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'First Contact is inspired by the classic film, Twelve Angry Men. Imagine on stage seven Aboriginal men in fine Italian suits. It is 1788 and they are the Elder statesmen who will decide whether to repel the 11 ships, or 'nowees', off shore, or to allow them to land.' (Source: Carriageworks website)
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Workshopped at Yellamundie in 2013 under the title First Contact, the play was produced in 2014 with the title The Visitors.
Production Details
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2013 (First Contact)
Performed at Yellamundie: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Playwriting Festival on 8 February 2013.
2014 (The Visitors)
Produced by Melbourne Theatre Company between 6 and 8 February 2014.
Director: Leah Purcell.
Cast: Sermsah Bin Saad (Lawrence), Kamahi Djordon King (Albert), Greg Fryer (Joseph), James Henry (Jacob), Glenn Maynard (Gary), Leroy Parsons (Walter), and Glenn Shea (Gordon).
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Indigenous Stories Not Being Told in Theatres
2013
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-27 January 2013; (p. 9)
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Indigenous Stories Not Being Told in Theatres
2013
single work
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-27 January 2013; (p. 9)
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