Riots, revels and government crackdowns: the era of convict theatre

Name: Riots, revels and government crackdowns: the era of convict theatre
Uploaded: 2018-04-03T14:47:15+10:00
Channel: Robert Reid
Description: There were plays! There were riots! There were offended clerics and government shutdowns! Robert Reid traces the fascinating, troubled and largely forgotten history of convict theatre after the First Fleet arrived in 1788, and ponders why so much of it seems so familiar.

by Robert Reid April 3, 2018 0 comment

Witness Histories Episode 2: Convict Theatre

There were plays! There were riots! There were offended clerics and government shutdowns! Robert Reid traces the fascinating, troubled and largely forgotten history of convict theatre after the First Fleet arrived in 1788, and ponders why so much of it seems so familiar.

Episode 1, Part One: 80,000 Years of Indigenous Performance: An Overview

Episode 1, Part Two: The Ancient Avant Garde

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Robert Reid

Robert Reid is co-editor and co-founder of Witness and runs our educational resources. He is a playwright, director and academic. His award-winning plays have been produced by the Melbourne Theatre Company and his own independent companies. He is artistic director of the games-based performance company, Pop Up Playground, and his Platform Paper on theatre and digital marketing was published by Currency Press in 2011. He recently completed his PhD in Australian Theatre History.

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