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Roger Bennett

ROGER BENNETT

  (1948 - 1997)
Nationality:    Australian
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Roger Bennetts (1948-1997) plays include Funerals and Circuses, Up the Ladder and Yowie. An indigenous playwright, Bennett managed to deal evenhandedly with the uglier sides of both black and white characters.

Research:    http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/9320

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below is a list of Roger Bennett's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Funerals And Circuses         Peach Melba         Up the Ladder

Funerals And Circuses

Synopsis:
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.

Notes:
music by Paul Kelly. Adelaide Festival 1992

1st Produced:
Theatre 62, Hilton, Sa    29 Feb 1992

Organisations:
Magpie Theatre Company

1st Published:
Currency Press, Sydney, 1995   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
musical theatre

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/14034

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Peach Melba

Synopsis:
A musical play about the life of Australia's first superstar.

Notes:
Brisbane Biennial International Music Festival

1st Produced:
Cremorne Theatre, South Brisbane, Qld    20 May 1991

Organisations:
Magpie Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
musical biography

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/13952

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Up the Ladder

Up the Ladder
From the writer of Funerals and Circuses, this play evokes the blood and sweat, the smell of the sawdust and the momentary fame of the boxing tents. Up the Ladder follows an aboriginal man's journey from the rough and tumble fights of the boxing tents of the 1940s and 1950s to a career as a professional and champion boxer. With a bold theatrical style prefigured in his hit play Funerals and Circuses, Roger Bennett evokes the carnival atmosphere, the humour and the energy of the old sideshow world, while subtly reminding us of the racism that underpinned it. For young aboriginal men of post-war Australia the boxing tents were one of the only ways to make a quick quid, foster a dream and find a quick way out - 'up the ladder'

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Brown's Mart Theatre, Darwin, Nt    1989

Organisations:
Darwin Theatre Company

1st Published:
Playlab Press, 1997   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/74039

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