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August 02, 2004

Salesman demands we pay attention

Filed under: Archive,State Theatre Company,Theatre

31 July, 2004
Murray Bramwell

Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
State Theatre Company of South Australia
Dunstan Playhouse
Adelaide Festival Centre
30 July, 2004.
Until 14 August. Bookings BASS 131 246
Tickets $ 17- $45.

Arthur Miller subtitled it – “Certain Private Conversations in two Acts and a Requiem,” but Death of a Salesman has been part of a very public conversation for more than fifty years. The figure of Willy Loman, Miller has suggested, is a tragic …

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August 01, 2004

Sons of the Father

Filed under: Archive,Australian Texts,Theatre

The Duck Shooter
by Marty Denniss

Brink Productions
and the State Theatre Company
of South Australia

The Space
July, 2004

Murray Bramwell

Brink Productions did a good thing encouraging Marty Denniss to revise for the stage his script of the Australian feature film Erskineville Kings. Cinema’s gain has also been the theatre’s and the result is The Duck Shooter. In this, often harsh play, Denniss follows the fortunes, or otherwise, of a group of young men.

Brothers Barky and Wace …

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Big Theatre for the Little Ones

Filed under: Adelaide Companies,Archive,Theatre

2004

Fluff

Created  by Christine Johnston

Strut and Fret Productions

Artspace, Festival Centre

The Flying Babies

by Jakub Krofta

Drak Theatre

Dunstan Playhouse

Windmill Productions marked a second birthday last month and they continue to live up to their claim as a leading national theatre company for young people. They have not been without their blips – last year’s Robinson Crusoe was undistinguished and The Snow Queen faltered under the sheer weight of its grandiose intentions. But this year’s Moonflee…

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