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y River of Fire, or, The New Australians Rehearse the Working-Man's Paradise single work drama - Two acts

Alternative title: The New Australians Rehearse the Working-Man's Paradise

Author:agent Graham Sheil

Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 River of Fire, or, The New Australians Rehearse the Working-Man's Paradise

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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

This play is based on William Lane's efforts to create a Utopian society in Paraguay. (William H. Wilde et.al The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (1994): 693-694).

Notes

Dedication: To one of Australian theatre's great - and truly gutsy - ladies, Dot Thompson.

Production Details

First produced by the New Theatre, under the title The New Australians Rehearse the Working-Man's Paradise, at the Organ Factory Theatre, Melbourne, Victoria, 21 October 1983.