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'The White man's Mission was a musical entertainment using the metaphor of rousing revivalist meeting to present episodes in the history of Australia and the South Pacific. Racism, slavery and exploitation were examined in a bitterly humorous documentary about the fate of Aborigines after the arrival of the white man on the continent, and the fate of the 50,00 descendants of the South Sea Islanders still living in Australia today' (Errol O'Neill. Challenging the Centre, p.63).
Production Details
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1975: Footscray Institute of Technology, Footscray, Melbourne; 5 October.
- Director Albert Hunt; Producer Popular Theatre Troupe.
1975: Guild Theatre, Parkville, Melbourne; 9-11 October.
- Director Albert Hunt; Producer Popular Theatre Troupe.
1975: Music Box Theatre, Hill End, Brisbane; 5 December.
- Director Albert Hunt; Producer Popular Theatre Troupe.
- Cast:Kathryn Porrill, Margaret Moore, Roslyn Atkinson, Duncan Campbell, Nick Hughes.
1976: Royalty Theatre, Adelaide; 15-20 March
- Producer Popular Theatre Troupe, in association with the Adelaide Festival.
- Presented as a double bill with The White House Goes To The Movies.
1976: School's tour; Canberra, ACT; ca. April-May
- Producer Popular Theatre Troupe, in association with Jigsaw Theatre Company.
1981: Pram Factory, Melbourne; ca. February/March.
1982: La Boite Theatre, Milton, Brisbane; 19 September - 5 October
- Director Mark Gaal.
NB: Erroll O'Neil records in Challenging the Centre (p.64) that The White Man's Mission was produced at Sydney's Nimrod Theatre but provides no details. No record of this production has yet been verified.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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A Chronology of the Popular Theatre Troupe : 1974-1983
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Challenging the Centre : Two Decades of Political Theatre : The Work of the Popular Theatre Troupe, Order By Numbers and Street Arts Community Theatre 1995; (p. 61-87)
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A Chronology of the Popular Theatre Troupe : 1974-1983
1995
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Challenging the Centre : Two Decades of Political Theatre : The Work of the Popular Theatre Troupe, Order By Numbers and Street Arts Community Theatre 1995; (p. 61-87)
- Queensland,