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(2018)

Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 Hallowed Ground : Women Doctors in War
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'Lilian, a surgeon in her fifties, denied military service in WorId War One, serves with the renowned Scottish Women's Hospital in the remote Balkan snowfields. In World War 2, Mary, a radiologist, finds herself the only woman among 3000 British troops bound for the Middle East. As a peacekeeper on active service in Iraq, young doctor Tam is plagued by dreams of her own refugee experience, fleeing war-tom Saigon. Catherine, a surgeon in Afghanistan, reflects on the journeys of the remarkable women who paved the way for her own experience as a modern military doctor. Four women converse across a century.'

Source: La Mama.

Production Details

  • Produced by La Mama Theatre (La Mama Courthouse), 8-19 August 2018.

    Director: Catherine Hill.

    Set Design: Meg White.

    Lighting Design: Richard Vabre.

    Sound Design: Abe Pogos.

    Cast: Carolyn Bock, Jean Goodwin, Helen Hopkins, and CM Nguyen

    Stage Manager: Steph Young.


    Presented at Tandanya Theatre in Adelaide as part of Adelaide Fringe, February 2019.

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