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y separately published work icon Funerals and Circuses single work   drama   - Two acts
Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 Funerals and Circuses
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'In a small, racially tense town in South Australia the white copper's daughter marries an aboriginal artist. a searing look at black-white relations punctuated with humour and music. ' (Source: Doollee.com website)

Production Details

  • First produced, with the author in an acting role, by Magpie Theatre, Adelaide, 3 March 1992. Also produced in Canberra and Melbourne.

    CAST: Wayne Anthoney, Roger Bennett, Robert Compton, Fille Dusseljee, Francis Greenslade, Michael Harris, Nicholas Hope, Paul Kelly, Kate Roberts, Mandy Sandilands, Lilian Sansbury and Simone Tur.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Paddington, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 1995 .
      Extent: 60p.
      Description: illus., ports
      Note/s:
      • Includes production photographs.
      • Includes songs by Paul Kelly and introduction Steven Gration.
      ISBN: 0868193801
      Series: Currency Plays Currency Press (publisher), series - publisher
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Works about this Work

Festivals, Funerals and Circuses : The Impact of Space and Design in the Construction of Meaning and Audience Experience Natalie Lazaroo , Jennifer Penton , 2020 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 76 2020; (p. 2-3) 'This article examines an archived Theatre for Young People (TYP) performance, Funerals and Circuses, by Magpie Theatre from South Australia. Funerals and Circuses premiered at the Adelaide Festival in 1992, and was touted as a festival highlight by critics. It then went on to tour the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts and the National Festival of Australian Theatre the following year, where it received similar glowing reviews. The authors consider the factors that contributed to the perceived success of Funerals and Circuses, paying particular attention to how the use of space and design served to enhance the experience for the audience as well as contribute to meaning-making. This article draws on the past in order to consider the future of young people's festival performances and asks what can be learnt from a show like Funerals and Circuses. The research draws on interviews with key informants from Magpie Theatre, archival documents and visual artefacts.' (Authors abstract)
Murders and Rapes : An Explanation for Representation of Aboriginality Khairul Chowdhury , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Empowering and Disempowering Indigenes : Staging Australian Aboriginal Experience 2010; (p. 290-298)
Presenting the Past : Historiography in Aboriginal Theatre of the 80s and 90s K. G. Naga Radhika , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 70 no. 3 2010; (p. 144-162)
Funerals and Circuses 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 23 February no. 220 2000; (p. 25)
— Review of Funerals and Circuses Roger Bennett , 1995 single work drama
Reconciliation? Aboriginality and Australian Theatre in the 1990s Helen Gilbert , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Our Australian Theatre in the 1990s 1998; (p. 71-88) Australian Studies Now : An Introductory Reader in Australian Studies 2007; (p. 85-108) Helen Gilbert considers a wide range of Aboriginal theatre produced in the 1990s, tracing the various articulations of Aboriginality in these performances and how, in spite of difficulties and frustrations, they opened up a space for 'productive dialogue' between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians.
Nomadic, Hauntingly True-to-Life And a Sell Out Katrina Power , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 25 March no. 22 1992; (p. 22)
— Review of Funerals and Circuses Roger Bennett , 1995 single work drama
Funerals and Circuses 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 23 February no. 220 2000; (p. 25)
— Review of Funerals and Circuses Roger Bennett , 1995 single work drama
A Spectrum of Cultures Leonard Radic , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 March 1992; (p. 10)
— Review of Funerals and Circuses Roger Bennett , 1995 single work drama
Theatre Ann Nugent , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 March 1992; (p. C5)
— Review of Funerals and Circuses Roger Bennett , 1995 single work drama
A Bright Play Springs from a Gloomy Tale Leonard Radic , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 September 1993; (p. 15)
— Review of Funerals and Circuses Roger Bennett , 1995 single work drama
Reconciliation? Aboriginality and Australian Theatre in the 1990s Helen Gilbert , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Our Australian Theatre in the 1990s 1998; (p. 71-88) Australian Studies Now : An Introductory Reader in Australian Studies 2007; (p. 85-108) Helen Gilbert considers a wide range of Aboriginal theatre produced in the 1990s, tracing the various articulations of Aboriginality in these performances and how, in spite of difficulties and frustrations, they opened up a space for 'productive dialogue' between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians.
Roger Bennett : Playwright Helen Chryssides , 1993 single work biography
— Appears in: Local Heroes 1993; (p. 81-112)
Presenting the Past : Historiography in Aboriginal Theatre of the 80s and 90s K. G. Naga Radhika , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 70 no. 3 2010; (p. 144-162)
Murders and Rapes : An Explanation for Representation of Aboriginality Khairul Chowdhury , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Empowering and Disempowering Indigenes : Staging Australian Aboriginal Experience 2010; (p. 290-298)
Creative Combination David Sly , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 18 January 1992; (p. 11)
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Subjects:
  • South Australia,
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