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The Dead Ones single work   drama  
Note: Written and performed by Margie Fischer.
Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 The Dead Ones
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'"The Dead Ones" explores death, memory, family, effects of the Holocaust and the power of objects through storytelling and photography. Fischer's parents were Austrian Jews who fled from Vienna to China to escape the Holocaust. After 10 years in Shanghai they came to Australia as refugees. Margie lived with her extended family in the house her father built in Sydney. Her grandparents died there, so did her brother. When both her parents also died Margie was left to clear out the house. While doing this she became fascinated with what is left when loved ones die. Throughout this time she documented her feelings and the processes involved. "The Dead Ones" explores her family stories through the objects left behind.' Source: http://vitalstatistixtheatrecompany (Sighted 03/10/2011).

Production Details

  • Presented by Margie Fischer in association with Vitalstatistix at Higher Ground, 9 Light Square, Adelaide, 16-26 November 2011. Director: Catherine Fitzgerald.

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Works about this Work

The Dead Ones 2014 single work interview
— Appears in: LOTL , February no. 290 2014; (p. 28)
Ode to the Dead a Tribute to the Loved and Lost Rebecca Harkins-Cross , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 1 February 2013; (p. 11)

— Review of The Dead Ones Margie Fischer , 2011 single work drama
Daughter Picks Through the Many Pieces Left by Her Lost Family Murray Bramwell , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 22 November 2011; (p. 14)

— Review of The Dead Ones Margie Fischer , 2011 single work drama
Daughter Picks Through the Many Pieces Left by Her Lost Family Murray Bramwell , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 22 November 2011; (p. 14)

— Review of The Dead Ones Margie Fischer , 2011 single work drama
Ode to the Dead a Tribute to the Loved and Lost Rebecca Harkins-Cross , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 1 February 2013; (p. 11)

— Review of The Dead Ones Margie Fischer , 2011 single work drama
The Dead Ones 2014 single work interview
— Appears in: LOTL , February no. 290 2014; (p. 28)
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