Creating Frames: Contemporary Indigenous Theatre 1967-1990

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Univ. of Queensland Press, 2004 - History - 372 pages
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Creating Framesprovides the first significant social and cultural history of Indigenous theatre across Australia. As well as using archival sources and national and independent theatre company records, much of this history is drawn from interviews with individuals who have shaped contemporary Indigenous theatre in Australia - including Bob Maza, Jack Charles, Gary Foley, Justine Saunders, Wesley Enoch, Ningali and John Harding.
 

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Contents

SINGLE VOICES
3
COLLECTIVE BEGINNINGS 1972
42
THE CRITICS RESPONSE
66
A PRECEDENT 19731977
94
Framed by Multiculturalisms Authenticity
127
ON THE WAY TO A BRAN NUE DAE? 19861990
165
CREATIVE CONTROL 19901997
199
Chronology of Productions and Publications
282
Notes
288
Bibliography
323
Copyright

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Aboriginal and Torres Aboriginal Arts Board Aboriginal Theatre actors Adelaide AETT audience Austra Australia Council Australian theatre Basically Black Black Theatre Blacklock Bob Maza Bran Nue Dae Brian Syron Brisbane Cake Canberra Cast included Centre Cherry Pickers collaboration critical cultural Currency Press Davis's directed drama Dreamers Ernie Dingo established Euro-Australian experience Festival of Perth film focus Foley frame funding Gary Foley Gerry Bostock Ilbijerri Indige Indigenous artists Indigenous Australians Indigenous writers issues Jack Charles Jack Davis Kevin Gilbert Kooemba Jdarra Koori Kullark land rights Langton Melbourne Merritt Mudrooroo Narkle narrative National Black Nimrod Nindethana Ningali non-Indigenous Australians Noongar Oodgeroo organisations performing arts personal interview play playwright policies production Program Queensland radio interview reconciliation Ross script season social Stages of Grieving story Street Theatre Thea Theatre Company tion Torres Strait Islander tour WATC Wesley Enoch Western Australia workshops Yirra Yaakin

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About the author (2004)

Maryrose Casey is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Centre for Drama and Theatre Studies at Monash University. Her previous UQP book, Creating Frames- Contemporary Indigenous Theatre (2004) won both the Walter McRae Russell Award (2005) and the Rob Jordan Prize (2006). She has contributed entries on Australian Indigenous performance and Australian Women Playwrights to the Columbia University Press Encyclopaedia of Modern Drama as well as publishing papers in scholarly journals.

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TitleCreating Frames: Contemporary Indigenous Theatre 1967-1990
AuthorMaryrose Casey
Editionillustrated
PublisherUniv. of Queensland Press, 2004
ISBN070223432X, 9780702234323
Length372 pages
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