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First produced at the Liverpool Playhouse, England and then moved to the Arts Theatre, London, 29 Setember 1960. Also produced in Australia. Radio adaptation (not traced) produced on the ABC 12 November 1979.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Remembering Masculinities in the Theatre of WarJonathan Bollen,
2005single work criticism — Appears in:
Australasian Drama Studies,April
no.
462005;(p. 3-19)Surveys post-war theatrical productions of plays which articulate men's experiences at war and back home. '...this article explores the propagation of gender anxieties in performance during the post-war period of suburban expansion. In contrast with more recent productions which have sought to celebrate the survival, ingenuity and achievements of Australian men at war, productions from the post-war period were less overtly nationalistic and less assertively masculinist. ... post-war productions celebrated less the heroism of men at war than the nostalgia of their returning home' (3).
Remembering Masculinities in the Theatre of WarJonathan Bollen,
2005single work criticism — Appears in:
Australasian Drama Studies,April
no.
462005;(p. 3-19)Surveys post-war theatrical productions of plays which articulate men's experiences at war and back home. '...this article explores the propagation of gender anxieties in performance during the post-war period of suburban expansion. In contrast with more recent productions which have sought to celebrate the survival, ingenuity and achievements of Australian men at war, productions from the post-war period were less overtly nationalistic and less assertively masculinist. ... post-war productions celebrated less the heroism of men at war than the nostalgia of their returning home' (3).