adapting Australian Literature for the Stage
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: Newswrite : The NSW Writers' Centre Magazine , June/July no. 185 2009; (p. 19-20) -
Youth Crosses over to the Dark Side
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4 May 2009; (p. 14)
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Digging for Answers
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 25 no. 2 2011; (p. 220-221)
— Review of Thursday's Child 2009 single work drama -
Youth Crosses over to the Dark Side
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4 May 2009; (p. 14) -
Monkey Baa's Reason for Being : Adapting Australian Literature for the Stage
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: Newswrite : The NSW Writers' Centre Magazine , June/July no. 185 2009; (p. 19-20) -
State by State : NSW
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: Lowdown , April vol. 31 no. 2 2009; (p. 21) Provides an overview of news, events, opportunities and industry information for young people in the theatre and performing arts in New South Wales during 2009. -
Page to Performance : Children's Books Adapted for the Stage
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 27 no. 1 2012; (p. 8-11)
Awards
- 2010 winner Helpmann Awards for Performing Arts in Australia — Best Presentation for Children Nominated for the 2009 Monkey Baa Theatre for Young People production.
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